The Theme Of Revenge In Wuthering Heights

People will only take out revenge on someone they love. Revenge is shown in life every single day, but what does revenge accomplish? Why is it necessary to take revenge on someone else? Why do people use revenge as a way of hurting someone you once loved? Emily Brontë tries to answer these questions. In the novel Wuthering Heights, Brontë uses the character Heathcliff to show that people will only take revenge on the people they love; she does this through Heathcliff’s characterization and actions. Heathcliff 's role as a foil to Edgar, and the role of playing both protagonist and antagonist, are used to teach the reader more about why Heathcliff feels he needs revenge, just because the love of his life didn’t choose him. Edgar Linton and

Nelly feels bad for Heathcliff and for the way he feels about himself. Heathcliff is depressed that Catherine chose Edgar instead of him; he thinks less of himself and he just thinks he is a piece of garbage. On account of that, Nelly tells Heathcliff how handsome he is. She compares Heathcliff to Edgar as Heathcliff being taller, broader, and younger, just to make him happier. She thinks he should be confident and proud of who he is. Nelly just wants to see a smile on Heathcliff’s face, and she could tell she was cheering him up. (Brontë 55). In this example Nelly is trying to cheer Heathcliff up, she feels bad for how he has been mistreated over and over again. Brontë uses other characters and Heathcliff’s feelings to make the reader feel bad for Heathcliff. She makes the reader want Heathcliff to be with his one true love Catherine, despite all of the evil things he had done. Brontë uses other characters feelings, Heathcliff’s feelings, and how he was mistreated to make the reader feel bad for Heathcliff. The reader wants Heathcliff to come up with a dramatic swoop up to the top, even despite all of his evil, revengeful