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Green Dr. What's Up With the Ending? Her story begins with her life at Wuthering Heights; she grew up with Catherine and Hindley Earnshaw. Earnshaw brought an orphan home from Liverpool, named him Heathcliff after a son who died in childbirth , and grew to love the boy more than his own son. Catherine and Hindley both initially disliked Heathcliff, but Catherine soon grew to love him.
Hindley resented Heathcliff, especially for displacing him from his father. After Mrs. Earnshaw died, within two years of Heathcliff's arrival, Hindley was separated from everyone in his family.
Lockwood's involvement with Catherine's spirit, as well as his interest in the Heathcliff, prompts him to ask Nelly Dean about the history of Wuthering Heights. An established member of the gentry, he raises his son and daughter to be well-mannered young people. She teaches Catherine to act like a gentle-woman, thereby instilling her with social ambitions.
Ace your assignments with our guide to Wuthering Heights! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why do Cathy and Heathcliff develop such a strong bond? How does Heathcliff die? Why is Lockwood initially interested in Cathy Linton? Why does Isabella Linton leave Heathcliff? How do Cathy and Linton get to know each other? Characters Character List. Heathcliff An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr.
Read an in-depth analysis of Heathcliff. Catherine The daughter of Mr. Read an in-depth analysis of Catherine. During the following summer, Frances gives birth to Hareton, but Frances dies a week later because she had been suffering from consumption. Nelly is expected to take complete control of the newborn. Hindley is distraught over the death of his wife and becomes tyrannical, forcing all the servants but Nelly and Joseph away.
He also begins to treat Heathcliff more cruelly, and Heathcliff delights in Hindley's downfall. Catherine begins "to adopt a double character," behaving one way with Heathcliff and another with the Lintons.
Heathcliff begins keeping track of how much time she is spending with Edgar and the Lintons, and he is angry that Catherine belittles him when he confronts her with this. Edgar arrives at the end of the argument.
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