Isabella Linton

status and importance to that of a pawn in his plan to acquire the Linton’s property (79). Despite Heathcliff’s revelations to Isabella as to his intentions of pursuing her, Isabella regards Heathcliff as an enigmatic, romantic hero and enters into a loveless, abusive marriage with him. Heathcliff recognizes her innocence and naivete, and exploits them, noting that “ '[Isabella] abandoned [her reason] under a delusion...picturing in me a hero of romance, and expecting unlimited indulgences from…

Heathcliff’s dogs, but they are called off. Chapter 2: Lockwood has a difficult time accessing the entrance to the Heights the next morning. He meets a young man and woman whose identities are llater revealed by Heathcliff as Hareton Earnshaw and Catherine Linton. A storm occurs, forcing Lockwood to stay at Wuthering Heights. No one offers to help him walk back to the Grange, so he journeys alone. The dogs chase and hurt him as he walks away. Zillah, the maid, gives him a room to sleep in for…

advantage of Isabella. People think Heathcliff and Isabella will be a love story like him and Catherine, but it is not. He uses her for his revenge towards her brother Edgar. Once Edgar finds out that she married Heathcliff he disowns her. “Marking the Territory: Heathcliff, Edgar, and Homosocial” states that Heathcliff has a bad reputation with women. He is physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive to women. He uses Catherine, Isabella, and Cathy to get back at his rivals (8). Isabella is…

were fighting, the former told Isabella that “[Heathcliff]’ll be [her] death, unless [she] can over reach him,” (161). Her ability to find strength and escape from Heathcliff shows bravery and self empowerment. She leaves a dangerous and oppressive situation, only stopping at the Grange for first aid and dry clothes before continuing her solo journey, first to Gimmerton and then eventually to…

Character who is the opposite of or who provides contrast for another character is "foil". One of the reasons these two women have opposite voices is because of their opposite personas. When Isabella and Cathy were being oppressed by Heathcliff, they handling it strikingly differently. Through Isabella 's and Cathy 's peak of tragedy, they each developed differently. These two woman are as different as day and night, and this polarity derives from their personas. From the very beginning, as…

proper members of society. This is true for Catherine, the young Cathy, and Isabella. Despite the difficulties that come with living in Wuthering Heights, they must learn to make this shift. In Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, the female transition from innocence to experience occurs through the abandonment of naivety, forged independence, and the ability to face consequences. Wuthering Heights follows Catherine, Cathy, and Isabella from the time that they are young girls…

(Bronte 92-106). In order to get back at Edgar and Catherine Heathcliff married Isabella, treating her as much of a wife as a servant. “Don’t put faith in a single word he speaks. He’s a lying fiend! A monster, and not a human being,” Isabella exclaims about Heathcliff, (Bronte 150). Later on in the midst of all the terrible ways Heathcliff mistreated Isabella, Catherine Linton gave birth to a baby girl, Cathy Linton. Catherine shortly passed away after giving birth making the birth of a baby…

creates a domino effect. Catherine Earnshaw, the late Catherine Linton, was selfish and spoiled. She was a troublemaker since childhood and was relentless in teasing her parents. Catherine was known for a short-temper. Catherine was two-faced, always trying her best to keep a sweet, kind and composed demeanor around the Lintons, while showing her true colors to her family and childhood friend Heathcliff. It is Catherine’s choice of Edgar Linton over Heathcliff that causes years of discourse and…

sister-in-law, Isabella Linton, within a few months of his return. He does this not out of a desire to spite Catherine, but to use her as a tool for an ulterior motive. He aims for control of Thrushcross Grange, where Catherine, Edgar, and Isabella live, and marrying Isabella gives him the right to inherit the estate. From there, all Heathcliff has to do is bribe Edgar’s lawyer, Mr. Green, to ensure that he is the only one with any claim to the Grange. He has almost won. Isabella manages to…

Catherine (Brontë 64). Catherine assumes that Heathcliff does not care about how many times she is with the Lintons. Catherine’s narcissistic tendency of craving attention is her most prominent narcissistic character trait. Pairing with her narcissistic qualities and actions, Catherine exhibits her melodramatic trait to gain more attention and care. Catherine physically attacked Nelly Dean and Edgar Linton; she pinched and slapped Nelly and slapped Edgar. Catherine slaps Edgar because she is…