Rehnuma Bint Anis

Wuthering Heights is my favourite novel because of its experiments in unbridled human nature, its poetic prose, its technical excellence and its affinity to nature.
The point of Wuthering Heights is to show what can happen if one gives importance only to emotion without the restriction of reason or morality. So, it is not the point whether Heathcliff is right or wrong; that is quite obvious. What is important is that human beings should have moral and rational considerations in their actions. Otherwise inspite of their circumstances, they become monsters. Because even when you look at the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, you cannot justify it by any standard. They felt united in spirit, yet they married other people and ruined their lives! So, what we learn from the depiction of Heathcliff is what Shakespeare said, 'It is all very good to have the strength of a giant, but it is dangerous to use it like a giant'. This is why you feel sorry for Heathcliff's sufferings but you cannot stay with him in his revenge plan to the end. Revenge ultimately destroys the avenger and this is why Heathcliff ultimately loses in spite of winning and this is where his tragedy lies. He lost the purpose of his life behind revenge and lost the positive human qualities which he could have shown (as in his love for Hareton) to a devillish image. This is why we sympathise with Heathcliff inspite of what he turns out to be. Because we too are imperfect and we too would have done what he did if we had the power and the means.
But, you see, winning is not always a victory and losing is not always a defeat. The better human being wins under any circumstance. The worse succumbs to the circumstance