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sawdust-emperor · 4 months

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It is fascinating to watch Heathcliff slowly drag everyone he's related to down into his orbit. Especially because he doesn't seem to want them to be there?

He admits Hareton would be a great nephew if he had stepped up for him, but he hates Hareton's dad so much that he takes it out on the boy, leaving him illiterate and poorly mannered.

Isabella was infatuated with him (Heathcliff) a funhouse-mirror image of Catherine #1 and Edgar, but he pursued her despite a lack of returned feelings to get back at Edgar for "taking" Catherine from him. Crucially, in spite of saying out loud that he doesn't care for her to her face, and in spite of her sister in law telling her this guy fucking sucks, he actively pursues her, leaving it up to a sheltered 18 year old to figure out he wasn't teasing or that he WAS being manipulative (and Catherine wasn't trying to torture her by saying he sucked) trapping her until he nearly killed her.

Edgar, Isabella's brother, had resigned himself to being disowned post-marriage, but they do eventually reconcile once she's on her deathbed all the way in London, and he tried to bring Isabella and Heathcliff's child back to raise it. But he can't, because Heathcliff demands the new kid the day Edgar gets him there!

Heathcliff raises the kid, and eventually finds this child deeply unpleasant to be around (Ellen says he cant even converse with him for long without having to leave), but since he's both Linton and Wuthering Height's closest heir, he keeps him, and hopes to doubly secure the Linton estate by fostering romance between the cousins, Cathy (#2) and his sickly son who likely won't live to 25. Unclear how he feels about Cathy, but given Hareton's and Isabella's fate, it's likely she's more a reminder of Edgar than her mother to him.

So he won! He did it! Now he's got a bunch of land he acquired by loaning gold to the alcoholic he was living with (adoptive brother, Hareton's dad, who he hated but couldn't outright murder) mortgaged to the estate. He has the land. He's about to get Edgar's land too, and ensnare Edgar's daughter, the last bit of Catherine that's alive. And he fucking hates all of them, and he hates being a landlord, and his tenants hate him back, and all of this was for nothing because Catherine (#1) is dead and what could have been a tolerable family made of what remained of all of them is instead a total nightmare, because he was abducted from the streets as a child by a white man with a savior complex and lofty ideals but no ability to keep his kids in line. Heathcliff was forced to adapt to this, learning that love is an exception, not the rule, and its only natural for family to hate each other thanks to Hindley's exclusion of him, a pattern he continues on everyone he has power over. God damn.

#wuthering heights #about 2/3rds of the way in

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shrikebrother · 10 months

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im not even surprised about some of heathcliffs more egregious actions & behavior in wuthering heights. thats just how landlords are

#txt

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painterlad71 · 8 months

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I thought about that post from a while ago about a wuthering heights disney movie and i was thinking acctually and the villiain song from anastasia? In the dark of the night evil will find her? Perfect for heathcliff plotting his revenge in his metaphorical hole in time where hes not really living, more waiting to get revenge and die. Also an element of his supernatural and mystery. Anyways.

@faintingheroine no pressure, thought u might be interested

#anastasia #Disney #wuthering heights #heathcliff the landlord #heathcliff

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princesssarisa · 1 year

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Wuthering Heights is one of the most emotionally dramatic stories ever told in the form of the written word. Catherine is a victim of unfortunate circumstances. Heathcliff is an abusive boyfriend. Catherine the Second suffers more than her mother. Everyone in both families has their demons. Nobody is innocent. Everyone is complicated.

Yes, this is all true.

Except I wouldn't technically call Heathcliff an abusive "boyfriend." Though he is an abusive husband, and father, and father-in-law, and guardian, and landlord, and animal owner, and... the list goes on.

#wuthering heights

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sideburnsandmelancholy · 1 year

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❛ what do you want from me? ❜

(hulloo there! i hope its okay that i send this from Richard's historical/victorian!AU? :> )

Heathcliff stared at the man before him, his jaw set firmly. His dark eyes appraised the man, no doubt he was another one of those city-dwellers come up to the countryside as a means to escape the hustle and bustle.

Raising a brow, the landlord placed a hand on his hip.

"First and last month's rent, preferably."

#richardxoliverxmayhew #//hello!! So glad you've reached out I had no idea what to say lol

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heidisenglandblog · 2 years

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Week 17 blog

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Pages: 80-140

Word count: 540

Summary:

After Lockwoods nightmare, Heathcliff appears and demands to know what is going on. Lockwood accuses him of trying to kill him, but Heathcliff dismisses him, saying that it was just a tree branch tapping on the window. Lockwood is still moritified by the incident and decides to leave the next morning. Before he leaves, he asks Heathcliff about the previous landlord of the estate, Mr. Earnshaw, due to mentions of him in Catherine’s diary. Heathcliff tells him that Mr. Earnshaw had two children, Catherine and Hindley. Catherine was wild and spirited, while Hindley was jealous of his father's affection for her. When Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley became the master of the house and treated Heathcliff, who was Mr. Earnshaw's adopted son, very poorly. Heathcliff then tells Lockwood about his own backstory. He was taken in by Mr. Earnshaw when he was a boy, and he and Catherine quickly became close. But when Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley treated Heathcliff like a servant and banished him to the stables. Catherine would then spend more time with the lintons, falling in love and marrying with Edgar Linton. Healthcliff was heartbroken when he found out, since he was deeply in love with Catherine at the time (for being the only person who treated him well.) He would leave Wuthering heights and return after a couple of years, coming back more rich and mysterious in order to win back Catherine. But at this time, she’s now married and dying.

Critical Analysis:

Lockwood is now left to decipher the complicated relationships of Wuthering heights, and why some certain people have certain motives. Specifically, Healthcliff himself. He is slowly bringing out a realistic hypocrisy found in upper society once achieving a wealthy status. His motives throughout the chapters are gradually becoming blurred, with more on a revenge aspect. We see this when Lockwood finds out that Healthcliff called out Earnshaw with an invitation, similar to Hidley’s mistreatment. He says, “Mr. Earnshaw invited HIM! and HE called on Mr. Earn- shaw! I pondered this sentence painfully, after he was gone. Is he turning out a bit of a hypocrite, and coming into the country to work mischief under a cloak? I mused: I had a presentiment in the bottom of my heart that he had better have remained away.” We begin to see healthcliff’s downfall, and see him dive into becoming a whole different person then what he used to be after getting some money. It’s disappointing in some ways too, since he already has a reputation from the stemmed negativity when it comes to Romani people, and it’s like he’s feeding that.

Personal response:

Honestly this was a long read for me. I wouldn’t even stop at the ten page mark because I knew I wouldn’t remember all the connections each character had. Anyways, it was a good read, just painfully long and descriptive. I expected something more between Catherine and Healthcliff, however it would make sense if it was just heathcliff misreading signs due to his constant mistreatment from others. But now I’m curious on healthcliffs motives- I’m assuming Catherine is dead by now, so what is he doing now? Is he still trying to get revenge on the lintons? If so, he’s petty as hell, he should move on.

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ashestoashesjc · 2 years

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okay look i read two chapters of wuthering heights last night and i had no idea how much fun it is. mr. heathcliff is a landlord with a new tenant, mr. lockwood, and lockwood notices how standoffish heathcliff is and is immediately turned on by it and he’s all “we’re bros now, right? bros in misery? i can come back to hang tomorrow?” and heathcliff’s all “don’t do that, please” and the lockwood is just like

#the young mrs. heathcliff pretending to be a witch to scare the old farm hand #i already enjoy this cast of characters a lot #lockwood would really fit in here #in a bad way i mean

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alesreadings · 3 years

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

4.5 stars.

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

Cath... by Death Cab of Cutie (one of my fave bands in the world) was inspired by Wuthering Heights and I think it's beautiful in so many ways. If you haven't read the book and don't want to spoil yourself, read no further; my review contains some minor and major spoilers. Wuthering Heights portrays the tragedy of a couple who didn't get their happy ending, who were abruptly separated and how hatred, passion, love, revenge and toxicity made life hell for many, including the couple themselves. I read this novel about seven or eight years ago, but never counted it as reading because I didn't remember anything about it until today. I think that when I read it for the first time, I did not understand exactly the meaning of many things that this time I analyzed more deeply. Despite this novel being a homework assignment, I must admit that I quite enjoyed reading it and I am grateful that my sister had the physical copy even though she never read it in her youth because reading seemed, and I think still does, boring to her and she showed disinterest in it. Anyway, let's move to the review. Mr. Lockwood arrives at Wuthering Heights and when his landlord shows him in, he finds the atmosphere very gruff and unfriendly, although he can't explain why everyone acts as if they hate their own and everyone else's existence. At first, even I wondered, and it seemed to me that everyone was bitter in character and sullen. Later, Lockwood discovers that there is a ghost there and it is someone Heathcliff is looking for, longing for and missing. When Lockwood moves on to Thrush Farm, and asks Mrs. Dean to tell him who Cath is and the story of Wuthering Heights. In the end, Mrs. Dean tells the whole story up to the present. I found the writing beautiful. It shows a gloomy atmosphere, full of darkness and tragedy. I read it in two languages: English and Spanish, since as y'all know, my native language is Spanish and some English words are still difficult for me, so I decided to read it in both languages. The writing is quite dramatic and tragic at the same time. The characters are complex and at the same time, one can come to dislike them. I believe that Emily's initial purpose was to show us sullen characters, to make us feel apathy and curiosity for them, to the point of immersing us in the story as Nelly narrates the events from the beginning. I must admit that at first, I felt sorry for Heathcliff and that I thought he deserved more, that despite not being able to express his feelings for Catherine, he actually loved her. However, things changed as time went on and Heathcliff "matured" and grew up. He became a vindictive, aggressive, violent and nasty man. What started out as a romance and passion, ended up becoming an obsession and disgrace, which would lead to more tragedy and drama. Catherine annoyed me all the time: she was haughty, arrogant, dramatic and indecisive. From the beginning she came across as manipulative and it also seemed to me that she suffered from some bipolar disorder or some mental illness, but I didn't specify which, if any. She didn't want to marry Heathcliff because it would embarrass her, but she didn't want to leave him alone; I didn't understand her logic exactly. Hareton didn't deserve everything he had in his life, but he couldn't do anything about it, as his father was a drunkard and an inveterate gambler, and he was taken from the arms of Nelly, who could have given him a better education, manners and life. Cathi was someone very sweet at the beginning, tantrum like her mother too, but more cheerful and dynamic. Her marrying Linton was something that made me rage, as Linton was using her and she didn't want to see him, but cared for him as if she owed him something. But she realized that and ended up hating him. I'm glad at least she fell in love with Hareton. I ship them, but they are cousins and omg Sweet Home Alabama. I don't know if I should call Heathcliff and Catherine's relationship a "romance," because it was tremendously toxic. From start to finish, or at least, from the time they

were teenagers until they died. THIS novel is the mold for novels with toxic and tragic romances. Catherine's "love" and emotional manipulation drove Heathcliff to madness and perpetual torment. Edgar was just another victim of Cath's angry outbursts, making him an unhappy wretch. I doubt very much that Heathcliff and Catherine actually loved each other, or perhaps they did in the beginning, but what started out as a romance, ended up becoming a toxic relationship that haunted the next generation of children thereafter. It was actually pretty good, and I was here for the gossip, lol.

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traeumenvonbuechern · 3 years

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June Wrap-Up

1. Can't Take That Away (Steven Salvatore)

Carey Parker dreams of being a diva, and bringing the house down with song. But despite their talent, emotional scars from an incident with a homophobic classmate and their grandmother's spiraling dementia make it harder and harder for Carey to find their voice. Then Carey meets Cris, a singer/guitarist who makes Carey feel seen for the first time in their life. With the rush of a promising new romantic relationship, Carey finds the confidence to audition for the role of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the school musical, setting off a chain reaction of prejudice by Carey's tormentor and others in the school. It's up to Carey, Cris, and their friends to defend their rights--and they refuse to be silenced.

2. Sanditon (Jane Austen)

Written in the last months of Austen's life, Sanditon features a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators in a newly established seaside resort, and shows the author contemplating a changing society with scepticism and amusement. It tells the story of Charlotte Heywood, who is transported by a chance accident from her rural hometown to Sanditon, where she is exposed to the intrigues and dalliances of a small town determined to reinvent itself - and encounters the intriguingly handsome Sidney Parker.

3. The Witch King (H.E. Edgmon)

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4. One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston)

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.

5. Between Perfect and Real (Ray Stoeve)

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9. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.

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