Hindley Earnshaw

he first arrives to his new home at Wuthering Heights. From the beginning to the end of the novel, Heathcliff is portrayed as a devilish and evil human being. Hindley takes an immediate dislike for Heathcliff and his hatred gets progressively worse as Mr.Earsnshaw takes more interest in Heathcliff than his own biological son, Hindley. Hindley does not agree with this and treats Heathcliff poorly and constantly tries to make his life difficult. At this point, Heathcliff is not yet evil but the…

shows regarding anyone other than Cathy is abysmal. The way that he brutalises and degrades Hareton is the perfect 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…

takes multiple forms, and is a central value in which characters hold dear to their lives. Two characters in particular that demonstrate romantic love and how it can lead to issues such as dysfunctional relationships are Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. The relationship that the two protagonists hold is both extremely flawed and unsustainable…

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…

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…

Catherine’s decision to become the “greatest woman of the neighbourhood” (Brontë 78) made her not the carefree girl of the past, but a cunning social climber. Heathcliff, constantly downtrodden and denied any rights under Hindley, staked his revenge directly to class issues, targeting Hindley and Edgar who were ranked above…

In Emily Brontë’s Gothic world of romance and isolation, the lives of her characters, Catherine and Heathcliff, revolve around one focal point: Wuthering Heights. Every experience in this book leads back to the Earnshaw estate. In the beginning of the novel, Brontë commits a paragraph to the definition of the word “wuthering”, foreshadowing the future significance of the symbolism of this building. After Nelly Dean introduces the backstory of Heathcliff and Catherine, distinct parallels between…

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…

Everyone has moments in their life when they feel particularly down and sad, which people may confuse with depression. Depression, though, is a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and worthless. These effects lead the person to believe that they are unimportant and that they are incapable of living a normal life. The difference between feeling sad and being in a state of depression sparks major differences physically and mentally. In Wuthering Heights by Emily…

metaphor to show that grief has “transformed him into a complete hermit” (180). Even with the suffering from the loss of his wife, Edgar did not have an excuse to neglect his daughter. She is perhaps the one piece that his wife left behind. When Hindley dies, Heathcliff claims Wuthering Heights along with Hareton. Nelly tries to receive Hareton with Edgar’s help, but “Edgar Linton, little interested at the commencement, spoke no more of interfering” (184). Edgar does not attempt to…