How Does Heathcliff Change Throughout The Novel

During our adolescent years which range from 10-19 years old both males and females experience some sort of relationship, or at least try to. But most of the time, we’re so young that we don’t even know what it is exactly that we may want or need from a relationship. Well, in this passage, Wuthering Heights, a similar predicament is expressed with Catherine and Heathcliff. In the passage given from chapter seven of Wuthering heights, Catherine and Heathcliff have a strange ongoing relationship, both wanting to be together but also impeding themselves from forming a formal relationship. After months of being distant, mixed feelings were being confronted. “Is Heathcliff not here?” asked Cathy. This direct quote, portrays the interest arousing the characters. Catherine, even though she is in denial of what her feelings toward Heathcliff are, she shows curiosity within his lack of appearance. In addition, the narrator Nelly Dean describes Heathcliff as “Careless and uncared …show more content…
To commence the passage, Ellen illustrates the drastic change in Catherine. Extremely amused Ellen described Catherine as “instead of a wild, hatless little savage…. a very dignified person”, as the unfamiliar Catherine showed up. It is evident by the characterization of Catherine given by Ellen that Catherine is a brand-new individual compared to whom she was before her departure. On the other hand, as Heathcliff enters the scene, and he is made fun of for his unsanitized looks. “How very black and cross you look! And how--how funny and grim!”. As expected based on society way of establishing barriers between social position, Catherine portrays such barriers by discriminating Heathcliff based on his physical appearance. All in all, we can conclude that as in present time social status has an impact on