In this passage, we see Catherine return from Thrushcross Grange as a ‘dignified person’ and not as the ‘wild hatless little savage’ she was when she first went there, this description is contrasted with Heathcliff being described as ‘beclouded’. This outward change is also accompanied by an alteration in demeanour, which is evident in the last line of the passage where she remarks on how ‘dirty’ Heathcliff looks. This is understandable because for the first time she is aware of class. Having been ‘used to Edgar and Isabella Linton’, who have a higher social position than the Earnshaws she has learnt to act ‘like a lady’ whilst Heathcliff has remained as that ‘dirty boy’. This new found awareness of class is the primary factor that causes the
