Alexandra Hawes answers “Do you think Heathcliff loved Hareton,...”

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Do you think Heathcliff loved Hareton, even though he said he didn't? Heathcliff used Hareton for his revenge, but I can't help but feel like Heathcliffe loved Hareton despite not wanting too (or maybe he loved him as much as someone like him could love the son of his sworn enemy). Not to mention that Hareton loved Heathcliff like a father and Hareton's love couldn't have come up out of nowhere.

Alexandra Hawes Perhaps Heathcliff saw a somewhat resemblance between himself and Catherine's, and Hareton and Cathy's relationships. As both Heathcliff and Hareton w…morePerhaps Heathcliff saw a somewhat resemblance between himself and Catherine's, and Hareton and Cathy's relationships. As both Heathcliff and Hareton were poor and uneducated young men, and the two Catherine's looked very similar to eachother, Heathcliff see's the similarities of the love that Hareton bares for Cathy, as he did to Catherine. It is un doubtable, that Emily Bronte purposely implements the relationship between Hareton and Cathy into her text, to convey a sense of hope and resemblance between the two generations' relationships, however, by crafting Hareton to be so much like Heathcliff, Bronte establishes situational irony. This occurs, as Hindley used to treat Heathcliff like a servant as a minor, and Heathcliff has imposed these vices onto Hareton. This was a lot of rambling so here's the compressed version of what I just said: HARETON AND CATHY'S RELATIONSHIP, REMINDS HEATHCLIFF OF HIS AND CATHERINE'S RELATIONSHIP. BECAUSE OF THIS, HEATHCLIFF CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL SOME SORT OF AFFECTION, AND SYMPATHY FOR HARETON, AS HE REMINDS HEATHCLIFF OF HIMSELF.(less)

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