Psychiatrist interviewing Heathcliff

Psychiatrist interviewing Heathcliff

Psychiatrist: Hello, my name is Dr. Patel from the university of

Bombay. I am here with a man whom has been to my surgery plenty of

times to ask for advice and help, his name is Heathcliff. He is here

to talk about his revenge on the people of Wuthering Heights and

Thrushcross Grange. So lets ask him how all this began and turned out.

Hello Heathcliff, how can I help you?

Heathcliff: I feel like I need to take revenge on some people that

have treated me wrongly in the past. How could I refrain from doing

this?

Psychiatrist: Well, before I can make a judgment why don't you tell me

a bit more about yourself.

Heathcliff: Well, this all goes back to my childhood. I was found

wondering the streets of Liverpool by a man named Mr. Earnshaw. Mr.

Earnshaw already had two children by the names of Hindley and

Catherine. During my time with the Earnshaw's, their son, Hindley,

didn't treat me like one of the family. Hindley treated me as a slave

because his father thought more of me than he did his other children.

Obviously jealously was brought out of Hindley because of this.

Hindley only began to treat me like this after his father had passed

away because he inherited Wuthering Heights.

Psychiatrist: I see, is this man Hindley the only person you feel you

have to have revenge on.

Heathcliff: No, there is another man by the name of Edgar Linton. The

main reason I feel I need to bring revenge on this man is because he

married the woman I loved.

Psychiatrist: Yes, can you explain yourself a bit better about the

subject?

Heathcliff: During my time with the Earnshaw's I began to fall in love

with their daughter, Catherine. I had loved her for a long time until

one day I over-heard Catherine telling someone that she cannot marry

me on account of my poor social standing. After this I left Withering

Heights only to discover that she had married Edgar Linton just

because he was an heir of a wealthy neighbouring family.

Psychiatrist: OK, what else do you know about Edgar Linton?

Heathcliff: I know that he was an heir to an estate called Thrushcross

Grange.

Psychiatrist: During your absence from Wuthering Heights what

happened?

Heathcliff: Whilst I was away from Wuthering Heights I decided that I

should try to earn some money to keep me going, so I constantly read

the employment page of every newspaper in England. Eventually I found

an advertisement for a job as a courier, so I accepted it. I had

arrived at work only to find it was a drugs courier's job.