Critical Aspects of Human Nature

Human beings can be truly deranged creatures. Often times they

are seen as elevating and putting themselves on a pedestal. They
will treat people who are not the same as them as they are garbage
and worthless. Although it is not their fault to simply put it, it is
human nature. More specifically the ugliness of human nature.
The complex characters in Wuthering Heights are guilty of this.
Their circumstances drive them to do unthinkable things which
unfortunately have drastic outcomes. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering
Heights is a beautifully written novel that shows the ugliness of
human nature as seen through the depiction of toxic
relationships, displaying revenge and vengeance in the
differentiation of social class.
The ugliness of human nature is undoubtedly shown through
toxic relationships in Wuthering Heights. They toxicity can be
shown through almost every character relationship. The bain of
toxic relationships can be shown right in the beginning of the
novel with Hindley and Heathcliff. They immediately get off on the
wrong foot all because one of them chooses to let their ugliness
take over. Hindley is extremely jealous of Heathcliff, “...and is
subject to Hindley's jealousy almost right away” (Galt). His
jealousy sparks from the fact that his father seems to favour
Heathcliff over him. This does Heathcliff no favours as it causes
Hindley to be cruel and brutal towards him. Infact, on several
occasions Hindley can be found almost abusing Heathcliff, "Take
my colt, Gipsy, then!" said young Earnshaw. "And I pray that he
may break your neck: take him, and he damned, you beggarly
interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has.” (Bronte 4)
and “‘ Off dog!’ cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight
used for weighing potatoes and hay.” (Bronte 45). The abuse and
hatred that Heathcliff receives from such a young age cause him
to give the same treatment in the other relationships in his life. In
Heathcliff’s relationship with Isabella he can be seen showing the
same abuse towards her, Heathcliff seized, and thrust Isabella
from the room; and returned muttering—"I have no pity! I have no
pity! The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out
their entrails! It is a moral teething; and grind.

Human beings can be truly deranged creatures. Often times they

are seen as elevating and putting themselves on a pedestal. They
will treat people who are not the same as them as they are garbage
and worthless. Although it is not their fault to simply put it, it is
human nature. More specifically the ugliness of human nature.
The complex characters in Wuthering Heights are guilty of this.
Their circumstances drive them to do unthinkable things which
unfortunately have drastic outcomes. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering
Heights is a beautifully written novel that shows the ugliness of
human nature as seen through the depiction of toxic
relationships, displaying revenge and vengeance in the
differentiation of social class.
The ugliness of human nature is undoubtedly shown through
toxic relationships in Wuthering Heights. They toxicity can be
shown through almost every character relationship. The bain of
toxic relationships can be shown right in the beginning of the
novel with Hindley and Heathcliff. They immediately get off on the
wrong foot all because one of them chooses to let their ugliness
take over. Hindley is extremely jealous of Heathcliff, “...and is
subject to Hindley's jealousy almost right away” (Galt). His
jealousy sparks from the fact that his father seems to favour
Heathcliff over him. This does Heathcliff no favours as it causes
Hindley to be cruel and brutal towards him. Infact, on several
occasions Hindley can be found almost abusing Heathcliff, "Take
my colt, Gipsy, then!" said young Earnshaw. "And I pray that he
may break your neck: take him, and he damned, you beggarly
interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has.” (Bronte 4)
and “‘ Off dog!’ cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight
used for weighing potatoes and hay.” (Bronte 45). The abuse and
hatred that Heathcliff receives from such a young age cause him
to give the same treatment in the other relationships in his life. In
Heathcliff’s relationship with Isabella he can be seen showing the
same abuse towards her, Heathcliff seized, and thrust Isabella
from the room; and returned muttering—"I have no pity! I have no
pity! The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out
their entrails! It is a moral teething; and grind