In the novel "Wuthering Heights," by Emily Bronte, the theme of love and the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff rightly teaches readers an avid lesson and gives them a great insight into the fact that love and relationships are not perfect. Relationships don't always work out, and every love has its faults. Wuthering Heights is an educational story as it portrays love in a realistic manner. It's not a "perfect" love story, but rather a realistic one which truly professes the difficulties relationships may face. The theme of love also shows the destructiveness of relationships and how a broken relationship can lead to the need for revenge. I strongly believe that the theme of revenge and its harsh effects is one which offers readers many valuable lessons and insights into the bleak, austere world of Wuthering Heights. The theme of revenge is mostly portrayed by the character of Heathcliff. From a young age Heathcliff was seeking revenge alongside his co-conspirator Catherine, "They forgot everything the minute they were together again, at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge." Revenge (alongside love) is what truly pulls the characters of Catherine and Heathcliff together. As Catherine will not marry Heathcliff, due to social standards, he turns his romantic passion for Catherine into a wicked passion and throughout the novel Heathcliff constantly seeks revenge on many characters, including Hindley, Catherine and the Linton's. Heathcliff's need for revenge is mainly motivated by Catherine. He is driven by love and vengeance, "I meditated this plan, just to have one glimpse of your face, a stare of surprise, perhaps and pretended pleasure; afterwards settle my score with Hindley . Heathcliff used his wicked passion to seek revenge on Catherine by marrying his sister in law, Isabella. He revenges himself on Catherine further by forcing her daughter Cathy into a position of servitude in his ho