The trauma of one’s past can lead to mental illness and an inability to form lasting relationships with others. In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Linton Heathcliff experiences trauma caused by his father Heathcliff that led to him to becoming weak and reliant on everyone else Rather than being able to take care of himself. His abuse molded him into a fragment of an person, unable to control his own life and be courageous. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights utilizes, repetition, negative syntax, and asyndeton, in order to illustrate how nonstop abuse and neglect leads to an individual’s lack courage and dependency on others. In Wuthering Heights, Linton Heathcliff’s previous abuse made him become a coward and powerless. Heathcliff’s neglect …show more content…
This dependency is illustrated with the repetition at “Catherine, Catherine”, in which he repeats her name twice. This action illustrates his fixation on others. Heathcliff’s abuse of Linton’s made Linton a fraction of his former self, forcing himself and relying on others instead of placing importance on himself. This is furthered demonstrated with the asyndeton at “kind, sweet, good Catherine!”. Even though he Linton aided in the kidnapping of Catherine, he desires her affection, and continuously complements her in order to rely on her and Nelly. The Negative syntax of “is not your father very ill” puts an emphasis upon the father of Catherine, signalizing how Linton feels guilty for the kidnapping, and how the abuse of Heathcliff is making him this way instead of following his own desires. Linton tries to gain sympathy through his cowardness with the condescending tone of “is not your”. This changes the focus to his asking of it, representing how he depends on others for attention. This is further illustrated with the symbolization of the frock seen at “let go of my frock”. Linton holding on to Catherine’s frock symbolizes his need for others, stemming from the abuse of his father. He does not possess any personal strength, and instead leeches off others around him. Linton depends on others in order to justify his own situation, and is not powerful enough to