How Does Heathcliff Change In Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff is a victim of class hatred but he also manipulates situations to his advantage and becomes an arch - exploiter. For example, after the death of his wife, Hindley went insane. Heathcliff used this opportunity to take revenge and took Wuthering Heights away from Hindley. He then went further and married Edgar’s sister, not for love or monetary gain but to get back at Edgar for marrying Catherine, and treated Edgar’s sister terribly.

Ultimately, this example paints a clear picture of just one of the two distinct ways that Heathcliff was a victim before his transformation into a villain. In addition to this, Heathcliff is also a victim of a permanently wounding betrayal. Catherine, Heathcliff’s one love, betrays him by choosing to marry Edgar Linton, a man of wealth, despite her undeniable feelings for Heathcliff. Catherine, when referring to Heathcliff states, “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton’s is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.” (Page 102)

As soon as Catherine arrives to Wuthering Heights, she is hardly recognizable. Hindley, is treating Heathcliff as a servant, so he allows Catherine's playmate to go up to her and greet her when she arrives. Heathcliff is given welcome kisses from Catherine, but while doing so, Catherine comments upon his dull appearance and compares him to Edgar in very unfavorable manner. Heathcliff is damaged by the changes in his friend's attitude and physical appearance.

Acting as an evil force, the aggressive nature of his young childhood created his capacity for violence later in his life. As he grew older, the environment in which he lived did not become better. Later in the novel, Catherine’s return from Thrushcross Grange to Wuthering

Soon after Heathcliff forces Linton and Cathy to marry, he feels an uncertain change within him. He has lost the motive for revenge on Hidleys son, Hareton. This change is unexplainable, but he knows that death is approaching him. In April of 1802, Nelly Dean finds

Heathcliff is a character from the novel “Wuthering Heights” that feels like life didn’t treat him fairly due to his lack of social status and due to his ambiguous nature. He and Catherine had both grown up together and in fact, his relationship with her provides the theme for the first volume. It was because of this relation as children that Heathcliff felt a strong connection with Catherin however, she later on didn’t feel the same way towards him. This would influence the story as a whole for their called “love” as children would be very influential in the second volume. Heathcliff feels like life was unjust to him due to the fact that later in the novel Catherine marries another man named Edgar Linton. The main reason why Catherine married

From the beginning of the novel and most likely from the beginning of Heathcliff's life, he has suffered pain and rejection. When he is brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, he is viewed as an inanimate object rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling him out of doors, while Nelly put him on the landing of the stairs hoping that he 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, he suffers cruel mistreatment at the hands of Hindley. In these formative years, he is deprived of love, sociability and education, according to Nelly, Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff was "enough to make a fiend of a saint". 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.

His wife, Mrs. Earnshaw, is furious that Heathcliff has been brought into the house and the Earnshaws’ son, Hindley, is jealous of the apparent love his father

When Heathcliff returns three years later, his love for Catherine motivates him to enact revenge upon all those who separated him from her. Since he last saw Catherine, he has “fought through a bitter life”; he “struggled only for [her]” (Brontë 71). Nelly observes a “half-civilized ferocity” in Heathcliff’s brows (Brontë 70); she views him as “an evil beast…waiting his time to spring and destroy” (Brontë 79). Heathcliff’s obsessive love for Catherine becomes a menacing threat. Heathcliff reproaches Catherine because she “treated [him]

Heathcliff overhears this conversation between Nelly and Catherine and leaves Wuthering Heights after hearing Catherine say that it would degrade her to marry him. Heathcliff tries to make himself more presentable to Catherine by moving up the social system. However, he does this by cheating and taking advantage of people. Heathcliff takes advantage of Hindley's state of alcoholism and takes over Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff also takes advantage of Edgar Linton's will my making young Catherine (the daughter of Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton) marry Linton (the son of Heathcliff and Isabella Linton)

Self-Centered. Heathcliff is self-centered, caring for himself and his interests and having little concern for others. This trait is greatly amplified by his love for Catherine and hatred for Mr. Linton. One example of this is when he trapped Cathy and her companion for no less than five days in his house at Wuthering Heights, forcing Cathy to marry Linton (255, 260). “And there I remained enclosed [in a chamber], … [for] Five nights and four days I remained, seeing nobody but Hareton [when he brought food],” shows how little Heathcliff is concerned for others, and how much he cares for his own interests (260). His own self-interest causes him to want control over Thrushcross Grange, as evidenced by the fact Linton will gain control of it after Mr. Linton, who is in poor health, dies if he (Linton) marries Cathy (263). However, Linton was also in poor health and was going to

Threw out the story you will see that Heathcliff has a very unhealthy passion; this is the next attribute of a Byronic Hero. This unhealthy passion is driven by revenge. As you read the book it seems that Revenge is the only thing that keeps Heathcliff going. Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights filthy rich after running away for 3 years when Catherine married Edgar. He uses some of his money to loan to Hindley’s gambling problem so that Hindley will become even more engulfed into debt. Heathcliff also wanted to seek revenge against Edgar for obvious reasons. So he

The prime theme of Wuthering Heights may be stated as the love of Heathcliff for Catherine and the revenge that he takes upon various individuals, the revenge being evoked by the social contempt or disdain piled upon him by Hindley and Edgar and the frustration of his love. Hindley had a superior attitude towards Heathcliff from the time Heathcliff was brought as a boy to Wuthering Heights. He treated Heathcliff ruthlessly and made him work on the fields like other servants.While Edgar is his rival in love, and a successful rival as Catherine has married him in preference to Heathcliff. Wuthering Heights has a gripping plot with many dramatic situations which arouse feelings of pity or awe or fear

Heathcliff is still in love with Catherine even after she dies from having her daughter. After the death of Edgar Linton and the marriage between her daughter Catherine and Heathcliff’s son Linton, Heathcliff knows that when Edgar dies that The Grange will become his accordingly Linton has married Catherine. Heathcliff tries to inflict pain on others as they did to him. Heathcliff grew up an orphan and as he became an adult, he disappeared for 2 years and came back rich. He is a hero, but also a villain due to the decisions that he

Ever since the Earnshaw family had taken in Heathcliff, his adoptive brother, Hindley, has treated him like a servant. Hindley’s sister, Catherine, however formed an inseparable bond with Heathcliff. Despite their love for each other, Catherine marries Edgar, a young man of social grace, which attracted Catherine. Feeling wronged Heathcliff vows revenge on Hindley for trying to keep him from Catherine and treating him as a servant, and Edgar who stole the woman he loved and for not accepting him socially.