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    Catherine stays in Thurshcross Grange for around five weeks. Mrs. Linton taught her some manners, and how to be a proper young lady. When she returns back for Christmas, Heathcliff sees her, and greets her. At first, Cathy would try to avoid him, and she also told him that he was to dirty for her. But after a while she became more interested in him, to the point where she was being very caring . Catherine thinks that both Edgar and Hindley mistreated Heathcliff. After they had the dinner…

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    Heathcliff 's relationship with Catherine I is Bronte 's first example of a failed connection due to lack of understanding. Though their love for one another seems to be strong, both Cathy I and Heathcliff eclipse the other’s true identity with their own perceived version of it. Heathcliff believes that Cathy I’s real self is exactly the person whom he thinks she is, and misinterprets whom he thinks she is as what he wants. By forcing Cathy I into the walls of his perception of her, Heathcliff…

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    She did become a good companion to the children, as she was available to them for advice when they had problems. For instance, when Catherine bursted into the home and exclaimed that, “I want to know what I should do. Today, Edgar Linton has asked me to marry him, and I’ve given him an answer” (Brontë 79), she made Catherine go through everything she loves about Edgar to ensure she is making the right choice of choosing him over her other lover, Heathcliff. Nelly also sympathized…

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    has spanned many years. Mr. Earnshaw was a Yorkshire farmer and the owner of Wuthering Heights. He comes home to his wife, son Hindley, and daughter Catherine, from a business trip. With him, he brings a little orphaned, gypsy boy named Heathcliff. Mr. Earnshaw begins to treat Heathcliff better than his own son, Hindley. Instead of Catherine going against Heathcliff, as her brother naturally does, she falls in love with him. This causes many problems when her father, Mr. Earnshaw,…

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    Heathcliff trying to get back at the Lintons and Hindley. Heathcliff, a mischievous man, seeks revenge on Edgar Linton after Catherine died of an illness. He also wanted to pursue revenge on Hindley and young Catherine for giving Heathcliff troubles in his life. Hindley, Catherine's brother, seeks revenge on Heathcliff for becoming the favorite child of Mr. Earnshaw. The novel takes place during the 1770s, when Nelly begins to tell her extensive story about Catherine and Heathcliff’s love and…

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    We discover Cathrine 's scratchings of writing saying 'Cathrine Earnshaw, Cathrine Linton, Cathrine Heathcliff '. This shows Heathcliff as having sentimental values as he has kept the memory of Cathrine on the walls instead of having erased them. This shows us that he is still holding on to the idea of her rather than trying to forget…

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    treatment of others was Catherine Earnshaw’s marriage to Edgar Linton. Heathcliff seemed to at this point believe the world had turned against him, and in turn began to try and turn himself against the world. This is shown in how his plans to ruin both the Earnshaw’s and Linton’s progressed to their eventual completion. Although this plan was eventually outdone by the sudden formation of an alliance between Hareton and Cathy Linton Heathcliff, who is the daughter of Catherine and Edgar. This put…

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    as he gets back from receiving an education. He initiates these events against Catherine and Edgar by manipulating Isabella 's emotions to suade her to marry him. He wants Edgar to suffer because of his marriage to Catherine, and for Catherine to be jealous. Catherine’s death proves that his disturbed sense of fulfillment is empty. Edgar and Isabella end up passing as well, leading to the forced and fated Cathy and Linton love story, led by Heathcliff. Catherine’s revenge doesn’t make…

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    and Catherine Earnshaw begin their friendship at an early age which later turns into a mutual love for one another, though tainted and abused it may be, in their formative years. Through Heathcliff’s tumultuous relationship with Catherine, it becomes evident both characters are self-destructive, self-indulgent, and incapable of realizing how their behavior affects the lives of those around them. Ellen “Nelly” Dean, who spent the majority of her life in service to both Heathcliff and Catherine…

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    Passion, love, and desire encourage transgression, which eventually leads to Gretchen’s death sentence in Goethe’s Faust and Catherine Sr.’s and Isabella’s death from fever in Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The women have passions for passion and desires to be desired that they discover through their involvement in forbidden romantic relationships with the male protagonists. Goethe’s Gretchen acts well-behaved until she becomes tempted by the beauty of “such jewels! [A] rich array” (I.2791), and…

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