Isabella Linton

When Mr. Earnshaw is dying he becomes incredibly irritable, especially towards those who mistreat Heathcliff. He felt “painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to [Heathcliff]; seeming to have gotten into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn” (Brontë, 41). Mr. Earnshaw is very fond of Heathcliff, often spoiling him and treating him more like a son than he treated Hindley, his actual son. The fact that Mr. Earnshaw adores…

During the late winter months of 1801, a man named Lockwood rents an estate in the isolated moors of England. After meeting peculiar landlord Heathcliff, Lockwood asks housekeeper Nelly Dean if she knows of him. Nelly tells of being a child at Wuthering Heights, a servant with her mother. Owner Mr.Earnshaw, brings home an orphaned boy on his travels from Liverpool. Earnshaw children, Hindley and Catherine, despise the dark-skinned gypsy boy, Heathcliff. After the death of Mrs.Earnshaw,…

family and the Lintons. Heathcliff’s revenge is driven by hate for his social standing- he is unable to be with his true love, Catherine, because he is too poor. The assassination of Heathcliff right before he fulfills his wish to take over both Wuthering Heights and the Grange would allow both houses to live in peace. Heathcliff has possession of Wuthering Heights, after swindling Hindley Earnshaw out of his money. He now plans to take control of the Grange, by forcing his son Linton and his…

another, they are both selfish and cruel human beings. Catherine has her sights set on being "the greatest woman of the neighborhood" (73), which would not happen if she had married Heathcliff like she secretly desires. While she instead marries Edgar Linton, who has much more prominence in society and wealth, Catherine never lets go of her love for Heathcliff. All the while, Heathcliff sets out to join the society in which he knows she longs to be a part of. Upon his return, Catherine and…

dinner with the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights in Chapter Two. As the eat, he learns who they are and how they are related. Brontë continues to use eating together as a metaphor for characters having a strong relationship. She tells of how, Catherine Linton sits closer to Hareton during meals as their relationship blossoms (634).…

Heights is a “wild” place with wide open areas, a wet place and also with infertile land. Furthermore, Wuthering Heights can be: The Moors. At the beginning of the novel Heathcliff and Catherine lived there. Later in the story Catherine marries Edgar Linton and started living at Trushcross Grange. On the other hand, Thrushcross Grange its a more advanced area, with people with better manners. Its a town were we can call people: civilized. At Thrushcross Grange, we have the Linton’s. The…

written by Emily Brontë, published in the year 1847. Wuthering Heights – a farmhouse – is the location of where the novel is set, along with the property of the Lintons, Thrushcross Grange. The main themes in the novel are jealousy (caused by love) and vengeance. There is an ongoing feud between two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons over the inheritance of property. In Wuthering Heights, one of the main characters is Heathcliff Earnshaw. Heathcliff is portrayed as a bitter character when…

For instance, near the end of the book, where Heathcliff is starting to decline, he claims that he no longer cares for the two remaining representatives of the Lintons and the Earnshaws. While talking to his long companion Ellen Dean, Heathcliff says, “I get levers and mattocks working like Hercules, and when everything is ready, and in my power, I find the will to lift a slate off either roof has vanished! My old…

restrictions set on women. Inheritance laws play a pivotal role in driving the plot of the story and showing the injustices women suffer. Shortly before his death, Edgar Linton attempted to put Catherine’s fortune in the hands of trustees so that Heathcliff could not attain…

unyielding solidity of Wuthering Heights. According to Nelly, their love truly transcends human understanding, as their ghosts supposedly haunt the countryside of the moors. Subsequent inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, Hareton Earnshaw and Catherine Linton, carry the same fierce love for one another. In the hearts Hareton and young Catherine, the love between Heathcliff and Catherine that never bloomed because of their environment, takes root and grows, producing a new era of prosperity and life…