Some refer to Heathcliff as a diabolical character due to his cruel and demonic behavior. ... Heathcliff is left lonely, bitter, and resentful to all the vindictive characters that surround him. ... With the exception of Heathcliff, the reader realizes that each character receives what he/she deserves (Champion 59-60). ... Heathcliff is clearly the only true character that deserves any sympathy. ... Thankfully, not to the characters that cause all this grief in Heathcliff's life. ...

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Heathcliff, the main character, felt this way throughout the novel. ... Poor Heathcliff became the unfortunate victim of the hate and jealousy several of the wretched characters had on him, but after many years of torment bottled up inside of him, he sought to get revenge on the people who made him suffer. ... One way or the other, Heathcliff eventually got his revenge from Hindley and the other characters that mistreated him. ... When he turns into this vengeful character, he not only changes his appearance, his sentiments and thoughts become evil and he transforms into a horrible, pervert...

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The influence of the Victorian Era is evident through the behaviors and lifestyles of its characters. ... Heathcliff is often called "it". ... Heathcliff and Catherine discover themselves as they grow up. ... When Catherine decides to marry Edgar over Heathcliff, Heathcliff overhears Catherine say to Nelly ". . . it would degrade me to marry Heathcliff. . .... However, while Heathcliff transformed physically and mentally, one very important aspect of Heathcliff never changes a slight bit. ...

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The character Heathcliff in the novel Wuthering Heights, experiences both these feelings. In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, the character of Heathcliff is often depicted as someone who is cruel and immoral, however, because of his neglectful childhood and his desire for love, the reader is sympathetic towards him. ... Because of this, Heathcliff quickly becomes the character with which the reader sympathizes. ... Heathcliff a man? ... However, more than that, the readers sympathize with him because they understand he is a complex character. ...

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In Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, the character Heathcliff is a satanic hero. A Satanic hero is a character that overcomes tremendous odds, using his wits and courage, but is evil and cruel. ... Heathcliff faced multitudinous obstacles. ... "Heathcliff's come back - Sirmon, 2 he is!" ... The character Heathcliff, in Wuthering Heights, is considered a satanic hero. ...

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At first prospective, the two characters from The Sound And The Fury and Wuthering Heights are very comparative and have a deep effect on their individual stories. ... Earnshaw love Heathcliff. ... Two of the main characters from Wuthering Heights, Catherine and Heathcliff's passion for one another seem to be the center of the novel. ... Certainly, Heathcliff may despise Linton more than any other character in the novel. ... Nonetheless, after performing a concentrated analysis of Jason and Heathcliff different characteristics, I have discovered convincing evidence of two unusually un...

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How far do you agree that their relationship is a source of "little visible delight" for either character but is instead a destructive passion far removed from the traditional love story? Response Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship changes throughout the course of the novel as they have good times and bad times and this changes the way that we perceive the characters and the way they perceive each other either bringing them closer together or pushing them further apart. ... after he threw an iron weight at Heathcliff and ˜hit him in the breast'. ... This shows that she bel...

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This is seen when both Heathcliff and Catherine try to overcome numerous obstacles, Heathcliff's reactions to Catherine's death, and Heathcliff's long urge to seek revenge on Edgar. ... Even though the obstacles presented to the characters vary and have different results, all of the hardships that come between Catherine and Heathcliff have the same effect on both of them after the problem has passed.  In chapter 11, Edgar and Heathcliff had a conflict in the kitchen. Edgar punches Heathcliff in the throat and walks away in fear of the bigger Heathcliff. ... In a moment, Heath...

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So the initial time we meet these two characters many differences and similarities can be noted. ... Heathcliff as a young boy and throughout his teenage years was described through Nelly's perception as a "sullen, patient child; hardened-, this is observed when Hindly disparages him and Heathcliff doesn't retaliate. ... Towards the end of Heathcliff's life he has become lonesome and obsessed with Cathy even though she has passed away. ... Michael Henchard and Heathcliff are especially dissimilar in their conduct at the commencement of the novels, Henchard being a foolish, thoug...

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The primitive, rugged and unstrained life there trained her an obstinate, willful, apprehensive and cruel character. ... He was maltreated by unfair life, which made him an indomitable, fortitude but dumpish character. ... Heathcliff was a strong-minded person. ... Heathcliff was broke at that time. ... Although they had difference of sexual distinction, they were similar in character. ...

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His hate, however, of the other characters in the novel is what brings meaning to his life. ... Heathcliff and Hindley are at odds from an early age when Heathcliff is first taken into the Earnshaw manor. ... This character carefully acts out each idea with a mastermind that is fueled by rage. ... Heathcliff is undoubtedly a character motivated by hate. His hatred extends to each of his fellow characters in the novel in one way or another. ...

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Although many passages of love are exposed in Wuthering Heights, the true genre of this book is tragedy due to the role of characters other than Heathcliff, the untraditional happy ending, and the death of the heroine early in the story. The role of several characters makes this novel a tragedy. ... None of these characters are heroic or essential to the love between Catherine and Heathcliff. ... Nearly the entire key characters die and most before the book is halfway over. ... Also, Heathcliff forced them to marry. ...

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The human race continually focuses on characters who intentionally harm others and create damaging situations for their own benefit. Despite popular morals, characters who display an utter disregard for the natural order of human life are characters who are often deemed iconic and are thoroughly scrutinized. If only the characters of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights were as simple as that. ... Catherine Earnshaw's iron will, immaturity, and quest for high-profile acceptance cause her character to star in the tragedy of a lost generation. ... These are two unique characters that must ...

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This is seen when both Heathcliff and Catherine try to overcome numerous obstacles, Heathcliff's reactions to Catherine's death, and Heathcliff's long urge to seek revenge on Edgar. ... Even though the obstacles presented to the characters vary and have different results, all of the hardships that come between Catherine and Heathcliff have the same effect on both of them after the problem has passed.   In chapter 11, Edgar and Heathcliff had a conflict in the kitchen. Edgar punches Heathcliff in the throat and walks away in fear of the bigger Heathcliff. ... In a moment, Heath...

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Characters such as Isabella, Catherine and Hareton are affected by the vengeance of Heathcliff and are left in positions of powerlessness as a result. ... Heathcliff is a character caught between love and hate, Bronte uses Cathy's sleight to force him to focus on his revenge instead of her. ... Heathcliff's gypsy origins place him low down in the Victorian scale of social hierarchy in the discriminatory minds of the affluent characters. ... Bronte uses this to cause the reader to sympathise less with Heathcliff and more with the characters that fall victim to his vengeful desires. .....

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"Song- moves on to tell Heathcliff's view of Catherine's character, her nature to the world around her. ... When he first sees a glimpse of Catherine's real character, at a point when she could not conceal it, he says: "You've made me afraid and ashamed of you, I'll not come here again- (Wuthering Heights, p. 77). ... However, people could not help but be drawn to her unique character, she was a "Violet by a mossy stone- (line 5), a rarity among mankind. ... - (line 6), never her whole self except with Heathcliff. ... Catherine and Heathcliff were one in the same ...

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Lockwood is the first narrator of Wuthering Heights, so the reader relies upon his perception of surrounding characters setting and events that take place early in the novel to get a footing into the story. In many ways Lockwood's attitudes and the way in which he understands these events settings and characters of the novel are greatly affected by his personality and social class. The way in which he is very quick to make poor judgements of characters (including himself), his cultured, polite and civil social class and his violent flipside are all elements that affect his attitudes. ...

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Throughout the novel, the minor character of Edgar Linton acts as a foil to the protagonist, Heathcliff. ... Heathcliff and Edgar's behavior towards other characters in the novel is also diverse and draws parallels with their physical demeanor. ... Bronte uses these foil characters to illustrate the moral nature of love. ... As in art, Emily Bronte created foil characters to finely develop her literary portrait. ... Both characters are essential to each other, and to understanding Bronte's views on love....

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In this scene from Wuthering Heights, we are first introduced to the complex and intriguing character of Catherine through Lockwood's observations of the room. ... To Heathcliff, the room represents a time when he and Catherine were 'rebellious' towards Hindley. ... If she were to choose Heathcliff, she would've been cast out by the 'detestable' Hindley, whose 'atrocious' actions towards Heathcliff characterized the hatred he had for him. ... Although Catherine did love Edgar to a degree, she and Heathcliff were meant for one another. When Catherine ...

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This essay summarises the role of main characters in the story. ... Two principal complex characters form the basis of the story line. ... Heathcliff is not blood related to any of the characters in Wuthering Heights. ... Apart from Heathcliff and Catherine, the main characters in the novel are made up of Lintons and Earnshaws, who have completely different characteristics. ... Complex characters. ...

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This hatred is brought on by the treatment Heathcliff receives from the Lintons as well as Edgar Linton's marriage to Catherine, Heathcliff's soul mate. ... In the Classic Novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, the characters Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw display a classic example of this powerful emotion. "Wuthering Heights" examines a passionate and overwhelming love between its central characters, Cathy and Heathcliff. ... Heathcliff can't believe his ears. ... Heathcliff does not want her soul to rest. ...

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These vivid images help illustrate and make each character easier to comprehend. ... While Heathcliff grew up at Wuthering Heights, he endured severe abuse from his master's son, Hindley, who was jealous because his father favored Heathcliff over him. ... However, Catherine deceives him and marries Edgar Linton, leaving Heathcliff devastated. ... As Heathcliff motions to put his plan of revenge into action, he becomes a very brutal and hardhearted demon. ... The abuse Heathcliff suffered as a child from Hindley was mainly because his master, Mr. ...

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Catherine is a very awkward and irritating character, but Nelly is so resolutely unsympathetic with her that our exasperation with her is deflected. ... The true motivation behind Heathcliff's behaviour is suggested to the reader before Heathcliff actually admits it himself. ... Her infatuation with Heathcliff doesn't grow into unselfish devotion as Edgar's for Catherine does, and its roots are distasteful, as can be seen when Heathcliff "[hung] up her little dog." ... She never understands the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine, despite Heathcliff commenting in fr...

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Heathcliff never finds peace through his revenge. ... Just as Heathcliff and Catherine's revenge make them miserable, Hindley's revenge on Heathcliff causes him to go bankrupt and eventually die. ... At no point in the book does revenge ever seem to turn out the way the character wishes it to, perhaps a reflection of the time of writing and the Christian way of life that would teach that such an action was improper. ... Bronte shows throughout her novel that revenge is not the correct way to achieve what the characters desire by punishing them for the actions they do. ... Revenge ...

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The linear structure of the passage's narration enables us to see more starkly the contrasting reactions to death from various characters, building up to Heathcliff's spiteful curse and refusal to let Cathy be at peace without him. ... This borderline morbid admittance once again demonstrates the depravity of Bronte's characters psyches, but also from 'Divine rest' the reader can infer Bronte's belief in some form of afterlife, which is in keeping with orthodox Christianity. ... " empowers Heathcliff's later curse and suggests the extent of his hold ove...

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