Reflection on Emily Brontë’s stormy peaks
Reflection
The issue proposed below is focused on the emotional repercussions that people can have, when they are subjected to decadent treatment, where violence and contempt prevail;leading to actions that allow returning the suffering received. It is reasonable to think that the affected person mentally builds a resentment bubble, which will grow with the continuous grievances, and that at a certain point, it will end up exploiting, wrapping a whole set of individuals, on which the weight of revenge will fall. Heathcliff is a character that represents such characteristics, who after having been adopted, Hindley’s hatred is won, and as a result the plot would explore aspects that are related to the bad living conditions to which this character is subject.
Taking into consideration what has been said, several questions arise, such as: Can you easily forget the damage we receive? Is there another way away from the path of revenge? Is it right to avenge us after having received moral and emotional damage? The person who is chained to these measures will choose to do what is within reach, just because his will requires him to do so. He simply hopes that the balance will be in his favor to take the minimum opportunity in humiliating his enemies;An idea that must be supported by a strategic plan, which undoubtedThey got it involved.
The way of acting this character is understood in this way, and the situations that led to the creation of his revenge. This expressed work as aversive can become the treatment of two people, giving the execution of a plan elaborated to counteract a critical blow that remains latent until they see its will completed completed.
To what extent was the environment in which Heathcliff was raised influenced his ideals of revenge?
“It is impossible to suffer without someone paying for it;Each complaint already contains revenge ”-Friedrich Nietzsche (phrases of life, s.F.). The nineteenth century takes place when Emily Brontë surprises us with a novel considered the best of one of the most impressive periods of the English novelistic, the so -called Victorian era, which portrays in her narrative the development of characters at psychological levels, as well as transformations ofideals or personality. Stormcases combines it with the relevant atmosphere to the facts that are shown, which, at a certain point, become chaotic, because behind their plot, a plan is involved effectively, that of revenge. With an excellent criticism, this work explores the behavior of the human being in situations that force him to change morally, to the point of wanting to obtain benefits at the cost of the association of others, typical of Heathcliff, protagonist of this story.
Society conditions many factors that affect the creation of vindictive thoughts, these elements cause to some extent emotional damage that will irremediably allow the affected person to acquire sufficient reasons to return the abuse received, and if possible, return it with greater intensity.
The same situation is raised with Heathcliff, whose evolution is marked by the hardness of his childhood, which will determine the rudeness of his character once he reappears on the scene to execute his revenge.
From the beginning, Heathcliff is characterized as an orphan character, whose reception at the Earnshaw house, once this is adopted, could not be more unpleasant. Gypsy, without any compatibility with a high -class family, the aversion of Mr. Earnshaw’s children was immediately won: Hindley;who in the long term, would be one of the main affected by retaliation.
Despite having won the contempt of some, Heathcliff little by little earned a position in his new home, forging a solid friendship with Catherine, and obtaining the support of a servant of the residence, Ellen Dean. As the story develops, Hindley fulfills a primary role when demonstrating his hatred towards the protagonist, influencing the latter, who adopts a cold and calculating attitude during his stay in Cumbres De stormcases, which increases after the death of the LordEarnshaw.
The tyrant in which Hindley would become after his father’s death, maintained a personal conflict with his adoptive brother, since he usurped the affection and attention of his parent. Heathcliff on the other hand understood in a certain way the reasons for the enmity that existed between them, but his way of acting indicated that he was not willing to accept a reconciliation. Likewise, the different situations he endured, and that combined physical and verbal aggression, led him to devise a way in which he would try to maintain control over his rival, through varied methods that could even become extortion.
"You have to change your horse with me: I don’t like mine, and if you don’t want to tell your father the three lashes that you have given me this week and I will show her the arm, which is black to the shoulder" (Brontë, 2009)
- Heathcliff to Hindley
For this gypsy, collected from the streets of Liverpool, adapting to the bourgeois style of the time was too difficult, since its origin represented a greater obstacle to doing so, which is why it was the victim of many prejudices;However, we see an excellent evolution, when he reappears becoming a new person, totally different from what he was before, and now aimed at fulfilling his latent desires of revenge.
The causes that originated the mentality that Heathcliff acquired are presented in several scenarios and moments of the work, starting with the disdain obtained by Hindley, and the way in which he expressed, especially after he becameThe head of the home. The social and psychological plane of Heathcliff could not be worse, because he would have to deal with the new changes proposed by the head of the house, which were mostly negative. And at the time of the introduction of the Lenton in history, that bad situation would get worse.
“Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a vagabond and does not let him sit next to us or eat with us, and says that he and I do not have to play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we break his mandate ”(Brontë, 2009)
- Catherine
The trigger for the unch, choose to marry Edgar Lenton, a member of another aristocratic family, to "help" Heathcliff to get a better life condition.
The children of the Lenton, Edgar and Isabella belonging to the farm of the Tordos maintained a pleasant friendship with Cathy, to the point where it began to have more interest in them, neglecting their former friend. Edgar, on the other hand, completely denigrated Heathcliff, who began to have a hatred that increased by the offenses he received from his new adversary. In this internal conflict, the young Lenton had a greater advantage, because compared to Heathcliff, he had a good social status and physical attractiveness;The gypsy, instead he had been delegated as a raised, was gradually renouncing the little education he acquired, his life had completely changed to the new norms established by his employer. The boy’s dreams and freedoms were ephemeral, the changes to which he was subjected made him an undesirable person, and his gaze, surely the accumulated anger could be noticed, which he would demonstrate once his revenge begins, undoubtedly against Hindley.
“-I’m thinking about how Hindley has to pay them. I don’t care what is late in achieving it in order to achieve it at last. I hope it will not die before my revenge ”(Brontë, 2009)
- Heathcliff
All the problems presented so far come together in a critical scenario for the Earnshaw family, especially for Hindley, whose life was degrading exponentially, after the death of his wife. The already inexpressive Heathcliff would get an advantage as a result of that, but his will would be to face another hard blow;He would understand once and for all, the obstacle that represented the fact of not possessing riches, and having been reduced from level. I would understand that even the most reliable people can stab you from behind, and in return to receive alms to survive, since Catherine argued that if he committed to his friend, his good position would wear out to the point of living in poverty;reason why she would seek "hopes" by accepting Edgar’s marriage proposal.
"I had heard until Catherine said she would degrade marrying him, and then he didn’t hear anymore" (Brontë, 2009)
- Ellen Lockwood
The foundations of his revenge had been built on a family that denoted crisis. And from one moment to another he knew that the best option was to flee and not return until when he had the security and the means to do it. From what is expressed in the work, the period of disappearance of Heathcliff was never explained, the adventures that this poor boy experienced, but without a doubt, it must have been a period of deep reflection and planning, considering all of them, all consider allthe variables that could make it impossible for their project, and likewise, it should have catalyzed all their anger and hate, to finally direct it to the culprits.
It usually tends to have an apologetic thought expressed by Nietzsche, where the repair of the suffering obtained is sought. It is easy to imagine that the genesis of that vengeful feeling is linked to the treatment received by society, and more when it imposes limits and is unfair enough to cause generalized contempt. But reality can be differentiated from what is embodied in the work, be more inclusive, with a predominant respect;However, each individual is a different world, and their wishes vary with respect to their experiences, as well as the protagonist, who could have found endless pretexts to take revenge, only that this occasion, willing to make people pay to people whoThey suffered in the past, Heathcliff returns after years of mystery. With a cold, wealthy and totally different mind from what it used to be, he is a victim of the environment in which he was raised, which has an impact on his actions, to the point of making his ideals of revenge.
References
- Brontë, e. (2009). Stormy peaks. Quito: Ecuador F.B.T. Inc. LTDA.
- Life phrases. (s.F.). 150 Revenge phrases |A dish that is served cold. Obtained from https: // phrasesdelavida.com/phrases-of-life/
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