Wuthering Heights

The story is between three generations.And no doubt ,the major role is Heathcliff.The story is about Heathcliff’s revenge plans from beginning to the end. It is a real tragedy.There are three reasons why I say it is a tragedy.

The first reason is about Heathcliff.He uses all his life to revenge.He has worked all his life to destroy the two families,the Earnshaws and the Lintons.He even don’t care his son Linton at all. Heathcliff did not want his son for anything except enacting a part of his revenge. It’s horrible.This is shown by Linton's fear of Heathcliff and Heathcliff's enmity toward his son. Linton even says \"... my father threatened me, and I dread him - I dread him!\" to express his feeling about Heathcliff.What’s worse,even when Linton will die soon, his father don’t want to send for a doctor for him.In the end ,he gets all the two families’ money and land.However, when he can take his final revenge on the last Earnshaw and the last Linton,he no longer want to!He finally realize that no matter wtat he do ,he has lost Catherine!All his life is a tragedy.

Edgar Linton’s marriage with Catherine is also a tragedy. Although Catherine had been happy at the beginning of the marriage, she thought having parties all the time was going to be fun. Yet, after a while, she became bored. She also realized

that she loved Heathcliff more than Edgar and would always love Heathcliff.This enlightenment created separation

between Edgar and Catherine during the final hours of Catherine’s life. Edgar grows into a

tender, constant, but cowardly man..Edgar Linton sees his wife obviously in love with another man but unable to do anything to rectify the situation.And at last ,in the grave ,his wife was just lying beside Heathcliff,nearer than him -the real husband!

The last tragedy is the unhappy marriages in which the husbands or

wives don't know each other.the firsr is Isabella ……Isabella Linton—

Catherine’s sister—in—law represents culture and civilization, both in her refinement and in her weakness.

Ultimately, she ruins her life by falling in love with Heathcliff. He never returns her feelings and treats her as

a meretool in his quest for revenge on the Linton family.

.did not really know Heathcliff when she married him, but after she had married him she saw that Heathcliff was not a gentleman at all. To declare her feelings she wrote \"Is Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?

Another e one between Cathy and Linton. Because this was forced marriage, Cathy had not yet learned all

she could about Linton.Because she did not know until after the marriage that Linton was selfish and inconsiderate,

she became distressed and grew isolated in the house.

The whole story make people’s mood heavy. Fortunately, the end is happy.

Catherine represents wild nature, in both her high, lively spirits and her occasional cruelty. She loves Heathcliff

so intensely that she claims they are the same person. However, her actions are driven in part by her social

ambitions, which initially are awakened during her first stay at the Lintons, and which eventually compel her to

marry Edgar. Catherine is free—spirited, beautiful, spoiled, and often arrogant, she is given to fits of temper,

and she is torn between her both of the men who love her. The location of her coffin symbolizes the conflict that

tears apart her short life. She is buried in a corner of the Kirkyard. In contrast to Catherine, Isabella Linton—

Catherine’s sister—in—law represents culture and civilization, both in her refinement and in her weakness.

Ultimately, she ruins her life by falling in love with Heathcliff. He never returns her feelings and treats her as

a meretool in his quest for revenge on the Linton family.

Just as Isabella Linton serves as Catherine’s foil, Edgar Linton serves as Heathcliff’s. Edgar grows into a

tender, constant, but cowardly man. He is almost the ideal gentleman.

However, this full assortment of gentlemanly

characteristics, along with his civilized virtues, proves useless in Edgar’s clashes with his foil. Heathcliff, who gains

power over his wife, sister , and daughter.

The whole story make people’s mood heavy. Fortunately, the end is happy.Cathy and Hareton live together happily.

I like this book because it rest on the unforgettable characters. Emily

Brontë's

Wuthering

Heights

displays

several

characteristics of destructive relationships. Three of these are uncaring parents, marriage without knowing the person, and jealousy.

Uncaring or unsympathizing parents are shown throughout this story to be an element of destructive relationships.

Because Heathcliff gained all the attention from Mr. Earnshaw,

Hindley became disassociated from his father. This separation continued until after Mr. Earnshaw had died.Another example is between Hindley and Hareton. Hindley became such a drunk and a gambler that he could not properly care for young Hareton. This led to a separation between Hareton and his father as well. One primary example of an uncaring parent is shown between Heathcliff and his son Linton.Heathcliff did not even want his son for anything except enacting a part of his revenge. This is shown by Linton's fear of Heathcliff and Heathcliff's enmity toward his son. Linton even says \"... my father threatened me, and I dread him - I dread him!\"(244) to express his feeling about Heathcliff.The hostility and

separation between father and son in this book shows that uncaring parents can cause serious damage in relationships with their children.

While these marriages took place, jealousy also took a hold in some relationships. One example of this is when Mr. Earnshaw starts to favor Heathcliff over his own son, Hindley.

Because of this, Hindley becomes jealous of young Heathcliff and sets out to make Heathcliff's life a nightmare.

Hindley's jealousy becomes evident when he says ,\"... be damned you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out

of all he has; only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan.\"(35). Jealousy was also found very notably in the relationship between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton.

The jealousy between them is expressed when Heathcliff and Edgar start a hostile conversation after Cathy's

homecoming at Christmas near the beginning of the book. As the story progresses these two become bitter enemies who

will not speak to one another. Another relationship which jealousy ruined is the one between Hareton and Linton. These two become jealous of each other over Cathy's affections. This relationship ends as Hareton and Linton hating each other. These relationships show that jealousy can ruin a relationship very quickly.

The jealousy, neglect, and unprepared nature of the many relationships in this book indicates that many of the

relationships in this book have gone \"sour\". In spite of all these destructive elements one relationship may

succeed. This is the one between Cathy and Hareton.