Any hesitation he has about his actions doesn’t stem from guilt, but fear of someone discovering his secret. And in Dorian’s case, he not only likes being bad, he loves it. Because at the end of the day, Person B was the one to do the bad thing. But if Person A influences Person B to commit a heinous act, who takes the fall for it? Person B. Look, we’ve all had crappy friends who influence us to do things we normally wouldn’t do. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society (summary sourced from Penguin ). Summary : Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Arguably, no one is all good or all bad they all have their reasons for hurting others and themselves. I think the beauty of Wuthering Heights lies in the moral gray that encapsulates each character. Lockwood, ends the book with an uppity attitude regarding the complex, intense history that’s been shared with him. Catherine is selfish and dishonest, Heathcliff is the definition of Chaotic Evil, Isabella is a BORE every time we see her, and Edgar is…fine, I guess, but I never liked him? Even one of the narrators, Mr. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries (summary sourced from Amazon ).Įven the blurb on Amazon paints Heathcliff as the villain! However, if you’ve read this classic, you know it’s pretty hard to find a character to root for. Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley and, wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. ![]() Summary : Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. ![]() Whether the adversary is human, supernatural, or ambiguous, their value as a barricade to “Happily Ever After” makes conflict all the more exciting. As both a reader and a writer, I revel in well-crafted antagonists-characters you love to hate (or vice versa) who not only act as a hindrance to the main character, but demonstrate the evil of human nature in creatively varied ways. *ahem* Sorry, forgot to turn off my Literary Voice.Īs tomorrow is Halloween, I thought it’d be fun to take a look at some classic, favorited-by-many gothic novels and decide who (or what) is the real villain in the book. ![]() It’s finally that time of year again where shadows dance, edged in flickering candlelight, and the unknown is all the more alluring as darkness descends.
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