In the 18th century wife beating was widely tolerated,even a judge said that a husband could beat his wife with a stick so long as it was no thicker than his thumb.The novel Wuthering heights is no stranger to violence even domestic violence.Out of all the romantic relationships in the novel not many turn out bad.But why was this violence so commonly accepted?In the novel the characters Heathcliff and Isabella get married,she is infatuated with him and he does not return love to her.Much later in the novel Isabella has grown immune to the violence that goes on around her and even starting to enjoy seeing others suffer.Isabella makes fun of Heathcliff and he responds by throwing a knife at her.Their relationship is so broken and torn that his first response is to hurl a blade at his wife.Luckily these days stuff like this is outlawed but back then what Heathcliff did probably would not get him in as much trouble as if something were like that to occur today.Spousal abuse still happens a lot,you see it in the news all the time.Do you think we should have tougher laws on domestic violence and spousal abuse?How would you crack down on these crimes?