Wuthering heights 3
Wuthering heights 3Wuthering Heights
As a child, all things said and done to you can have such an impact that they will affect how you live the rest of your life. Actions put upon you can become the actions that you perform on others. One such situation occurred with Heathcliff the main character in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront�. Heathcliff enters the story as character with an unknown past. At the age of six or seven Heathcliff's past is questionable. He could have been treated well or most likely, since he was found on the street, he was treated poorly and later abandoned. Based on the poor way Heathcliff treats other people, he must have a psychological instability, which was brought upon him in his childhood. The anger caused by this instability forces Heathcliff to emotionally destroy the people he lives closest to.
Being a mysterious character, not much is known about what kind of a person Heathcliff is. A young boy, he seems to be as innocent as any other child is when he is brought in to the Earnshaw family. Mr. Earnshaw, being the one who brings Heathcliff into his home, obviously cares about the child’s well being. A bit reluctant in acceptance at first, Mrs. Earnshaw is forced to care for what they refer to as a “beggar child” or more often a thing rather than a child. She was ready to fling it out of doors, while Nelly put it on the landing of the stairs hoping that it would be gone the next day. Without having done anything to deserve rejection, Heathcliff is made to feel like an outsider, following the death of Mr. Earnshaw, and suffers cruel mistreatment at the hands of Hindley. He immediately falls in love with their daughter Catherine and is found playing with her in the fields all of the time. However, he is deprived of love, sociability and education. He is separated from the family, reduced to the status of a servant, forced to become a farm hand, undergoes regular beatings and is forcibly separated from Catherine. For Heathcliff, the problem with the family is the son, Hindley. Hindley asserts himself as a selfish brat who is constantly hooked on the idea that he will be the sole heir to the Earnshaw estate. To him Heathcliff is a threat (being a second male son) and thus tries to make Heathcliff’s life as miserable as possible. He succeeds in doing so. Hindley endlessly insults Heathcliff and reminds him that he is from the streets and is nothing more than a beggar. He goes as far as to beat up Heathcliff several times. Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff was “enough to make a fiend of a saint”. Just the presence of Hindley has such a great impact on Heathcliff that he runs off to play with Cathy as much as he possibly...
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