How is Heathcliff's relationship with Hindley portrayed in chapters one to ten of Wuthering Heights?
Wuthering Heights Question How is Heathcliff's relationship with Hindley portrayed in chapters one to ten of Wuthering Heights? Answer Heathcliff's relationship with Hindley is portrayed using a number of techniques. The author uses a frame narration. This is where Lockwood, the narrator, is repeating the words of Nelly, who is telling the story to Lockwood. The author also uses Lockwood reading Cathy's diary to tell part of the story. These techniques add variety to the story and also reveal it gradually to the reader. Heathcliff and Hindley have always had a relationship of hatred and jealousy. Hindley's dislike of Heathcliff stems from the fact that his father adopted the orphan Heathcliff and he felt that he had stolen his father's affection. Heathcliff's dislike of Hindley originates from the ill treatment that he receives from Hindley, almost from the moment that he enters the household. When Heathcliff and Hindley meet for the first time in Chapter Four, there is hatred between them. This is due to the fact that Hindley's father, Mr Earnshaw, had promised Hindley a fiddle when he visits Liverpool, but on his return the fiddle had been crushed due to the distraction of Heathcliff which causes both Hindley and Cathy to take an immediate dislike to Heathcliff and 'they entirely refused to have it in bed with them'. This shows that Cathy and Hindley don't want
Isolation and loneliness in "Wuthering Heights"
Murray Kempton once admitted, 'No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.' The human race continually focuses on characters who intentionally harm others and create damaging situations for their own benefit. Despite popular morals, characters who display an utter disregard for the natural order of human life are characters who are often deemed iconic and are thoroughly scrutinized. If only the characters of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights were as simple as that. Set on the mysterious and gloomy Yorkshire moors in the nineteenth century, Wuthering Heights gives the illusion of lonesome isolation as a stranger, Mr. Lockwood, attempts to narrate a tale he is very far removed from. Emily Bronte's in-depth novel can be considered a Gothic romance or an essay on the human relationship. The reader may regard the novel as a serious study of human problems such as love and hate, or revenge and jealousy. One may even consider the novel Bronte's personal interpretation of the universe. However, when all is said and done, Heathcliff and Catherine are the story. Their powerful presence permeates throughout the novel, as well as their complex personalities. Their climatic feelings towards each other and often selfish behavior often exaggerates or possibly encapsulates certain universal psychological truths humans are too afraid to express. Heathcliff and Catherine's stark backgrounds evolve