When discussing the psychology of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and more particularly the psychoanalysis of the central character Heathcliff, critics are quick to use the aid of advanced theories by Sigmund Freud. Freud states that people's personalities consist of three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego. Only when these parts of a person's psyche are in balance can that person be mentally healthy. If a traumatic event causes a power shift between these elements, it will result in a personality contortion. This is what happens to Heathcliff in Wuthering Height; Catherine chooses Linton's status over Heathcliff's love, which in turn causes Heathcliff to lose control of his reason. From this point on, Heathcliff's only goal is revenge. The id is a person's most primitive desire. These are his desires. The sole objective of the id is to fulfill its desires and obtain immediate satisfaction. The id is not affected by the everyday world. It works on the pleasure principle. Heathcliff's ID card wants Catherine, and when he couldn't have it, it caused him great pain. In a normal rational person, this is when the Superego would come into effect. The Superego would control the irrational impulses of the id and influence the ego to make the most morally and socially correct decision. Then the ego would attempt to mediate between the id and the superego, make sense of things, and then make a decision. However, because of this fact, Heathcliff was an orphan on the streets when he was taken by Mr. Earnshaw to Wuthering Heights. , that's not how Heathcliff's mind works. Indeed, as an orphan, Heathcliff only cared about his survival. According to psychologist Abraham Maslow, humans ...... middle of paper ...... Earthcliff after completing his revenge. Although his ego is able to ignore the superego and its punishment while he pursues his revenge, this is only because during this period the power of the id is indisputable. In the battle for control of the ego, as long as there is revenge to be taken, the superego doesn't stand a chance. However, as soon as the id's desire for revenge is satisfied, it ceases to control the ego. He achieved his goals. This is when the superego takes over. Now that it has power over the ego, the superego consciousness system begins to punish the ego severely. This does not allow Heathcliff to derive any sense of satisfaction from his revenge. Instead, the superego's punishment is so absolute that Heathcliff begins to feel tortured and empty, and eventually becomes the hollow shell of the man he once was. His punishment ends with his death.