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    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…

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    deserving to marry Catherine. Ultimately, Catherine chose to marry Edgar because of his wealth. As a result, Heathcliff married Edgar’s sister, Isabella, to get back at Edgar for taking Catherine away from him. Heathcliff mistreats and abuses Isabella just to spite Edgar. To add even more bitterness, Heathcliff forces his daughter, Cathy, and his son, Linton, to marry so Heathcliff could get control of his land. Heathcliff got what he wanted and made Edgar miserable for taking his one true love…

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    treacherous ways. The love you once had for each other now turn into hatred and despised for each other. Catherine devilish ways are being torn apart between whether or not she going to love Heathcliff or set her eyes on Edgar Linton. Heathcliff dismantles Isabella and by then she did not want anything to do with him. I’ve come to the conclusion that power of appreciation will never be the same way when it comes to…

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    The 1939 screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by William Wyler, tells the story of two troubled souls destined for a life of failed happily ever after. The story opens with Mr. Lockwood, the new garage tenant, appearing at Wuthering Heights to take Shelter from a storm. While there, he encounters the haunting spirit of Cathy, calling out to her love, Heathcliff. Unnerved, Mr. Lockwood tells his tale to Ellen, the housekeeper, who then…

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    Jane was trapped and abused as a child, much like Isabella Linton who was trapped and abused by her husband Heathcliff. Isabella eventually escapes from her entrapment and runs away as Jane escapes her aunt’s house by going to school. Jane’s young life parallels Hindley’s life in Wuthering Heights (Morris 162). Like Jane, Hindley is an…

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    daughter, Catherine. Therefore, Catherine’s eventual decision to marry Edgar Linton because of his social status, instead of her childhood lover Heathcliff, spurs him to seek reprisal. Throughout this novel, Bronte critiques the detrimental effects of a vengeful heart, the destructive nature of an unwavering love, and the significance of social class. Heathcliff’s fervent thirst for revenge towards the Earnshaw and Linton families determines several of his actions throughout the novel. “When…

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    Though Cathy II was born on the Grange, she repeatedly crosses to Wuthering Heights because as the daughter of Catherine I and Edgar Linton, she has the capacity to travel between worlds. Hareton has spent his whole life at the Heights, but he is the son of Frances and Hindley Earnshaw, who envied and tried to emulate the Grange. Hareton is a lamb, so he can be framed, but the frame still…

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    and their passion. Unfortunately for Heathcliff and Catherine Sr., their passions cannot coexist. Aside from their punishments, for which they plan revenge, pain accompanies their passions. When they escape and go to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton children,…

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    This essay will discuss Catherine and Heathcliff 's development as characters through the two key settings of the Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. Focusing on their characteristics of pride, anger, passion and resentment which are developed through the key factors of love and the Heights chaotic and dangerous nature. This will be contrasted to the civilised representation of culture in which the Grange exemplifies. Catherine relationship with the Grange began when she was mauled by a…

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    euphoric sense of joy (93). When faced with the decision between Edgar or Heathcliff, she ridiculously wants both instead of making the decision. She consistently thinks that she can still have Heathcliff even if she already ahs Edgar; she’s jealous of Isabella to the point where vengefully she reveals her sister-in-law’s feelings towards Heathcliff (77). There’s a point where Cathy1 is quite ill and thinks she might die, but then thinks, “No, I’ll…

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