Wuthering Heights Revenge Quotes

In the tragic novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontët marriage, attempt at murder, and death all shows that everyone will experience revenge in their lifetime, even though sometimes it is unplanned. Hindley trying to kill Heathcliff shows that an ordinary man can commit be driven to spite his enemy . Heathcliff marrying Isabella to get revenge shows that some people plan their life around getting vengeance. Lastly, Heathcliff dying and his life work of keeping the estates from who the belong to fails displays that revenge can happen even if not planned. Revenge is clearly depicted throughout this novel, such as when Hindley attempts to murder his foe, Heathcliff . Hindley declares to Isabella while he conspires to kill Heathcliff “ ‘You and I,’ he said ‘have each a great debt to settle with the man out yonder! If we were neither of us cowards, we might combine to discharge it’” (169). This clearly shows that Hindley, an ordinary head of household, can desire to commit a foul act against his enemy if driven to get revenge on them. This shows that man will have revenge in his life no matter how ordinary he may be. An ordinary man can be driven to revenge, but some people go as far as planning their life around giving it.
Revenge is illustrated by Heathcliff making his enemies sister his wife. Isabella writes Ellen
Mr.Lockwood discovers Heathcliff on the floor “,I could doubt no more-he was dead and stark!”(320).Heathcliff worked hard to keep Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights away from their rightful successors, but when he died they inherited them anyway. This gives the successors, Catherine and Hareton the ultimate revenge in that everything he did and tried to keep the estates away from them failed. This truly shows revenge is in everyone's life, as the two successors did not plan their tyrants fate, but even with our trying revenge was given to