Heathcliff Inhumanity

Inhumanity is defined as using behavior that can be cruel or brutal. One might portray another as being inhuman through their actions, behavior, or appearance. With one being barbaric that then infers the reader that they are also considered to be of a supernatural realm. The supernatural is often connected to Hell, the aspects of Hell, and the people that live down below. In the novel Wuthering Heights, this is advertised with Heathcliff. By presenting Heathcliff as being the inhumanity of man, Brontë is able to establish that the novel is supernatural. Inhumanity can be found in the character Heathcliff with the appearance, actions, and behavior of him. At the beginning of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff “growled” at Lockwood with the dogs (Brontё 6). Heathcliff has then closed himself away from his guest suggesting that he wants to be isolated from the outside world. This proves that Heathcliff is starting to display traits of inhumanity. Heathcliff as a child is even described as “a dirty, ragged, black-haired child” (Brontё 36). The color black is often associated with the color and evilness of Satan, establishing that Heathcliff having black hair

As a child, Heathcliff experienced many beatings from Hindley. One Christmas he was beaten by Hindley so hard that Hindley was then “red and breathless” (Brontё 59). Heathcliff’s childhood beatings have then made a negative impact in his later life. Because of the childhood beatings, Heathcliff now doesn’t know any better than to beat people. That is the only way he can express his anger. He is telling Catherine senior one day that he will beat Isabella and the her face will be “painting on its white the colours of the rainbow” (Brontё 106). The beatings show Heathcliff's inhumanity because of the brutality of them and also how he does not feel any pain after he is