In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte tells the story of two love triangles that take place between the same families over two generations. The first triangle of Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar becomes the mirror in which the second triangle of Hareton, Cathy, and Linton (the second generation) is reflected. In the first generation, there is the presence of love but there is also a strong under current of hate and the want for revenge. Heathcliff's loss of Catherine to Edgar (for material reasons), her death, and his obsession with her memory fuel the lust for revenge in Heathcliff's character.

Heathcliff has so much hate built up in him because of his unjust treatment by Hindley. However, when Catherine decides to marry Edgar, Heathcliff runs away. He returns after he has won much of Hindley's money through gambling and he soon wins Wuthering Heights from him. He now has the money to win Catherine back but it is too little, too late. She is dying and will once again leave him behind. When Heathcliff hears news of Catherine's death he says a prayer that in the end is answered when he laments "Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living" (129). The almost unbearab

Despite these revenge tactics Heathcliff's efforts fail. His only chance of achieving true union with Catherine is when he dies. Heathcliff sees Cathy with Hareton on the Moors and says, "Perhaps you have never remarked that their eyes are precisely similar, and they are those of Catherine Earnshaw" (244). Clearly Heathcliff sees characteristics of the old Catherine in her daughter, Cathy. Heathcliff also sees characteristics of himself and Catherine when he looks at Hareton. He expresses this when he says, "Well Hareton's aspect was the ghost of my immortal love, of my wild endeavors to hold my right, my degradation, my pride, my happiness, and my anguish" (245). Hareton has all the aspects and characteristics of both Heathcliff and Catherine. But Heathcliff also says, "I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped on the flags! In every cloud, in every tree-filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day" (245). Heathcliff is beginning to see these features everywhere not just in a person, but everywhere he looks. Heathcliff then has a swift change of emotions about his life and his treatment of others. At the end of the novel Heathcliff realizes the emptiness of a life devoted to revenge when he says "... I could do it [take revenge on

le frustration that drives Heathcliff's vengeance is evident in his pitiful yet powerful statement, "I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul" (129). This too proves to be foreshadowing for Heathcliff's undying love for Catherine can only be resolved when he joins her in the afterlife.

When Hindley dies by drinking himself to death, Heathcliff has sole possession of Wuthering Heights and he becomes responsible for Hareton, son of Hindley. Heathcliff treats Hareton in the same way Heathcliff himself was treated by Hindley. Now that Hindley has passed away Hareton becomes Heathcliff's punching bag and the new object of his vengeance.

Heathcliff begins his pursuit of revenge by gaining control of Wuthering Heights. He wins this over a gambling dispute wit

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