Heathcliff Topic Sentence

Topic Sentence. Character who is the opposite of or who provides contrast for another character is "foil". One of the reasons these two women have opposite voices is because of their opposite personas. When Isabella and Cathy were being oppressed by Heathcliff, they handling it strikingly differently. Through Isabella 's and Cathy 's peak of tragedy, they each developed differently. These two woman are as different as day and night, and this polarity derives from their personas. From the very beginning, as the two women are introduced to the readers, there is a clear contrast between their two descriptions. The way these two women are viewed dictates how they are treated and how they treat others. Nelly describes Isabella to Lockwood as "a charming young lady of eighteen; infantile in manners, …show more content…
The one thing these to women have in common is their peak of tragedy was inflicted by Heathcliff, but the way each of them dealt with him was strikingly different. Isabella 's peak of tragedy was when she married Heathcliff, became an abused wife, and began to realize she made a mistake marrying Heathcliff. After Catherine Earnshaw died, Heathcliff cried and this brought great happiness to Isabella. (footnote what Isabella said before nelly 's quote). When Isabella told Nelly how delighted she was to see Heathcliff suffer, Nelly said “one might suppose you had never opened a Bible in your life” (159). When Isabella speaks of Heathcliff, her language is complex, dark, and very unchristian as Nelly observed. Isabella 's hate for Heathcliff accentuates her wickedness and detestable persona. Cathy 's peak of tragedy was when Heathcliff turned her against Linton, trapped her in his home, and demanded she married Linton; or else she cannot leave to see her dying father. Cathy stood her ground to Heathcliff and