Wuthering Heights1
In Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights the idea compensation for love lost is discussed. Wuthering Heights is a quiet house in the country where the Earnshaw's and Heathcliff live. Heathcliff loves Catherine Earnshaw very much but, she decides to marry another man, Edgar. Heathcliff marries Edgar's sister just to make Catherine jealous. At the end Heathcliff abandons his plan for vengeance and professes his love for Catherine only to see her die soon after. In the novel Wuthering Heights Bronte shows that revenge is not the key to happiness through irony, through plot, and through characterization. Irony is used over and over in the novel Wuthering Heights to express the notion of revenge. The main ironic incident in this novel is that no one ends up with the person they want to be with despite the fact that they can be with the one they love. For example Catherine loves Heathcliff. Catherine and Heathcliff are soul mates, and she even remarks to Nelly that, " I [Catherine] am Heathcliff!" (142). She is angry at Heathcliff for not leaving sooner to make something of himself. Catherine could have had Heathcliff, but she chooses not to and ends up miserable. Another example of irony is that Heathcliff and Isabella do no
Heathcliff thinks that he is with Isabella to get back at Catherine. He goes of in search of a way to show Catherine what she is missing. Heathcliff seeks vengeance on Catherine. Cathy falls in love with Linton and tells Edgar. Hindly grows up miserable and resentful of Heathchiff. Edgar could provide her with anything she wants. At the end he is Edgar is the one who is not happy even though he thought he got the ultimate revenge. When Heathcliff comes to live with the Earnshaw's Hindley is very upset. However, Catherine loves Heathcliff. The novel takes a turn when Catherine has to decide whether or not to marry Edgar. But at the end Catherine is the one who suffers. Earnshaw adores Heathcliff and raised Heathcliff as a member of the family. Heathcliff is crushed but, when Catherine speaks of Heathcliff and says, "Heathcliff has no notion of these things" (70).
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