Hareton Earnshaw

Throughout the duration of Wuthering Heights, the characters such as Heathcliff and Hindley embody traits similar to her brother that immensely impacted her life. Her brother, Patrick Branwell Brontë, suffered from the effects from being an alcoholic and a drug addict. Patrick died at a young age of 31 from tuberculosis. Patrick is noted having an abusive and aggressive behavior towards others. Likewise, Hindley and Heathcliff often possess aggressive tendencies towards others in the novel.…

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…

Explore how Brontë uses the theme of social class in Wuthering Heights Social class is represents a barrier between Cathy and Heathcliff, indicating the distance between them due to their contrasting statuses in society. Cathy 's 'pristine white dress ' embodies this barrier when Heathcliff worries that her ’dress had gained no embellishment from its contact ' with him showing his fear she no longer wants to interact with him due to his low social standing . Consequently, Cathy’s high…

Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” In Emily Brontë’s gothic romance Wuthering Heights, Hindley and Catherine Earnshaw along with their gypsy brother, Heathcliff, the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, live a completely altered life than that of Edgar and Isabella Linton. The Linton’s, inhabitants of Thrushcross Grange, live a lavish life of luxury and high social class. Protagonists, Heathcliff and…

Article Review The article ´´The Cycle of the Seasons: Without and Within Time´´ by Virginia L. Wolf published in the Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 4, Winter in 1986 compares and contrasts the following novels: E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods, Eleanor Estes's The Moffats, and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Part I. The article focuses on the analysis of nature´s life cycle and how it is represented through…

The story of Wuthering Heights is a passion filled love affair bound in the cyclic nature of two families. Heathcliff Earnshaw 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…

distasteful. At a young age, Heathcliff had been adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, who was at the time owner of a farmer of ‘Wuthering Heights. ' During that period, Heathcliff grew up with Earnshaw’s children, and including Catherine’s and Hindley’s. Also, Catherine fell in love with Heathcliff, but Hindley was jealous of Heathcliff’s close relationship with his adopted parent (Mr. Earnshaw). Eventually, Heathcliff’s adopted father, Mr. Earnshaw became ill and then he later passed away. But, Hindley…

In the novel, Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë forces readers to realize that in life, one must think critically before criticizing other human beings. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald once said, “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven 't had the advantages that you 've had.” This quotation enables one to realize that he or she should not be criticizing others around them. For example, in the novel, readers learn that Heathcliff dedicated many…

One of the most important themes within Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, are nature. Within both of these texts the Bronte sister’s use vivid imagery to describe the nature around them. In Wuthering Heights, the nature surrounding both estates is seen as mysterious, and a place where both Heathcliff and Cathy are able to explore the outdoors. In Jane Eyre, Jane is able to see freedom within nature, because she is often confined to being indoors, as well as not being allowed to have her own…

In the novel Wuthering Heights, there is an abundance of injustice as well as the search for justice. Even though the search for justice was not done with good intentions in this situation, revenge and betrayal were used to search by Heathcliff to receive justice. Heathcliff had a great deal of abuse and isolation forthe majority of his life due to his angry step-brother Hindley and his step-sister Catherine. They would insult him, and Hindley would physically hurt him. Once they all got older,…