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    orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw‚ Heathcliff falls into an intense‚ unbreakable love with Mr. Earnshaw’s daughter Catherine. After Mr. Earnshaw dies‚ his resentful son Hindley abuses Heathcliff and treats him as a servant. Because of her desire for social prominence‚ Catherine marries Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff. Heathcliff’s humiliation and misery prompt him to spend most of the rest of his life seeking revenge on Hindley‚ his beloved Catherine‚ and their respective children

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    the influence of generation repetition and the destruction of love. Wuthering Heights demonstrates the repeating cycle of the second and third generation of the Earnshaws and Lintons. Through each generation‚ names are recycled as well as personalities. Cathy Linton is named after her beloved mother Catherine Earnshaw Linton. Under the supervision of her father‚ Edgar Linton‚ and later of Heathcliff‚ Cathy displays different traits of her mother. A main trait shared by both is

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    Heathcliff’s evolution is one of extreme ups and downs. The novel begins with him being taken in as a street orphan by Mr. Earnshaw and in effect becoming his son. He lives a life of prominence in the household of Wuthering Heights and falls in love with Mr. Earnshaw’s daughter Catherine. Soon after the death of Mr. Earnshaw‚ Heathcliff is forced to work as a servant under Hindley. To compound the pain he feels from being forced back into the lower class of

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    him; the young man is Hareton Earnshaw‚ and the girl is the widow of Heathcliff’s dead son. 7. The atmosphere in the kitchen is tense and unfriendly due to the bitter characters that inhabit it. Lockwood is not welcome at the house; Heathcliff tells him he should not have come in this weather and refuses him a guide to lead him back. Mrs. Heathcliff rejects Lockwood’s attempts at conversation‚ is inconsiderate‚ and threatens Joseph with witchcraft. Hareton Earnshaw is an equivocal character at

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    beginning of the story Heathcliff is adopted by Earnshaw. Earnshaw eventually ends up loving Heathcliff more then his own blood‚ Hindley. Hindley feels alienated by his father and eventually begins to take it out on Heathcliff. Earnshaw sends Hindley off to college to get Hindley off Heathcliff’s back; soon after Earnshaw dies. This is when Hindley inherits Wuthering Heights and turns the tables on Heathcliff. Heathcliff begins to feel the alienation that Hindley felt and gets assigned all the terrible

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    manor‚ Mr. Earnshaw‚ and his family. One day‚ Mr. Earnshaw goes to Liverpool and returns home with an orphan boy whom he will raise with his own children. At first‚ the Earnshaw children—a boy named Hindley and his younger sister Catherine—detest the dark-skinned Heathcliff. But Catherine quickly comes to love him‚ and the two soon grow inseparable‚ spending their days playing on the moors. After his wife’s death‚ Mr. Earnshaw grows to prefer Heathcliff to his own son‚ and when Hindley continues his

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    Mr. Earnshaw‚ and his family. His family consisted of himself‚ his wife‚ and their two children‚ their son Hindley‚ and his younger sister Catherine. Until one day Mr. Earnshaw decided to adopt a dark-skinned boy names Heathcliff. Catherine and Heathcliff grew very close as Hindley stays distant‚ this distance grows to hatred and jealousy after Mrs. Earnshaw passes away and Mr. Earnshaw grows favoritism for Heathcliff over Hindley; in result of Hindley’s cruelty to Heathcliff Mr. Earnshaw send Hindley

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    darkest character in all of English literature‚ Heathcliff is indisputably brutal‚ cruel‚ malicious and outright ruthless. From the onset of his arrival at Wuthering Heights he begins to show spitefulness as he is seen blackmailing his older brother‚ Hindley‚ into giving him his desired horse. Also the description given of Heathcliff as a child describes him with dark features which could indicate what his character will develop into later on in the book. Yet despite the ghastly qualities of Heathcliff

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    growing up. He seeks revenge against Hindley at first and later Edgar Linton because of the treatment he receives from the both. Heathcliff is not only affected by the characters in the novel but also the setting which is Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights; moreover‚ both places give off a different mood and a change of thought to the characters that cause injustices to Heathcliff‚ like Catherine. First of all‚ he faced a bit of justice as Mr. Earnshaw saved him in Liverpool and later treated

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    Monster/Villain In order to take his revenge‚ Heathcliff’s first victims are Hindley Earnshaw and Hareton Earnshaw – Hindley’s son. Heathcliff hits Hindley Earnshaw and brutalizes Hareton Earnshaw (Wiesenfarth 65). Indeed‚ Isabella’s letter – the letter of Heathcliff’s wife – to Nelly Dean exhibits clearly what happened to Hindley. In this letter‚ Isabella tells her first day at Wuthering Heights and she depicts Hindley: “… After a short suspense‚ it [the door] was opened by a tall‚ gaunt man‚ without

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