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Essay / How does Bronte present the conflict in Wuthering Heights
This is seen through Bronte's metaphorical references to Heathcliff as a "wild beast" and a "mad dog", this presents him as a dangerous predator, which is true because young Linton is just one of his prey. The animal references to Heathcliff are similar to those of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, as he is depicted as a predator stalking his prey by the manner in which "He enters the room". This shows Heathcliff as having a human frailty or moral deficiency as he treats young Linton so poorly because his only need for Linton is "for the two cousins to fall in love and get married." He will thus be able to acquire Edgar's wealth. The honesty and intelligence of his speech also illustrate him as a Byronic hero, but what is more obvious is that this neglect and mistreatment of Linton is the cause of his "constant coughs, colds and pain of all kinds. This shows him as being very selfish and cruel, making it very difficult for readers to sympathize with Heathcliff. Similarly, in A Streetcar Named Desire, parental relationships are also portrayed negatively as we hear very little about the parents in the storyline but only hear that they died and that this affected the mental downfall of White. “Which one of them left us a fortune?” Which one of them even left a cent in insurance? The repetitiveness of this explosion of emotion gives the impression that