How Does Bronte Present Injustice In Wuthering Heights

Injustice is represented and shown in many ways throughout many novels. But the particular novel, Wuthering Heights, represents a lot of injustice especially with the character Heathcliff. First he was treated badly, then he was getting revenge to gain what he wanted but then his life loses meaning once the person he loved wasn’t there for him. Heathcliff’s understanding of injustice is to be treated badly throughout his childhood by what the master of the house would call his “siblings.” Since he was picked out from the streets, he had no education or any love until the master of Wuthering Heights picked him up and took him home. Automatically he was received badly, nobody wanted him there and as the years passed he kept getting mistreated by the people that was supposed to take care of him. But as he kept getting mistreated the things in his head became a little sinister and his form of justice for himself was to get back at everyone and ruin their lives completely. He simply wanted everyone to feel what he felt growing up. Heathcliff was a very resentful person, and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he wanted to accomplish. …show more content…
Despite the fact that they both loved each other, somehow they still found ways to annoy one another in ways that seem completely unnecessary. Heathcliff’s plan to make everyone miserable was working to an extent until his lover catherine died. After her death, Heathcliff became vulnerable and he felt as if his life no longer had any purpose. Yet somehow he still found the will to keep hurting others including his own son Linton and his deceased lover’s daughter Cathy. But soon after that, he still wasn’t feeling satisfied by what he had