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    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 with Heathcliff as she understood the evilness in his behavior…

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    Description of the main character : CATHERINE EARNSHAW Catherine, as we know,is a very important character in wuthering heights. She is who creates the conflict throughout the book, amd also between Edgar and Headcliff. Even though,we never meet her because she died many years before the story that is narrated begins,we can distinguish two sides to Catherine,these ‘’two Catherines’’ are very different: One of them is Heathcliff’s Catherine, a wild, wilful and passionate person;the other is…

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    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 an end to Heathcliff’s…

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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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    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 circumstances…

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    The theme of insiders and outsiders plays an important role in Wuthering Heights. The main determining factor of what makes a person an insider or outsider is social class. This is demonstrated through Heathcliff. Heathcliff is considered an outsider because he is of a lower social class then most of the people around him. When he and Catherine are caught outside Thrushcross Grange, he is told he looks and out-and-outer (61) and shortly sent on his way. Catherine stayed and was taught to be more…

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    illustration of this, Heathcliff has no real reason to do this and is simply using Hareton as a tool in order to get vengeance on Hindley Earnshaw. He also treats with son terribly and sees him as no more than a means through which to exact his revenge on Edgar Linton and Cathy's daughter, Catherine. When he first meets his son he refers to him as 'my property' (p.g 150) and remarks that 'Only nobody else must be kind to him' (p.g 151), this suggests, not only a feeling of complete apathy…

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    like the people living in it, is driven by nature, the house has vines covering the outer walls and weeds on the stone path. The Linton’s house and those in it, by contrast, are driven by social expectation, their home is orderly and well kept. The Linton family is refined by popular opinion and well mannered. The Earnshaw family starts out as genuinely decent people, but as time moves on they become more aggressive and less sensible. The family relationship begins to degrade when Mr. Earnshaw…

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    under minded him by her treacherous ways. The love you once had for each other now turn into hatred and despised for each other. Catherine devilish ways are being torn apart between whether or not she going to love Heathcliff or set her eyes on Edgar Linton. Heathcliff dismantles Isabella and by then she did not want anything to do with him. I’ve come to the conclusion that power of appreciation will never be the same way when it comes to…

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    After hearing Catherine mock Isabella Linton, her placid and naïve sister-in-law, for her being in love with him, Heathcliff uses this knowledge to his advantage, saying, “…thank you for telling me your sister-in-law 's secret: I swear I 'll make the most of it…” (11). Moreover, Heathcliff “makes…

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