The Themes Of Heathcliff's Revenge In Wuthering Heights

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“Revenge is best served cold” An old quote yet still impacting us today. We see that it impacted and could have been Heathcliff’s main motive, a man that never forgot his past and made everyone that did he him wrong pay for it. I support Heathcliff as he was a real wise man and got revenge from everyone that did him wrong without them being able to anything to stop him. Baby Heathcliff enters the Earnshaw home as a poor orphan. He is immediately made fun of his dark color is began to be called a gipsy and his language being “gibberish”. This poor treatment is not much of an improvement on his "starving and houseless" childhood, and he quickly becomes a product of neglect and all of the abuse.
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When Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights he brings with him his new wife, Frances, who is pregnant and later gives birth to Hareton, the last of the Earnshaw family. After Heathcliff and Catherine get caught by the dogs at the Thrushwood Grange and Catherine is injured, Hindley decides to separate the pair. He makes Heathcliff a servant of Wuthering Heights and deprives him from education. He decides to make Catherine a lady. Heathcliff saves Hareton’s life after Hindley drops him, however Hindley shows no gratitude. After Heathcliff has been gone for three years, he comes back with money to Wuthering Heights. He decides he will be getting revenge from Hindley by taking away Wuthering Heights and depriving Hindley from education. He first starts by playing poker with drunk Hidley. During the poker games, Hindley bets shares of Wuthering Heights in exchange to keep on playing against Heathcliff. When Heathcliff decides to marry Isabella and brings her to the house. When she arrives at the house, Hindley shows her the gun he will use to kill Heathcliff. Time passes and Hindley finally decide to try to kill Heathcliff and gets beaten
From Hindley, he is able to own Wuthering Heights after his death, deprive young Hareton of education, and his love for Cathy. From Catherine, he is able to get her jealous by marrying with Isabella which by doing this also affects Edgar at the same time. From Edgar, he is able to make his son, Linton, and Edgar’s daughter, Cathy Linton, get married and once Linton dies, he became the owner of Thrushwood Grange. I support Heathcliff as he is very wise in the way he does everything and at the end he was able to accomplish everything he

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