Hindley Earnshaw

and unwelcoming attitude. At the center of all the cruelty lies the novel’s central character; Heathcliff. In the beginning of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is brought to the titular Heights by the master of the house, Mr. Earnshaw. He quickly acquaints himself with the Earnshaw family, growing especially…

Earnshaw: The father who started wuthering heights, he is a good person adopts a child but then does not pay equal attention which causes tensions to rise. Frances: Hindley's wife who dies during childbirth to son Hareton Isabella: Heathcliff’s wife who…

In Wuthering Heights, some of the characters speak exclusively in the local dialect (the case of Joseph), other use it only to a certain extent and in certain situations (Mr Earnshaw, Hindley, Nelly), while there are other characters whose speech develops from a West Yorkshire dialect to Standard English when their social status changes (the case of Heathcliff and Hareton). Emily Brontë “gives her characters distinctive ways of speaking, according to their station in life and according to…

novel. Before Heathcliff became apart of the Earnshaw family, he was an orphan likely of gypsy origins. When Mr. Earnshaw brings him home, just having darker skin causes resentment from others. Catherine and Hindley are especially resentful of this new child, as one usually is when a new “baby” is brought home. Catherine fortunately become less resentful, and Mr. Earnshaw has a natural love for the boy as he brought him home. Mrs. Earnshaw and Hindley…

Thrushcross Grange and discovers that there is more outside her confines. The shift in personality is evident when Catherine transforms from an uncivilized young adult to a well-mannered lady. She becomes so fixated on the differences between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, to such extent that her transformation into a young-finessed lady confirms that she moves up the social ladder and that she can no longer associate herself with anyone lower than her. Although Catherine manifests a deep…

The gothic novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses around the downfall of a scientist, Victor, and his obsession with creating a monster. In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, two neighboring families grow together by love and death, causing them all to suffer. These gothic elements are caused by the pursuit to regain justice. Heathcliff and the creature are plagued with revenge, ruthlessly killing their enemy’s families, bringing about their demise. Revenge comes about in…

much an "alien" or "interloper" among the Earnshaws." When Mr. Earnshaw first takes him in, he is described as a dark gypsy. During this time to be an orphan meant they you were apart of the under class. This class was the lowest of all classes due to their complete reliance on society (Victorian England...). Although Mr. Earnshaw ends up treating Heathcliff better than his own son, this preferential treatment is never seen as justifiable in the eyes of Hindley. To him all Heathcliff will ever…

stubborn but still caring towards each other. However Heathcliff achieves his goals when Linton and Edgar die and Heathcliff is in charge of Thrushcross Grange finally. He is too happy to realize his son has died and he has no one in his life anymore. Hindley also does and Heathcliff is left with Wuthering Heights. But when everyone dies and Heathcliff realizes he has wasted his life seeking revenge when he could have enjoyed it with the people who care about him. But Heathcliff is too late to…

Both Wuthering Heights and As I Lay Dying feature dynamic father figures. Bronte introduces us to Hindley in Wuthering Heights, and Faulkner introduces us to Anse in As I Lay Dying. Though the two stories have different settings and genres, as well as being written in different places and literary movements, comparisons can be drawn between these main father figures easily. Both are portrayed in the beginning of the novels as unsavory antagonistic characters, despite being the head of their…

the famous novels since its genesis in 1700 in England. The two novels have similar stories of which they share poetic devises such as setting, plots and style among others. In simple terms, the family of woodhouse that is in Emma and the family of Earnshaw in wuthering Heights have almost similar background. Therefore, this essay explains how love, marriage and social demands are demonstrated in the two novels. Love is a cross-cutting issue among people who are involved in a relationship…