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Heathcliff is despicable no matter what way you look at him, whether you can consider him wounded or not. He is constantly threatening and manipulating those that are around him, only in attempts to hurt them. Heathcliff doesn't even have any redeeming qualities that help him look like a nice guy.
Heathcliff's deceiving and despicable nature begins when Hindley mistreats and abuses him. This almost makes you think that he isn't despicable or deceiving, but rather he is wounded. However, just as you begin to feel bad for Heathcliff in his time of need, he starts all of his plotting and begins to think almost completely on revenge.
As the novel progresses Heathcliff's thoughts are more and more on how he can ruin other peoples lives, especially that of Hindley's. This hatred continues to spiral him into a bottomless pit of no return. The only happiness that Heathcliff has in his life anymore is the happiness that he gains from his love for Catherine. It is only when Catherine marries Edgar Linton that Heathcliff is no longer able to gain any form of happiness, not from acting his revenge on Hindley, or even the later birth of his own child.
When Catherine dies Heathcliff's own life is almost brought to a complete stop. Heathcliff says that he would rather have Catherine haunt him than be left alone in this life without her and that life without her is "unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" (Bronte 163). This quote shows just how much Heathcliff cared about Catherine and it shows that in some ways he isn't pure evil, and that he is just a wounded man. While he was with Catherine he was less despicable and appeared more as a wounded man, trapped within the life that was forced upon him by Hindley. However, once Catherine is dead he goes straight back to his ways off plotting, against all those who were involved in some way with his beloved Catherine's death.
Although his actions did, in a way, have good reason they are still those of a vengeful, deceiving and hate filled man. He put aside all that he could have done just to get back at those who had harmed him in the past and never looked ahead to try and brighten up his future. While there is the chance that he is just a wounded man, living a rough life, it is more so true that he put himself in this position due to his treacherous and deceptive ways. Heathcliff should not be portrayed as a good man gone bad by the actions around him, but rather as a fuse waiting for his excuse to blow.
Heathcliff's deceiving and despicable nature begins when Hindley mistreats and abuses him. This almost makes you think that he isn't despicable or deceiving, but rather he is wounded. However, just as you begin to feel bad for Heathcliff in his time of need, he starts all of his plotting and begins to think almost completely on revenge.
As the novel progresses Heathcliff's thoughts are more and more on how he can ruin other peoples lives, especially that of Hindley's. This hatred continues to spiral him into a bottomless pit of no return. The only happiness that Heathcliff has in his life anymore is the happiness that he gains from his love for Catherine. It is only when Catherine marries Edgar Linton that Heathcliff is no longer able to gain any form of happiness, not from acting his revenge on Hindley, or even the later birth of his own child.
When Catherine dies Heathcliff's own life is almost brought to a complete stop. Heathcliff says that he would rather have Catherine haunt him than be left alone in this life without her and that life without her is "unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" (Bronte 163). This quote shows just how much Heathcliff cared about Catherine and it shows that in some ways he isn't pure evil, and that he is just a wounded man. While he was with Catherine he was less despicable and appeared more as a wounded man, trapped within the life that was forced upon him by Hindley. However, once Catherine is dead he goes straight back to his ways off plotting, against all those who were involved in some way with his beloved Catherine's death.
Although his actions did, in a way, have good reason they are still those of a vengeful, deceiving and hate filled man. He put aside all that he could have done just to get back at those who had harmed him in the past and never looked ahead to try and brighten up his future. While there is the chance that he is just a wounded man, living a rough life, it is more so true that he put himself in this position due to his treacherous and deceptive ways. Heathcliff should not be portrayed as a good man gone bad by the actions around him, but rather as a fuse waiting for his excuse to blow.