Wuthering Heights Journal

Journal

Wuthering Heights has mixed stories of love, conflict, revenge. But the one

that interests me the most is Heathcliff and his vengeance. Heathcliff is described

as a dark-skinned gypsy. Unfortunately, at that time the dark males were regarded

as ignorant, mischievous, weird. Not only because of Heathcliff’s race, but also

the fact that Mr.Earnshaw and Cathy’s affection for him makes Hindely to hates

him even more. For those reasons, Hindley abuses Heathcliff both physically and

mentally, and disturbs love between Heathcliff and Cathy. There is also another

guy Edgar who hates Heathcliff and he fights for Cathy. Heathcliff feels inferior to

him when it comes to status and wealth. Even Cathy behaves like a proper lady

while with him. However, when she is with Heathcliff, she acts as she always has.

In that sense, Heathcliff has every reason to be jealous of Edgar. Edgar has

everything that Heathcliff doesn’t have. He’s rich, gentle, and especially he

captivates Cathy's heart. Finally, Heathcliff loses the great love of his life to another man.

In effect, Heathcliff became a totally new person when he returns to

Wuthering heights after he was betrayed by Cathy. He burns with vengeance

against every person who have betrayed and abused him. He’s revenge is

carefully planned and he takes revenge step by step. He still loves Cathy, but

his desire for revenge outlasts all his other emotions. Eventually, whether he

intends it or not, his revenge leads to Cathy death. But he keeps taking his

revenge to Hindley’s son after that.

His revenge might seem measurably succeeded. But after Cathy died, He

wanders around the Cathy’s grave. He thinks of the good old days with Cathy in

Wuthering Heights. I guess that’s the reason why he couldn’t get out of there. Of

course, he took his revenge very well. He robbed Hindely’s house and treated his

son like a slave and also he came