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Characters All Characters Mr. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Wuthering Heights , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Just a few days after the funeral, Isabella comes to Thrushcross Grange at a time when she knows Edgar will be asleep in his room.
Nelly solemnly declares that her soul has gone home to God. When Nelly goes to tell Heathcliff what has happened, he seems to know already. He curses Catherine for the pain she has caused him, and pleads with her spirit to haunt him for the rest of his life. She may take any form, he says, and even drive him mad—as long as she stays with him. At night, Heathcliff lurks in the garden outside.
At one point, Edgar leaves, and Nelly permits Heathcliff a moment alone with the body. To the surprise of the villagers, Catherine is not buried in the Linton tomb, nor by the graves of her relatives. Instead, Edgar orders that she be buried in a corner of the churchyard overlooking the moors that she so loved. Nelly tells Lockwood that now, years later, Edgar lies buried beside her.
Not long after the funeral, Isabella arrives at Thrushcross Grange, out of breath and laughing hysterically. She has come at a time when she knows Edgar will be asleep, to ask Nelly for help. Isabella reports that the conflict between Hindley and Heathcliff has become violent. Instead, he began drinking heavily that morning. Heathcliff forced his way in the window, then beat Hindley severely.
The next morning, Isabella reminded Hindley what Heathcliff had done to him the previous night. Hindley grew enraged, and the men began fighting again. Isabella fled to Thrushcross Grange, seeking a permanent refuge from Wuthering Heights.
Isabella corresponds with Nelly throughout the following twelve years. If this is true, then one might argue that the book, in creating such charismatic main characters as Heathcliff and Catherine, defeats its own purpose.
Similarly, Heathcliff suffers the ill treatment of characters who seem his intellectual and spiritual inferiors; thus when he seeks revenge on a brute such as Hindley, the reader secretly wishes him success. In addition to exploring the character of Heathcliff as a grown man, this section casts some light on the character of Nelly Dean as a narrator. It is important to remember that Nelly is not much older than Catherine and grew up serving her.
This section of the book offers some evidence for the latter view. I expect you to feel flattered. Perhaps in the past he has suspected Nelly of having feelings for him.
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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? Summary: Chapter X Lockwood becomes sick after his traumatic experience at Wuthering Heights, and—as he writes in his diary—spends four weeks in misery. Summary: Chapter XIII Edgar and Nelly spend two months nursing Catherine through her illness, and, though she never entirely recovers, she learns that she has become pregnant.
Analysis: Chapters X—XIV Heathcliff, who seemed an almost superhuman figure even at his most oppressed, emerges in these chapters as a demonically charismatic, powerful, and villainous man, capable of extreme cruelties. Heathcliff - Isabella's husband.
She took a romantic interest in him after she meets him, unaware that he only wants her as a tool of revenge. Despite warnings from her family, she marries him but ends up being mistreated and blamed for causing Catherine's failing health. She ends up making up her mind about being married to him and leaves him forever.
Linton Heathcliff - Isabella's son, who was conceived from her marriage to Heathcliff. Not much is known about their relationship; except that she may have loved her son unconditionally and overprotective of him from his father while they lived in London. Before her death, she has Edgar retrieve him and brought back to Yorkshire. Catherine Earnshaw - Isabella's sister-in-law.
She has a decent relationship with Catherine and even visit the Heights together. She wants to fit into the social status that her sister-in-law had, and ignored Catherine's warnings to stay away from Heathcliff, especially when she was humiliated by her revealing her crush to Heathcliff. Nelly Dean - Isabella's servant. The only time she had interacted with her was when she talked about her leaving Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights while she stopped at Thrushcross Grange before leaving for London.
Hindley Earnshaw - Isabella's brother-in-law. He, along with his son Hareton and servant Joseph, mistreat Isabella when she lived at the Heights. Despite Hindley's ambition to kill Heathcliff, Isabella had tried to protect her husband from Hindley's wrath. Classic Literature Wikia Explore. Wiki Content. Heathcliff Piggy Jack Mr. Explore Wikis Community Central.
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