{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30734943","dateCreated":"1290616660","smartDate":"Nov 24, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cristinarojas1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cristinarojas1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30734943"},"dateDigested":1531973950,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":"Heathcliff\u2019s life is certainly one of ups and downs; he was first brought up by Mr. Earnshaw, who welcomed him into a life of comfort and luxury which was later ripped away by Hindley, Mr. Earnshaw\u2019s actual son, after his father\u2019s death. The love of his life, Catherine, was his, only briefly but then Edgar Linton, wealth, and social class lured her into the world of high society and away from Heathcliff. After being demoted socially and emotionally Heathcliff devotes the rest of his life to getting back at the people who caused him a life of misfortune and suffering. In response to all the pain inflicted by Hindley, Heathcliff sets out to begin his revenge on him when he degrades Hearton, Hindley\u2019s son, into serfdom, the same way Hindley had done to him. As a young boy, Hearton lives a life of luxuries and pleasures, but after his father dies Heathcliff takes away these luxuries; creating a parallel to what had bin done to him. \u201cI know what he suffers now, for instance, exactly; it is merely a beginning of what he shall suffer, though\u2026I\u2019ve got him faster than his scoundrel of a father secured me, and lower;\u201d (Page 210) This is a reflection of Heathcliff\u2019s lack of acceptance with what he considers has been the luck handed down to him. He is so deeply affected by the negative experiences he has encountered that he is unable to act on positivity. He chooses not to focus on the virtues of people, but only on what concerns him, and assists him to gain more power and status. Heathcliff knows Hearton has a lot of potential and capability to become a very prestigious man, yet he chooses not to unveil them and keeps him as a servant out of spite towards Hindley. His luxuries weren\u2019t the only thing taken away from Heathcliff, when Catherine married Edgar and left him for a \u201cbetter life\u201d his entire person fell apart; he changed into a antagonistic person, full of rage and malice triggered by the resentment Catherine had left him with. Heathcliff marries Isabella in an attempt to irritate Catherine and make her envious, at the same time annoying Edgar by taking away his sister. In his efforts of seeking revenge, Heathcliff was capable of doing anything in order to hurt Catherine and Edgar, and in the way ended up hurting others too. Isabella was an innocent and na\u00efve girl who got dragged into Heathcliff\u2019s conspiracy and eventually into marriage. \u201cI recovered from my first desire to be killed by him-I'd rather he'd kill himself! He has extinguished my love effectually, and so I'm at my ease \u2026\u201d Her marriage to Heathcliff ended up destroying her, Heathcliff\u2019s way of mistreating Isabella makes him appear as soulless and empty. Heathcliff\u2019s negative perception of the world makes him believe that everything that has happened to him is because of other people; he blames them for his suffering and denies himself from this guilt.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"30545183","dateCreated":"1290224932","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"gmurphy3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gmurphy3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30545183"},"dateDigested":1531973950,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":"Heathcliff is one of the main characters in the novel \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d. He has had a rough life and he blames his misfortunes on the gods. He has overlooked the fact that the bad things in his life may be a result of his own actions.
\nHeathcliff is a dark and temperamental man. He is obsessed with getting revenge on people if they have done him any wrong whatsoever. In Heathcliff\u2019s mind, nothing is settled until someone has suffered because of what they have done. He has a strong tendency to manipulate people to get what he wants. Two unfortunate people who have fallen into Heathcliff\u2019s trap are Catherine and Edgar. Catherine and Heathcliff have a deep and powerful love. However, Catherine marries Edgar because of her desire to acquire a high social status. Catherine and Edgar\u2019s marriage sends Heathcliff into a rage and he disappears. When he returns after three years, he has come up with a vindictive plan to make Catherine and Edgar suffer. He kills two birds with one stone by marrying Edgar\u2019s sister, Isabella. Catherine\u2019s heart is broken and Edgar is infuriated that his sister is married to a vengeful animal. Also, when Catherine is dying of sickness, Heathcliff tells her she deserves this after what she has done to him. He is almost glad that Catherine\u2019s fate has come to this. \u201cYou have killed yourself. Yes, you may kiss me, and cry, and wring out my kisses and tears; they\u2019ll blight you \u2013 they\u2019ll damn you. You loved me \u2013 then what right had you to leave me?\u201d [Pg 156] Heathcliff also wants revenge on Hindley because of the way he is treated under Hindley\u2019s patriarchy. When Mr. Earnshaw dies, Hindley degrades Heathcliff to a mere household servant because Hindley has been jealous of Heathcliff since their childhood. This is because Mr. Earnshaw always seemed to favor Heathcliff. "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!" [Pg 54] Heathcliff will not rest until he has had his sweet revenge on Hindley.
\nHeathcliff sees his role in the world as influential and important and he thinks very highly of himself, therefore, he is extremely proud. All his life, Heathcliff has felt slightly insecure. Mr. Earnshaw took him in from the streets at an early age, so Heathcliff has always felt like a bit of an outsider not being a true Earnshaw. All his insecurities that have been building up since his childhood could be the driving forces in his reasoning for always wanting revenge. Heathcliff\u2019s main problem is that he never comes to the realization that the fact that his life is extremely complicated is his fault. He always finds someone else to blame, often pointing fingers to the gods and insinuating that it is their fault. He believes that fate is the sole reason that his life has had so many problems and misfortune. Heathcliff is a vengeful man who never takes responsibility for his actions.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30545211","body":"Mr. Webster,
\nThank you for extending my time to finish this. I really appreciate it!","dateCreated":"1290224998","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"gmurphy3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gmurphy3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30536607","dateCreated":"1290205821","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"eli-picado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eli-picado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1283475869\/eli-picado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30536607"},"dateDigested":1531973950,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Wuthering Heights answer","description":"Two characters are deeply described in the novel \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d, by Emily Bronte. One of these is Heathcliff, the male leader character of the story. Heathcliff was brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, when the Earnshaw brothers were still children. Since the very first beginning Mr. Earnshaw shows an unusual sympathy for Heathcliff, what makes Hindley jealous of him intertwining the plot of the story. Because of his jealousy, Hindley mistreats Heathcliff when their father dies; and Heathcliff is determined to revenge Hindley\u00b4s abuses. Until he accomplishes his purpose, this desire becomes for him his role in the world. A lot of misfortunes happen in Wuthering Heights in the next years, and several of them involve Heathcliff. When he decides with Catherine to go spy the Linton brothers in Thrushcross Grange, a dog attacks Catherine, hurting her and forcing her to stay at Thrushcross Grange until she is fully recovered. During the time she stays there she changes a lot and becomes a lady. Back at Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff continues to be a mischievous boy. When she comes back and they find each other, Catherine starts showing a subtle contempt for the way Heathcliff looks like. Then, when Catherine tells Nelly that she decided to marry Edgar, Heathcliff over hears a part of the conversation in which Catherine says that it would degrade her to marry Heathcliff. Both events have a lot of influence in Heathcliff. He realizes that he might not be enough for Catherine and decides to change. So he leaves Wuthering Heights for several years and comes back as a changed man: a gentleman. This is how Nelly perceived his arriving: \u201cSomething stirred in the porch, and, moving nearer, I distinguished a tall man dressed I dark clothes, with dark face and hair. He leant against the side and held his fingers as if intending to open for himself. \u201cWho can it be?\u201d I thought. \u201cMr. Earnshaw?,\u201d\u201d (page 90). Heathcliff felt that he wasn\u00b4t enough for Catherine, so he takes his destiny in his hands and goes looking for his fortune, and comes back really changed: respectable and, most important, rich. This demonstrates that he believes his successes lie within him, because he didn\u00b4t wait for a change, he went for it. However, when Catherine is in her bed just about to die, Heathcliff goes to visit her and they talk. Then Catherine accuses him of breaking her heart. This is part of Heathcliff\u00b4s response: \u201cBecause misery, and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it,\u201d (page 156). Catherine made Heathcliff suffer a lot when she decided to marry Edgar, separating them. So the reader could infer that their love was part of Heathcliff\u00b4s failures, and because his love for Catherine lies within him, one could say that his failures lie within him as well.
\n
\nMr.Webster remember I talked to you about the due time, Thanks for understanding....","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"30535211","dateCreated":"1290203658","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ellagicacid","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ellagicacid","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1343664898\/ellagicacid-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30535211"},"dateDigested":1531973950,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":"Ella Nugent
\nWiki Response #11
\n
\nHeathcliff, one of the main characters of Wuthering Heights, is extremely unfortunate. Heathcliff was abused as a child and had the love of his life (and his only true friend who understood him) taken away from him, shaping his character into a bitter, vengeful one. He has suffered a great deal and he blames his misfortunes and miseries on the gods.
\n
\n Heathcliff's role in the world is to get revenge and to keep a balance. He has a set idea of what things should be like and if they aren\u2019t as he thinks they ought to be, then somebody has to pay. Heathcliff\u2019s role in life is to make people pay however he sees fit. As a young child, Heathcliff had always been Mr Earnshaw\u2019s favourite. When Hindley takes revenge on the young Heathcliff, who had done nothing wrong (in his eyes), Heathcliff feels like his balance has been disrupted. Heathcliff feels the need to get revenge on him the same way he feels the need to get revenge on Edgar for taking Catherine from him. "I\u2019m trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don\u2019t care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last\u201d (pg 59). In Heathcliff's world, things should be a certain way and he believes that Catherine and he should be together. Heathcliff stops at nothing to get revenge and restore his twisted "balance". He generally uses innocent people to get his revenge (Isabella to get revenge on Edgar, Hareton to get revenge on Hindley, taking Linton to get revenge on Edgar again). Heathcliff makes it very clear that he does not marry Isabella for love: \u201cShe left them under a delusion... I did not love her\u201d (pg 146), but to make Catherine jealous\/get revenge on Edgar. It is also very clear that Heathcliff does not take Linton because he is planning on loving him \u201c...it was to find him a worthy object of pride and I\u2019m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced whining wretch\u201d (pg 201). The only reason Heathcliff \u201cclaims\u201d Linton is simply to spite Edgar. Heathcliff could care less that he will probably traumatize the poor boy and deprive him of a happy, healthy life. Heathcliff doesn\u2019t care that while he tries to get revenge and restore the balance in his own life, he disrupts and ruins the lives of others. Heathcliff probably believes his failures and losses are divine intervention because Heathcliff could never even fathom the idea that he could have done anything wrong. Heathcliff is too proud to admit that he brought a lot of his unhappiness upon himself and can\u2019t stand the idea that he has failed, so he blames it on the gods and calls it divine intervention.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"30519127","dateCreated":"1290187280","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"marinacoccaro","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/marinacoccaro","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30519127"},"dateDigested":1531973950,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":" Heathcliff\u2019s role in Wuthering Heights is essential in the novel, and he can probably be considered as one of the most important characters due to his actions throughout the book. His suffering is present at all times, and he believes his suffering is part of the schemes of the gods. He didn\u2019t ask for Mr. Earnshaw to rescue him from the streets back in Liverpool, and thanks to that generous rich man, Heathcliff\u2019s life changed greatly. He was taken to a completely new world of luxuries and privileges, and lived the life any young boy would die for. But at the same time, that\u2019s what took him to misery and an endless feeling of regret through all his life. He is known for being cold hearted and cruel, but what most of us readers don\u2019t know is how his personality turned like that and what were the causes for all the bitterness that ruined him from inside out. If Mr. Earnshaw hadn\u2019t rescued him, he would have never met Catherine, the great love of his life. His new life was filled with new opportunities and benefits, but it had a very dark side as well. \u201cAnd I pray that he may break your neck; take him, and be damned, you beggar interloper\u201d pg 38. Since his stepbrother Hindley mistreated him so badly, Heathcliff wished to gain revenge from him no matter what as he grew up. Even though he was presented to a whole new world of materialistic values, he was not able to take advantage of all his stepdad could provide him since Hindley was constantly against him. When Mr. Earnshaw died, Heatchliff was forced to become a servant and take care of the barn. Heathcliff never wished this life as a kid, and in his mind, the gods had planned his entire destiny. His terrible relationship with Hindley didn\u2019t spark out of nothing; Hindley was always scared his new brother would gain the affection of his father, and steal his place in his heart. Heathcliff also fails on gaining his dear Catherine. When she decides to marry Edgar Linton due to the quality of life he would provide her with, Heathcliff felt dammed. \u201cI just hope, I pray, that he may forget his diabolical prudence, and kill me!\u201d pg 147. Isabella married Heathcliff because she was deeply in love with him, and she never realized he had only married her in order to gain revenge from Catherine. When she discovers, she is filled with anger and hatred. She could never think Heathcliff would be such a cold-hearted monster, and feels immensely disappointed. She feels used by a man that lives for revenge and would do anything in order to gain it. Heathciff goes through a painful life with lots of suffering, and yet, no one seems to think his feeling of revenge over some people is reasonable. He feels like he is living an unfair life in which no one seems to understand his reasoning, and he never did something to deserve such thing.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532199","body":"Thanks Marina,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199563","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30490339","dateCreated":"1290137009","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cecyrodriguez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cecyrodriguez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30490339"},"dateDigested":1531973951,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff ","description":"Cecilia Rodriguez
\n
\n
\n
\nIn \u201dWuthering Heights\u201d By Emily Bronte, Heathcliff struggles the whole way through the book with arousing problems that covert him not only into a dark, resentful, hateful and revengeful person, but also one that brings all these terrifying things to other peoples lives. His sole purpose in this world is to seek revenge upon those who shattered his life. Heathcliff comes back after three years and decides to visit Catherine and the Linton\u2019s. He sees Catherine and cant help but hide what he really is feeling, love. Love for her, even though she broke his heart by marrying another man. Now Heathcliff believes that he must get revenge on her by marrying his husband\u2019s sister, Isabella. All the madness that is going through Heathcliffs head not only haunts and affects him, but others too. Poor Isabella marries Heathcliff, not knowing she will live a sorrowful, miserable life, and she wasn\u2019t even originally one of those people who had hurt him so bad.
\n \u201cI recovered from my first desire to be killed by him\u2014I\u2019d rather he\u2019d kill himself! He has extinguished my love effectually, and so I\u2019m at my ease. \u201d (Page 182)
\nHeathcliff unfortunately ruins Isabella\u2019s life, because he doesn\u2019t love her and only uses her as a tool to get his vengeance on Hindley and Catherine.
\nHeathcliff also has the goal of controlling Wuthering Heights, and by this gaining revenge on Hindley. \u201cI'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. ... I hope he will not die before I do!\u201d Hindley had caused a lot of pain to Heathcliff by not letting him be with the others, because he wasn\u2019t \u201cacceptable\u201d. Now Heathcliff has the goal of showing Hindley that he is acceptable enough and even better for having more wealth and power enough to take over Wuthering Heights.
\nHeathcliff does feel like his suffering comes form the scheme of the gods. It drives him crazy the way he feels about Catherine, because even though she broke his heart horribly, he still loves her and shows his weak side when speaking to her. Heathcliff always shows his dark, mean, and irritating side to others, and even to Catherine sometimes. Maybe at the beginning, but when she is about to die, he surrenders.
\n\u201cBe with me always,--take any form\u2014drive me mad! Only do not leave me in the abyss, where I cannot fin you! Oh God! It I unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!\u201d(page 176)
\n
\nEven though Catherine is the reason Heathcliff marries Isabella and becomes a horrible person, she is also the only one who can bring back the real Heathcliff inside. His undying love for her is always shown, even if he feels his role in this world is to hurt her and the other people who made him miserable once.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532181","body":"Thanks Cecilia,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199513","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30488651","dateCreated":"1290135037","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alabuda","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alabuda","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30488651"},"dateDigested":1531973951,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":"Heathcliff plays the key role in the novel Wuthering Heights. He is one of the most influential characters of the story. He was found on the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw and was treated by him like a son. Heathcliff starts having issues with Mr. Earnshaw\u2019s real son, Hindley. He also falls in love with Hindley\u2019s sister, Catherine. These themes of love and conflict create and shape the entire plot of the novel. Heathcliff is a very cold, diabolical person. It seems like he is getting pleasure from seeing other people suffer like he did. He gets very vexed if he doesn\u2019t get what he wants, too. Heathcliff can manipulate people around him very easily. When Heathcliff wants to get Hindley\u2019s horse that he prefers, he simply blackmails his \u201cbrother\u201d, \u201cYou must exchange horses with me. I don\u2019t like mine; and if you won\u2019t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you\u2019ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder,\u201d (page 38). He also gets very vengeful when Catherine breaks his heart. He runs away and comes back to Wuthering Heights after three years as a noble, rich, educated man that has a plan on how to get vengeance on the people that hurt him. He is being respected more after his arrival even if some people do not enjoy his company. He seeks his revenge on Edgar Linton for taking his \u201csoul\u201d, which, we can assume, is really Catherine. Even Heathcliff\u2019s wife, Isabella, notices his obsession about Edgar, \u201cHe [Heathcliff] wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation\u2026 he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him,\u201d (pg. 147). Heathcliff believes that his suffering in life is caused by something divine. He starts off with nothing; he is made a servant on Wuthering Heights after Mr. Earnshaw\u2019s death. He has always been pushed around, ignored and treated badly. Catherine also made him hurt by being \u201ca lady\u201d after she comes back from Thrushcross Grange. She starts treating Heathcliff as a servant at one point, too. Overall, he had to secretly love her from a big distance. It made his life a little bit more humiliating as he could not do anything about it. He has to suffer alone and live with his painful love. Heathcliff also feels a great agony when Catherine, the love of his life, dies. He blames the heavens for it; the fact that the God had to take Catherine away to make him suffer even more. Heathcliff never blames himself for anything that happens to him. He states, \u201cMisery, degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us,\u201d (pg. 156.)He believes that, if the whole world and the God are already against him, why can\u2019t he turn his back at them and be cruel? Since he is hurt his whole life, everyone else should suffer twice as much. Heathcliff is cruel, heartless and merciless, yet, he is the reason the story is being told. He is the necessary key character for the novel\u2019s complicated plot.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532141","body":"Thanks Agneiska,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199473","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30484953","dateCreated":"1290131422","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Jenny-37715","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jenny-37715","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1282875040\/Jenny-37715-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30484953"},"dateDigested":1531973951,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff ","description":"Heathcliff is one of the most important character in the book Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte\u2019s. Heathcliff is a character that suffers a lot through out the entire story. He was given the chance to live a life full riches and luxuries by Mr. Earnshaw yet that life was taken away by his \u201cbrother\u201d Hindley when their father dies. He also suffers when the love his life Catherine is taken away from him by a man whose only appeal to her is his wealth, elegance, and position. She doesn\u2019t love him yet Catherine turns her back to him and gives up on their love for a better future. Since he suffers so much, his pain is eventually turned into anger, an anger which fuels him to take revenge on all of those who have hurt him and humiliated him. Revenge is how Heathcliff sees his role in the story for he is always causing problems and he always seeks a way to take his revenge.
\nHindley is the first that causes pain to Heathcliff for he degrades him from being a member of the family to be one more servant. Heathcliff suffers a lot due to this fact because it also gives Catherine one more excuse to not be with him. His hatred is so big that he says, \u201cI am trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don\u2019t care how long I wait, if I can only do it last. I hope he will not die before I do.\u201d (pg. 59) He will do whatever it takes in order to make Hindley pay the pain he has caused him. Heathcliff does not just seek revenge upon Hindley he also wants to hurt Edgar. Edgar took from him his most valuable treasure, Catherine. For that he must also hurt Edgar. When Isabella is talking to Nelly she says, \u201cHe wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation\u2026 he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him,\u201d (pg. 147) Isabella sees that Heathcliff is obsessed with hurting Edgar and doing everything he can to annoy him. He sees Catherine and when Isabella dies he is unwilling to give Linton to him out of Spite. Finally, he wants to take revenge on Catherine because even though he loves her, she hurt him as well and she has to have a taste of her own medicine. He marries Isabella to take his revenge and he also drives a wedge between her and Edgar. By marrying Isabella, he accomplishes her jealousy and bit of her pain. She even tells Heathcliff, \u201cYou have killed me and thriven on it.\u201d (pg.153). His purpose in the book is to gain back his long lost love Catherine and to take revenge on those who have bid them wrong.
\nHeathcliff never blames him self for his pains or his problems. He believes everything is of divine intervention or fate. He blames Catherine for all his pain yet he never told her how he felt or fought for her. He never blames himself. He says, \u201cMisery, degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us,\u201d (pg. 156.) He blames the heavens and the hells for his suffering and he blames everyone else as well. He always makes references to god, heaven, hell, and his infernal pain.
\nHeathcliff is character that never takes responsibility for his pain but blames others and takes revenge upon them.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532097","body":"Thanks Jennifer,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199395","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30479157","dateCreated":"1290126550","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mariangel94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mariangel94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30479157"},"dateDigested":1531973951,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Heathcliff","description":"The main plot of \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d by Emily Bronte circles around Heathcliff, the one of the main characters. As a child, Mr. Earnshaw took Hethcliff into his home, where he was raised alongside his foster siblings Catherine, and Hindley. Ever since a young age there is resentment between Heathcliff and Hindley since Hindley saw \u201cHeathcliff as an usurper of his father\u2019s affections and his privileges,\u201d (page 37), and therefore, mistreated him. Yet, his relationship with Catherine is very different. They both fall deeply in love with each other as they grow up, but the possibility of them ever being together is shattered when Catherine marries Edgar Linton. His frustrated love for Catherine and the offenses he took from Hindley become the motivation behind his actions for the rest of the novel. After Mr. Earnshaw dies Hindley degrades Heathcliff, makes him a servant and denies all privileges to him. This causes Heathcliff to desire revenge on Hindley, yet he stands by the offenses and only begins to plan his revenge. It is when Catherine breaks his heart that Heathcliff decides to leave Wuthering Heights, and when he comes back being a \u201cchanged man\u201d his sole purpose is to avenge himself of all the wrongdoings he once was a \u2018victim\u2019 of. When he comes back he wants to inflict revenge upon Hindley, and Edgar. Every single one of his actions after he returns is directed to fulfill this purpose. By paying the debts Hindley had he became the mortgage owner of Wuthering Heights, and what would annoy Hindley more than having to allow his hated foster brother live in his house once again and not as a servant? Heathcliff did this in full conscience of how much it would bother Hindley knowing that Heathcliff would become owner of his house. He also marries Isabella to hurt Edgar, just like Edgar hurt him by taking Catherine. Isabella even tells Nelly that Heathcliff does not hide his intentions: \u201cHe wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation; he says he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him,\u201d (page 147). He also married Isabella because she is Linton\u2019s heir and once again, Heathcliff wants to possess that that once belonged to those who hurt him. All the suffering that Heathcliff has undergone is what provokes him to act so vindictively and Heathcliff blames other people for his sufferings. With his broken heart for example, he blames Catherine although he never really fought for her after her engagement. \u201cYou loved me \u2014 then what right had you to leave me? ... Because misery, and degradation, and death, and nothing God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart \u2014 you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine,\u201d(page 156). Heathcliff blames Catherine for his sorrow and thus becoming such a vindictive man. He sees his life as a work of fate, and blames Catherine for having made all the decisions, yet if he loved her so much why did he leave instead of fighting for her?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532071","body":"Thanks Mariangel,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199345","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30470003","dateCreated":"1290119150","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"lottej95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lottej95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30470003"},"dateDigested":1531973952,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"lotte jansen wiki question 11","description":"In the novel, \u201cWuthering Heights,\u201d Heathcliff is commonly portrayed as the cold-hearted, ill-tempered man who uses vindictive cruelty to deliberately ruin the lives of the Earnshaws and the Lintons. Heathcliff sees his role in the world as a clever, powerful man, who can use the tools of manipulation, blackmailing, and revenge to achieve whatever he wants. His main goal is to mentally hurt the people who hurt him during his life, such as Edgar Linton, Catherine Earnshaw, and Hindley. However, he also hurts innocent people along the way, such as Isabella. \u201cThe tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them\u201d (chapter 11). He will do anything he can possible do to take down all of the people who have treated him badly to feel completely satisfied.
\nHeathcliff feels like his suffering is part of the scheme of the gods. He does not recognize that the source of his anger, failures and losses lie within himself because for years he was seeking revenge on the people who hurt him. As a result, Catherine dies. Would he have been able to foresee the horrible consequences of his actions, Heathcliff might have chosen not to seek revenge. Had Heathcliff not caused so much stress on Catherine when she was sick, she may not have died. With his sudden return to Wuthering Heights and the building tension between him and Edgar, Catherine went crazy and became even more ill. Heathcliff\u2019s desire for revenge has hurt the people around him, and he will not stop seeking revenge until he\u2019s satisfied. \u201cThe murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe\u201d (chapter 16).
\nAlso, if he had confessed his love to Catherine, then maybe she would not have accepted Edgar\u2019s proposal and she might have married Heathcliff instead, disregarding his low social status. Heathcliff does not want to believe that Catherine died because of him. He believes that it was the schemes of the gods that caused all of his misery. Heathcliff\u2019s way to deal with his demons is to get back at people, he does not know of any other way to soothe his pains. He takes revenge on people such as Isabella who did not hurt him. Even his own son, Linton, is afraid of him and does not want to live with him. Heathcliff is so mentally hurt, that he is completely incapable of showing love to anybody else, except Catherine. Even the people that have been kind to him like Nelly, he treats badly.
\nEver since the day Mr.Earnshaw took Heathcliff off of the streets and welcomed him in his family, Heathcliff\u2019s life had gone down the drain. He has been treated even worse when Hindley inherits Wuthering Heights. Hindley seeks revenge on Heathcliff for having Mr.Earnshaw favor Heathcliff over him. Catherine is the only person who enjoyed Heathcliff\u2019s company. After Catherine marries Edgar, Heathcliff\u2019s anger and disappointment takes control of him and his wish to hurt the people around him becomes even more powerful. He becomes an obsessed and tormented soul.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532015","body":"Great Lotte,
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290199263","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}