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    Topic: Heathcliffs whole aim in the novel is to gain revenge. Does he succeed? Discuss Why does he want revenge? Heathcliff through the book Heathcliff’s Revenge Introduction Define revenge Conclusion Body Con’s Pro’s The people he takes revenge Did he succeed? Kills Hindley Catherine Hareton raised by Nelly Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights he gambles Topic: Heathcliffs whole aim in the novel is to gain revenge

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    with the fate of the two families‚ into the core story of Catherine and Heathcliff. The two lovers manipulate various members of both families simply to inspire and torment each other in life and death. Heathcliff dominates the novel. Ruthless and tyrannical‚ he represents a new kind of man‚ free of all restraints and dedicated

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    Heathcliff's Injustice

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    A character that responds in a significant way to injustice was Heathcliff. The reason why Heathcliff was injustice was because he was seeking revenge. Heathcliff was a horrible person and not a very likeable character within Wuthering Heights‚ Heathcliff I believe takes his role as being evil and injustice because he was treated critically at the very start of the story by his family members‚ excluding Catherine. With Heathcliff being an orphan with absolutely no family ties and no land‚ he was

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    Wuthering Heights‚ revenge is the most visible theme‚ especially when it comes to Heathcliff. Revenge is a strong and powerful emotion that can quickly change someone’s life. It can take over and lead a person to do things they never would have before. There are countless reasons why one might wish to inflict revenge on others. Heathcliff had a pretty big incentive for revenge on more than one character in the novel. Heathcliff receives very little to no affection and love from those around him as a child

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    written in the English language. Due to Heathcliff and Catherine’s love relationship‚ Wuthering Heights is considered a romantic novel. Their powerful presence permeates throughout the novel‚ as well as their complex personalities. Their climatic feelings towards each other and often selfish behavior often exaggerates or possibly encapsulates certain universal psychological truths about humans. The role of love and betrayal in Wuthering Heights effects Heathcliff and Catherine’s relationship by eventually

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    marrying Edgar ’It would degrade me to marry HeathcliffHeathcliff • • • • • • • • Reflects the weather and moors Different in appearance and character ’Out and outer’ Nature/nurture Passionate Mysterious Bedraggled Out of control • Animalistic Lockwood • • • • Looks on Unsure Self depricating Looknig for friends Themes Love • • • • • • • • • Heathcliff and Cathy bond through mutual rebellion Eternal passion ’I cannot live without my soul’ ’I am Heathcliff’ ’If all else remained and he were annihiliated

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    Wuthering Heights to be a straightforward‚ if intense‚ love story — Romeo and Juliet on the Yorkshire Moors. But this is a mistake. Really the story is one of revenge. It follows the life of Heathcliff‚ a mysterious gypsy-like person‚ from childhood (about seven years old) to his death in his late thirties. Heathcliff rises in his adopted family and then is reduced to the status of a servant‚ running away when the young woman he loves decides to marry another. He returns later‚ rich and educated‚ and

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    Heights and Thrushcross Grange‚ as they do in Heathcliff and Edgar. As Catherine points out‚ the contrast between the two “resembled what you see in exchanging a bleak‚ hilly‚ coal country‚ for a beautiful fertile valley.” (Bronte 72) The Lintons‚ and the social and material advantages they stand for become Heathcliff’s rivals for Catherine’s love‚ which leads directly to the central conflict of the novel. Heathcliff despises them at first sight for their weakness

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    influenced in the novel was Heathcliff‚ the byronic hero‚ by the injustices he faced as a child and growing up. He seeks revenge against Hindley at first and later Edgar Linton because of the treatment he receives from the both. Heathcliff is not only affected by the characters in the novel but also the setting which is Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights; moreover‚ both places give off a different mood and a change of thought to the characters that cause injustices to Heathcliff‚ like Catherine. First

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    Wuthering Heights the circular plot shows the difficulties and the extremes of Apollonian and daemonic personalities interacting can cause and the changes that need to occur to resolve the conflict. Heathcliff and Edgar inhabit opposing ends of the spectrum and Catherine gets caught in the balance. Heathcliff and Catherine fall in love‚ but she marries Edgar for social reasons. The differences between Catherine’s dual personalities and the men each correspond to‚ eventually causes her death. The second

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