Isabella Linton

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    foreshadow the characteristics of the characters. The characters take on the qualities of the houses through direct embodiment, being cursed or blessed by thee Heights, mixing them together, or by inheriting the flaws or virtues. Heathcliff and Edgar Linton are direct representations of the Houses. Heathcliff is Wuthering Heights. All who reside at Wuthering Heights receive emotional and physical trauma unknowingly to the outside world. This is true for Heathcliff as well, “He held a silent…

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    After hearing Catherine mock Isabella Linton, her placid and naïve sister-in-law, for her being in love with him, Heathcliff uses this knowledge to his advantage, saying, “…thank you for telling me your sister-in-law 's secret: I swear I 'll make the most of it…” (11). Moreover, Heathcliff “makes the most of it” by devising a plan to beguile Isabella using her naïveté to fool her into believing he reciprocates her feelings for him although…

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    Heathcliff's Motivation

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    The first thing he does is to marry Edgar Linton’s sister, Isabella. Heathcliff then takes possession of Wuthering Heights by winning a bet that Hindley lost by gambling while drunk. That makes him in charge of Wuthering Heights just like he planned. He denies Hindley’s son, Hareton, of education, just like Hindley…

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    from receiving an education. He initiates these events against Catherine and Edgar by manipulating Isabella 's emotions to suade her to marry him. He wants Edgar to suffer because of his marriage to Catherine, and for Catherine to be jealous. Catherine’s death proves that his disturbed sense of fulfillment is empty. Edgar and Isabella end up passing as well, leading to the forced and fated Cathy and Linton love story, led by Heathcliff. Catherine’s revenge doesn’t make circumstances better for…

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    The theme of Destructive love within relationships in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Bronte’s Wuthering Heights are presented through sexism, jealousy, and betrayal. In Wuthering Heights, characters find themselves unable to understand the meaning of love, but rather engage in a series of destructive; dysfunctional relationships with one another. The worst of these is the destructive nature of the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine knows that Heathcliff is the one she really…

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    reality and real emotions. After marrying Heathcliff, Isabella Linton discovers her husband’s true vengeful self and the growing hatred between him and Hindley Earnshaw. She constantly feels trapped in her marriage and the hostile environment at Wuthering Heights, but she finds respite by delving into books: “I dared hardly lift my eyes from the page before me, that melancholy scene so instantly usurped its place” (191). Through reading, Isabella is able to mentally escape the tension and…

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    Catherine keep away heathcliff love from her and evade heathcliff because of his social class. Catherine also betrayed herself by ignoring the love she have for heathcliff and happiness, and then her and isabella has a confrontation about heathcliff because she doesn't like the fact that catherine wants heathcliff. (“I love him more than you ever loved edgar , and he might love ,if you let…

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    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…

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    were two different people with a different point of view and values. Their relationship became more complicated upon Heathcliff’s returning to ‘Wuthering Heights. ' Meanwhile, Heathcliff’s concentration was particularly on revenge; thus, he married Isabella, who is Edgar’s sister. Thereafter, Catherine gives birth to Edgar’s daughter (Cathy), and sadly, he passed away right after his daughter’s birth. At that point, Heathcliff’s pledges to revenge once again, as he had not gotten over the fact…

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    like the people living in it, is driven by nature, the house has vines covering the outer walls and weeds on the stone path. The Linton’s house and those in it, by contrast, are driven by social expectation, their home is orderly and well kept. The Linton family is refined by popular opinion and well mannered. The Earnshaw family starts out as genuinely decent people, but as time moves on they become more aggressive and less sensible. The family relationship begins to degrade when Mr. Earnshaw…

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