Wuthering Heights Revenge And Pride Quotes

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Revenge, Love, and Pride As humans, we are motivated in life in unique ways, such as love and family. Motivations are the reasoning behind how a person acts. In literature, characters are motivated by similar values as we do. In the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, the main character, Heathcliff, uses revenge, love, and pride as his rationale to his actions. Heathcliff uses revenge against Hindley and Catherine as his motivation in his life. When Heathcliff was brought to the Earnshaws’ household, he was accepted by Mr. Earnshaw; however “after the old man’s death Hindley makes him an outcast.” (Wuthering Heights). Despite Hindley’s wishes of keeping him an outcast, Catherine helped Heathcliff with his desire of revenge against …show more content…
Heathcliff is angered by her pointed accusations towards him that he has broken her heart thereby causing her to have regrets on her deathbed. As they argue, Heathcliff sees how weak she is as she begs him for forgiveness to which he responds, “...“kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer--- but yours! How can I?”” (Bronte 152). He admits to loving her; however, Heathcliff remains to see her as her own murder who he cannot forgive. Heathcliff spends his whole life seeking revenge from Hindley’s harsh treatment towards him during his childhood and Catherine for breaking his heart. Love can be an overwhelming feeling; it can rule over how one should act. In this novel, “the passion of Heathcliff and Catherine lies at the emotional core” (Knoepflmacher). For Heathcliff, his love towards Catherine and Hareton motivates him throughout his life. Since he first arrived at the Earnshaw’s residence, he has loved Catherine. When Nelly tells him to leave because Edgar is coming into the room, Catherine panics and tries to convince him to stay, in which Heathcliff responds, “...“Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so,
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