Cathy’s nature, a combination of both her parents, is key to revising the past. Her wildness and willfulness lead her to Wuthering Heights and the problems and pitfalls related therein. Her constant loyalty, good nature, and perseverance, however, eventually restore order and love to the farmhouse, thwarting Heathcliff’s plans for […]
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Edgar represents the typical Victorian hero, possessing qualities of constancy and tenderness; however, a non-emotional intellectual is not the type of person who can make Catherine happy in the long run. Edgar loves and understands Catherine more than anyone realizes, but love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship. […]
Read more Character Analysis Edgar LintonCharacter Analysis Catherine Earnshaw
Often viewed as the epitome of the free spirit, Catherine is torn between two worlds. On one hand, she longs to be with Heathcliff, her soul mate: their life together, growing up and playing on the moors, represents the freedom and innocence of childhood. On the other, she recognizes what […]
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To everyone but Catherine and Hareton, Heathcliff seems to be an inhuman monster — or even incarnate evil. From a literary perspective, he is more the embodiment of the Byronic hero (attributed to the writer George Gordon, Lord Byron), a man of stormy emotions who shuns humanity because he himself […]
Read more Character Analysis HeathcliffSummary and Analysis Chapter 34
Summary Heathcliff continues to seek solitude and only eats once a day. One night, a few days later, he leaves and is out all night. When he returns in the morning, Cathy remarks that he is actually quite pleasant. He rejects all food. When Nelly tries to encourage him to […]
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Summary At breakfast the next morning, Hareton takes Cathy’s side in an argument against Heathcliff. Heathcliff is about to strike her, but as he looks into Cathy’s eyes, he controls himself. Later that night, he sees Hareton and Cathy sitting together. Cathy’s eyes and Hareton’s entire being remind him of […]
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Summary Six months later, Lockwood is in the area and returns to the Grange, only to find that Nelly is now living at Wuthering Heights. He travels there, and Nelly tells him what has happened since Lockwood left. Two weeks after Lockwood departed from the Grange, Nelly was summoned to […]
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Summary Lockwood makes a trip to Wuthering Heights and carries a note from Nelly to Cathy. Hareton takes the note at first, but noticing Cathy’s tears, returns it to her. She in turn still treats him coolly and makes fun of his attempts at reading. Embarrassed, Hareton flings his books […]
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Summary This chapter is the end of Nelly’s narrative: Zillah now serves as Nelly’s source of information about Cathy. Following Heathcliff’s orders, Zillah refused to help Cathy when she first came to Wuthering Heights; Hareton was not able to do anything for her, either. Until the day Linton dies, Cathy […]
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Summary Heathcliff arrives to escort Cathy home, informing her that he punished Linton for his role in Cathy’s escape. He refuses to allow Cathy to live at the Grange because he wants her to work for her keep, especially after Linton dies. Legally, both Linton and Heathcliff have greater claims […]
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