... with the Lintons, a family of greater status than the Earnshaws, makes her "a haughty, headstrong creature" (47). She loves Heathcliff, but her stay at the Grange changes her. The change is so great that she rejects Heathcliff to marry Edgar Linton. Hareton is another character whose behavior is dictated by his surrounding environment. While Nelly, the maid, is living at the Heights, Hareton is ... cared for, loved, and educated. When Nelly leaves, Heathcliff takes care of Hareton. Heathcliff's darkness lingers over Hareton. Hareton is brought up as a rude, crude ... ...

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... While in the midst of Catherine's confession, Nelly realizes Heathcliff is eavesdropping on the two's conversation. She does nothing to stop Catherine from blurting out the insecurities she has towards Heathcliff. As he only hears his name being bashed, the misunderstood character hastily races off heartbroken, never hearing Catherine's bold proclamation: "I am Heathcliff!" (Bronte 9). Nelly views the scene as her inconvenience ... being above the two lover's pain. If Nelly had not kept Heathcliff's presence a secret from Catherine, the spark that gave ... life to the vengeance consume...

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... Bronte, true love seems to appear in only one of the many relationships. The only true love shared in this novel is between Catherine and Heathcliff. To the audience, their love seems untraditional and fake, since they never end up together. This however, is a false statement. Through the ... actions and the words that are shared between Catherine and Heathcliff, it can clearly be seen that they share a deep love that no one else in either Thrurshcross Grange or Wuthering Heights share. Throughout Wuthering ... Heights, Catherine has been displayed as a character that has many different...

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Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is a tale about emotional isolation and the subsequent tragedies that entail that isolation. Nearly every character in the story isolates themselves from the others, whether it is Heathcliff pushing a sniveling Linton away or Joseph isolating himself through means of religious persecution. However, the most troublesome self-isolation comes from Catherine and her blatant disregard for true love in ... the mistake she is making whereas the other characters never really discuss their choices. Catherine and Nelly's conversation in chapter nine gives the most insi...

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... that Isabella's initial elopement and consequential marriage to Heathcliff is rather falsified and lacking in any love or passion. As is the case with the majority of the novel, these chapters are narrated to us by Nelly, who makes for an excellent narrator due to her ordinariness. Catherine is a very awkward and irritating character, but Nelly is so resolutely unsympathetic with her ... that our exasperation with her is deflected. She also forces the reader to evaluate every event for himself, as her judgement cannot be trusted. Through observations and a verbatim epistle from Isabella...

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... which made them more compatible with each other, and it is a tragedy that social status forced them to separate. "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am ... a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married, we should be beggars? Whereas, if I marry Linton I can aid Heathcliff to rise, and place him out of my brother's power" (Bronte 83). Catherine is a very egotistical character and feels that everybody loves her enough to allow thi...

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... is poor, and he is not sure of the way. Yet, after he arrives, he is annoyed that the inhabitants are being unwelcoming. As is shown in the quote below Heathcliff didn't really want to let Lockwood in but had no choice really. The "walk in" was uttered with closed teeth, He has unrealistic expectations, which he presumes will be met ... spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. Is that it?" After being corrected by Heathcliff, Lockwood then mistakes Hareton as Heathcliff's son. Lockwood's failure to read peo...

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... The first story that we are introduced to is the one of Lockwood. Lockwood is a tenant at Thrushcross Grange and his landlord is Heathcliff, the owner of Wuthering Height and Thrushcross Grange. After visiting his landlord Lockwood becomes ill and since Lockwood becomes fascinated with what happened at ... writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small-Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton." (Pg 24) This quote gives us a glimpse as to what may have happened between Catherine and...

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... her father happy and holds the promise of marrying into a family of higher rank, thus bringing her own families star a bit higher. When the orphan Heathcliff arrives at Withering Heightes, she falls in love with him instantly. His difference from the other characters makes him unreal and almost doll-like to her. ... up into a more mature woman who's aware of her own financial realities and thus knows that continuing anything other than a two-faced, superficial relationship with Heathcliff would be impractical, and so she uses him for what he's worth -- she likes the way he dotes on her, ...

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