Catherine Linton

obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in… her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her (W.H., P.45). Catherine has changed from a “savage”, mischievous girl who used to play and spends all her time with Heathcliff, into an adequate young lady with a manner of gentlewoman. She becomes fond of the life style of Linton family and has an attraction to Edger. This transformation is the first step which leads for her separation from Heathcliff and her…

shrieked and stretched out her arms, as soon as she caught her father’s face looking from the window… I took a peep in to see after Linton. He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a war, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter – a pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master’s younger brother…" (Brontë 206). Explanation: 1. Ruffian Sentence: “Catherine shall linger no longer to argue with the low ruffian – I have humored her enough” (Brontë 118). Synonyms: thug and…

Isabella. People think Heathcliff and Isabella will be a love story like him and Catherine, but it is not. He uses her for his revenge towards her brother Edgar. Once Edgar finds out that she married Heathcliff he disowns her. “Marking the Territory: Heathcliff, Edgar, and Homosocial” states that Heathcliff has a bad reputation with women. He is physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive to women. He uses Catherine, Isabella, and Cathy to get back at his rivals (8). Isabella is an easy…

(Kettle). If one were to marry below their rank it was looked upon with much shame (Ziegenfuss). This issue can be directly seen in the marriage of Catherine and Edgar. Although Catherine knew all along that Heathcliff was her only true love, she married Edgar because of his social status and wealth. A notable part of this book describes when Catherine spoke to Nelly about her marriage to Edgar. This line is very telling of these social pressures. She says to Nelly that "he will be rich, and I…

In The Tragedy of Macbeth and Wuthering Heights, Shakespeare and Bronte introduces relationships with a power struggle between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Catherine, and Heathcliff. Lady Macbeth is a treacherous and cunning woman. She tricks her husband into killing king Duncan by telling him that he is a coward and that a real man would follow his ambitions so that Macbeth could be king.Catherine Thomas explains “Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth borrows from earlier “ monstrous women” stereotypes but…

Heathcliff’s sister/soulmate, Catherine, married Edgar Linton due to his better social standard. Even though Catherine was only deeply in love with Heathcliff, she did not want to move down in the social ladder. Agitated by her choice and eventually depressed due to Catherine’s death , Heathcliff sets out another plot of revenge…

resemblances. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her” (Page 295). Situation: This is said by Heathcliff to Nelly about Catherine. Importance: Heathcliff sees Catherine everywhere he looks and it is a constant reminder of the fact that he no longer has her. Analysis: Catherine has just died and Heathcliff feels as though he can not escape her death and that everything serves as a reminder of her. Everywhere he looks, he sees her,…

grew up with each other, as siblings which can be considered incest. The destructiveness of Catherine and Heathcliff’s relationship contains equilibrium in the second generation with both Hareton and Cathy. Some scholars believe these conflicts, the intensity, and drama arises from Wuthering Heights. Though, I Agree with Goodlett and believe the intensity arises from the bond between Heathcliff and Catherine, which comes in conflict with the other characters as well. Heathcliff’s and Catherine’s…

quantity and connotation. In retrospect, Emily Bronte’s novel comes to completion in regard to a mirrored occurrence. Lockwood’s dream of Catherine “a waif” (25) triggers Heathcliff’s sobbs into the dark, stormy night and reflects Heathcliff’s death on the sill of a window, in pursuance of “[his] heaven” (333). The fulfillment of the story specifically relates to Catherine and Heathcliff’s predestined end. The display of minor doubles connects to the overarching presence of character…

because he is fervent about it. Hindley takes away Heathcliff’s childhood by treating him as a servant and causes him a great deal of suffering, causing him to retaliate. Hindley is not the only one to take something from Heathcliff, Edgar does too. Catherine is the only person Heathcliff loves. Since Edgar takes away that person from Heathcliff, Heathcliff does the same to Edgar. Heathcliff seeks revenge on Edgar after he finds out Isabella, Edgar’s sister, likes him. Heathcliff uses Isabella…