Heathcliff treats the other characters in the novel the way in which they treated him as a young child. This therefore shows that the ill treatment he received as a child has psychologically affected the way he behaves as an adult. Heathcliff’s silence in Hindley’s bullying shows that he is in control of the situation; “he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear”(pg 46). In Hindley’s lashing out …showed first 75 words of 860 total…

…showed last 75 words of 860 total…between the two families; “They are afraid of nothing” (pg 279 ) I have found that Heathcliff’s treatment of Hareton is unnecessary as what has the child done to him? This shows his real brutality as he saves the child from certain death but then uses him against his father as a weapon. Even after Hindley dies, Hareton is still treated as a servant in his own estate that was tricked away from him by Heat