While Catherine froms a deep attachment to Heathcliff,her brother Hindley despises him as a rival.Heathcliff becomes torn between love for Catherine and the rage and humiliation he suffers.Finally he can stand it no longer and,in the violence of a summer storm,leaves the Heights for three years.During his absence Catherine has married,but her tormented heart belongs eternally to Heathcliff who is now prepared to exact his tyrannical revenge.