Wuthering Heights Quote Analysis

Identically, the Wuthering Heights also helps the reader understand the connection of the negative impact of hierarchy. Heathcliff's main motivation was his hardship and had broken limits that stopped him from climbing the stairs to a higher class. Towards the beginning of the novel he was known to be “like the gypsies and is very dirty; he looks roguish and has a lack of education”. Despite the fact that the kids were being injustice towards Heathcliff and saw him as a misfit, Mr. Earnshaw who was the leader of the family treated him like he was the same as other people and made him feel like he had a place where he is. His death was what changed the great times of Heathcliff. At the point when Hindley took responsibility of the family this
further debased him and this provoked further humiliation of Heathcliff. Over the span of childhood and youth Heathcliff both physically and rationally assaulted Heathcliff. "...He would stand Hindley's blows without winking or shedding a tear...I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up and, went on with his intention." Hindley exploited his control over heathcliff when he had the chance to after Mr.
Earnshaw's death and took extraordinary joy by taking control over Heathcliff and treating him like a servant. A supporting quote would be "...You may come and wish Miss Catherine welcome, like the other servants”. Heathcliff had no alternative but to follow the directions of his master despite the fact that he was being dehumanized and disrespected. This makes the reader sympathise towards Heathcliff and get to be judgemental towards the activities of Hindley as he doesn’t deserve how he is being dealt with. Choosing to cause harm to a certain individual just because they are from a lower social class makes the reader feel appalled. Mr Earnshaw offered Heathcliff a chance to reprieve through the obstructions which were brought by class, after his passing, Heathcliff had lost the possibility to cut down the strong divider that had been made to keep the classes separated, from which Heathcliff was then depicted as low as the servants. Since Hindley had thought that his father was wrong by treating Heathcliff with equal respect, he took it upon himself to correct his father’s mistake by rapidly degrading Heathcliff down to the class status Hindley thought he
deserved. Even today in some parts of the world the upper class degrade the lower class. The lower class then must look up to those above.