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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis is a study on the causes and effects of the main male
character?s revenge on both the life of the receivers and his own life in the novel
Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte. The focus of this study is the causes
and effects of Heathcliff?s revenge due to the bad treatments he gets from the
people who do not like him such as Hindley and Edgar and also the love betrayal
from the only person whom he loves very much , Catherine. As the revenge
makes a great influence to the people?s lives from the first until the third
generations in the novel. The thesis writer uses literary approach and the tools
applied are the theories of characterization and of conflict. In analyzing the novel,
the thesis writer finds out that the causes of Heathcliff?s revenge are the mental
and physically torture from Hindley, the love betrayal from Catherine and the
underestimation from his competitor, Edgar while the effects of the main male
character?s revenge on his own life result in the unsatisfied, guilty and the uneasy
feelings toward his life. Furthermore, the thesis writer concludes that the effects of
the revenge are very destructive to the main male character?s life and also to the
people in his surrounding.