hildren Mr. Earnshaw (Hindley’s father and Heathcliff’s foster father) liked Heathcliff better. He was always Mr. Earnshaw's favorite and Hindley despised him for that. Hindley felt that Heathcliff just came in and took his fathers affection for him. So after their fathers death Hindley treated Heathcliff very badly, so those two never got along with one another from the day they meet. Another conflict was between Edgar Linton and Heathcliff because Edgar married Heathcliff’s only love. It wasn’t that Edgar hated Heathcliff it was that Heathcliff’ hated Edgar. Catherine was the only person that he had truly ever loved, but she married Edgar. Therefore, Heathcliff developed a great hate for him.Heathciff really never got along with any one except his beloved Catherine. SETTINGThe setting starts in the middle of the wild Yorkshire moors, in the year of 1801. It takes place at Wuthering Heights where the Earnshaws lived and The Thruscross Grange where the Lintons lived. The story also travels back into the past to the year 1778.THEMEWhat I think this book represents is Good vs. Evil and Love vs. Hate.I think that because there is the people that are kind- hearted people then there are the people who have great hatred for others when there is no reason for it. For example Edgar Linton and Heathcliff, Edgar didn’t hate Heatcliff Heathcliff hated Edgar. He was jealous of Edgar because Cathy married him (but Heathcliff never understood why she married Edgar so she was upset with him). Jealousy leads to hatred: hatred it a sign of evil. Heathcliff was the Evil and Edgar was the good.PLOTWhen Cathy married Edgar, Heathcliff became very hurt by it. Therefore, when his sadness was over he wanted to get revenge upon Edgar so that he could be with Cathy. However, he never had the chance to fulfill what he wanted to do because Cathy died shortly after she had her daughter, Catherine Linton. ...
