Edgar Linton

The predominant theme of the novel is the destructive effects of revenge and resentment, Bronte utilizes the characterization of Heathcliff and Hindley to develop the theme. The overall effect of such intense and comprehensive characterization is that it emphasizes the caustic consequences of passionate and cruel revenge. Bronte first introduces the theme through the characterization of Hindley and his abusive behavior towards Heathcliff. Not only does his acts of violence against…

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff spends his days trying to achieve justice. He was mistreated by Hindley and Edgar for the majority of his life. Throughout his life at Thrushcross Grange, he thinks of ways to make sure that Hindley and Edgar get what is coming to them. When Heathcliff was brought by Mr. Earnshaw, it was apparent that Earnshaw preferred Heathcliff over his own son. Hindley realized that and began to feel hatred and jealousy towards Heathcliff. Hindley began to bully and even…

Passion can drive a person insane. For most people, passionate love is a strong emotion and desire. Emily Bronte turns this desire into a dark aspect of human nature. This uncontrollable desire is shown between the main characters, Heathcliff and Catherine. In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff befriends his step sister, Catherine, and they inevitably fall for each other. Heathcliff struggles to control his desire for Catherine making him vulnerable to self-destruction. Heathcliff’s passion consumes…

and their passion. Unfortunately for Heathcliff and Catherine Sr., their passions cannot coexist. Aside from their punishments, for which they plan revenge, pain accompanies their passions. When they escape and go to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton children,…

House, Landis, and Dr. Umberson show that isolation is linked to and affects all age groups (quoted by Cornwell). The second generation portrays this effect with Catherine Linton, the daughter of Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar, and Hareton Earnshaw. Growing up, Catherine Linton has not a care in the world; she emotionally connects with her father and Nelly as they raise her with doting love. For the first few years of his life, Nelly raises Hareton the same way; causing him…

saying that she; ‘wandered off like a wanton greedy child to break your heart and mine.’ She renounced the visionary romantic dream expressed on Penistone crag in favour of otherworldly pride, social status but also restrictive lifestyle represented by Edgar. In a heartfelt scene Cathy and Heathcliff reconcile, and she dies in his arms whilst looking out over the crag (appendix 5.) Cathy’s body is no longer adorned with jewels or constraining clothes, her, hair no longer wound in curls, freed…

The 1939 screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by William Wyler, tells the story of two troubled souls destined for a life of failed happily ever after. The story opens with Mr. Lockwood, the new garage tenant, appearing at Wuthering Heights to take Shelter from a storm. While there, he encounters the haunting spirit of Cathy, calling out to her love, Heathcliff. Unnerved, Mr. Lockwood tells his tale to Ellen, the housekeeper, who then…

catherine wants heathcliff. (“I love him more than you ever loved edgar , and he might love ,if you let…

another, they are both selfish and cruel human beings. Catherine has her sights set on being "the greatest woman of the neighborhood" (73), which would not happen if she had married Heathcliff like she secretly desires. While she instead marries Edgar Linton, who has much more prominence in society and wealth, Catherine never lets go of her love for Heathcliff. All the while, Heathcliff sets out to join the society in which he knows she longs to be a part of. Upon his return, Catherine and…

demonstrated a deviation from feminine norm from the start, Isabella was forced to her feminist actions by the world around her as she experienced the ways her society could be harmful to her. It is when she is Isabella Heathcliff rather than Isabella Linton that her fight begins. Having followed the path of marriage, Isabella soon learns that she was naïve in her love for Heathcliff and finds herself in a marriage rife with violence and hatred. This could also be a sort of punishment for…