How Does Hindley Take Revenge

     Heathcliff, to some, began life as a crime. His foster brother Hindley shunned him as a reject from society while viewing Heathcliff’s

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.

Soon after giving birth, Catherine dies. This is when Heathcliff wants his main revenge. He takes over Wuthering Heights by gambling Hindley who is drunk. After Hindley dies, he becomes the owner of Wuthering Heights and also becomes Hareton’s guardian (Hindley's son). He treats mistreats Hareton the same Hindley treated him as a child.

Revenge is one of the most prominent themes in Wuthering Heights. At times throughout the novel, it seems to overpower the theme of love. Heathcliff’s desire for revenge arises from Catherine’s betrayal. He has been in love with her for a long time, and she loves him. However, she betrays him and marries Edgar for his money. This action leaves Heathcliff alone and isolated, only to long for her love again. "I seek no revenge on you, that 's not the plan. The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don 't turn against him; they crush those beneath them" (Bronte, p. 103). This quote shows that Heathcliff is not trying to get revenge on Catherine. Although she turned against him, he cannot do the same to her. “I 'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don 't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” (Bronte p. 54). When he cannot have the woman he loves, he turns his attention to revenging Hindley, his childhood

Heathcliff grows up as a trouble maker; he is now an evil man whose wrath ensnares everybody around him. The catalytic moment that sends Heathcliff over the boiling point is when the love of his life, Catherine Earnshaw, choses his biggest rival, Edgar, to marry her. After this key moment in the novel, Heathcliff is never the same character. Heathcliff obsession with Catherine Earnshaw turns into a potent wrath and it is clearly shows in this quote by Heathcliff, “I seek no revenge you … That’s not the plan – The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them – You are

Heathcliff started out as a young boy on the streets of Liverpool. He was a young gypsy that was very poor. He had absolutely nothing except for the clothes on his back. He was taken to Wurthering Heights by a man on a business trip. This man was Mr. Earnshaw. Mr. Earnshaw felt so sorry for the little boy, but when he returned home with the child his other two children, Catherine and Hindley, were very jealous. Eventually Catherine and Heathcliff became very fond of each other, but when Mr. Earnshaw passed away Hindley had all control. Hindley treated Heathcliff very poorly, and he finally had enough of Hindley demeaning him. Heathcliff fled from Wurthering Heights.

Heathcliff, born dark-skinned and an orphan, was already considered to be of a lower class than everybody else. He was adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, where his status was elevated and was eventually favored more than Mr. Earnshaw’s son, Hindley. Because of this elevated position, Hindley, after Mr. Earnshaw’s death, reduced Heathcliff back to his previous low status by treating him as a servant. Through the abuses and sufferings that Heathcliff experiences by those who see him as lower class, he ultimately turns into this ultra aggressive as well as hostile person that will never escape the reality of the restrictive hierarchy that the Victorian Era put in place despite his best efforts to infringe these norms. Likewise, Hareton, son of Hindley, also faces the same events as Heathcliff. Abused and essentially deprived of all his childhood by Hindley and Heathcliff, he is illiterate and quick-tempered and is treated like a lower class individual. Heathcliff and Hareton are mirroring characters that share the same experiences and Bronte utilizes their

Hindley's wife frances had just died, they left a son named hareton to let hindley care for. HIndley was so ate up with grieving and mourning that he became a drunk and became a monster that got so drunk at times that he couldn't even remember getting beat up by Heathcliff. hindley became enraged on day and took his baby son from nelly. not realizing what the was doing the

Ellen Dean recalls that Hindley constantly “...ravished on her a torrent of abuse” (Brontë 86), which supports the theme of how hate causes love and love causes hate. Catherine hates Hindley because of his extreme opposition to Heathcliff, but her hatred of Hindley helps make her fall in love with Heathcliff. Heathcliff and Catherine share equal antipathy for Hindley and together scheme against Hindley; their close partnership eventually inspires deep love for one another. While Catherine’s infamy for random outbursts makes her an unappealing character, sympathy for Catherine arises because of her childhood abuse and forced separation

“but where did he come from, the little dark thing, harbored by a good man to his bane” (Bronte c34) Heathcliff is a very troubled and dark man, but he did not become this way overnight. In this essay, I will be explaining how Heathcliff became who he was and how he morphed from an abandoned street urchin into a diabolical wealthy Miser. Many things or people influence Heathcliff’s life such as how he has been treated, the violence displayed to him and from him, and Catherine and the way she acts when she is with him and when she is with others. All of these factors have made Heathcliff the way he was portrayed at the end of the novel.

Heathcliff’s loathing feelings against Hindley even last long after Hindley’s death. Heathcliff has created a demonic reality in which his mistreatment of Hereton will enable him to gain revenge against Hindley. Heathcliff also maintains his revenge by becoming extremely possessive of the Heights. Heathcliff’s vicious watch dogs ensure the security of the Heights because maintaining complete control of the Heights continues his revenge against Hindley.

Heathcliff was an orphaned at a young age and was raised by Mr. Earnshaw, Catherine's father, who soon begins to favor Heathcliff over his son. Because of this, Mr. Earnshaw’s son, Hindley, came to despise Heathcliff. “He has been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place⎯.” (Pg. 22). Hindley’s hostility towards Heathcliff is what caused Heathcliff’s need for revenge. Hindley’s

Edgar plays a major role towards the injustice brought upon him by Catherine. They were supposed to marry and live together forever; however, a man, Heathcliff, entered her live and her heart grew to love him even more than what she adored Edgar.

Hindley personified jealousy and cruelty as a child towards Heathcliff for he felt the gypsy was “a usurper of his parent's affections and his privileges” so to carry out his revenge, he physically abused Heathcliff “I shall tell your father of the three thrashing you’ve given me this week” Heathcliff does not retaliate to his abuser, however, but bribes his adoptive brother or he would “speak of these blows” threatening Hindley that he would “get them again with interest’” from Mr. Earnshaw, should he hear that the boy who is now his favourite, it would seem, was being violently bullied. The modal auxiliary verb ‘shall’ portrays a certainty that Heathcliff will stay to his word should his threats be ignored and the inter-dentals ‘three thrashings’ emphasise

Revenge is one of the biggest components of the stories. Hindley, starts it all, when instead of welcoming Heathcliff,