... This essay summarises the role of main characters in the story. It also discusses Bronte's use of imagery and opposites in relation to both setting and characters to create a rich and vividly descriptive story for the reader. Two principal complex characters form the basis of the story line. Catherine Earnshaw lives in Wuthering Heights. Her background is one of wealth and privilege. As a child Catherine was ... mischievous as described by the servant Nelly Dean "mischievous and wayward. In her childhood her ... one of similar personality. Heathcliff is not blood related to any of the c...

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... word obsession is defined in the dictionary as: "a compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion."" Emily Bronte's early Aristotelian tragedy "Wuthering Heights- is a story about love turned obsession. Bronte suggests this ruling passion leads the characters to be impulsive, vindictive, jealous and unintelligent, which consequentially have direct effects on their own lives, the lives of those whom surround them and the lives of the ... . By marrying Linton she thinks this will raise Heathcliff in society. So she goes ahead and accepts Edgar's proposal. This quick decision is baffling, i...

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• Grade Level: High School