Wuthering Heights Character Analysis

In the book Wuthering Heights many of the characters show signs of unjust Behavior towards one another and subordinate characters. These acts lead some of these characters to negatively change their Persona as they grow older into adulthood. When character who fits into these descriptions and experiences is mr. Heathcliff. Just for a quick term of reference, Heathcliff was adopted by a family. His adopted father cared for him more than his actual children. They grew jealous, and after their father died they tormented Heathcliff and treated him as a slave which cause Heathcliff to leave his home for three years and returned completely different. After his return, he began to take

Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights, centers around a small neighborhood consisting of just two properties, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. The characters within this neighborhood have little to no contact with people outside their community, and despite their troubles within the neighborhood, they rarely decide to leave. Among the characters living in this enclosed society, including Heathcliff, Hindley, and Catherine Earnshaw, there is a recurring theme of the desire for power and the wish to climb their social ladder, even though they live within a two household community. As a result of their ambitions to raise their status amongst their few neighbors, the characters in the book turn to unconventional acts, which many

The main Character in the story “Inherit the Wind” written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is the father of Rachel Brown, Rev. Jeremiah brown. This character tries to put up a sign that said read your bible. The problem involves Bert Cates, Henry Drummond, and Matthew Harrison Brady. Rev. Jeremiah Brown feels that the theory of evolution is wrong and it should not be taught. He is determined with Matthew Harrison Brady to change this. A lot of people are fond of his traits, such as a strong religious man, a mean serious man , and a man that doesn't play around.

He is no longer a playmate she simply pushes around. He transforms into a desirable bachelor solely because of his wealth. This provides a strong criticism of society’s inability to see past the wealth and opulence in possession of a man that overshadows their true character. Yet, the reason behind these quick judgements can actually be traced back to science. Darwinian literature tells us that our perception of strength is often based on the projection of ourselves. These projections, what we call as appearances, determine others perception as to our strength, our capabilities, and our value in society. After Heathcliff’s transformation, Heathcliff and Catherine are physically strong and robust, active, aggressive, domineering. Edgar Linton is physically weak, pallid and languid, tender but emotionally dependent and lacking in personal force. Even Nelly Dean, fond of him as she is, remarks that “he wanted spirit in general” (Bronte, 1847). Isabella Linton, in contrast, is vigorous and active. She defends herself physically against Heathcliff, and when she escapes from him she runs four miles over rough ground through deep snow to make her way to the

After Heathcliff’s return Nelly notes that Heathcliff has changed from being his old peasant like character to this classy new person that seems undistinguishable at first glance upon reunion. He seems to have made a fortune or at least a significant wealth based on his appearance and long period gone. This is going to be the beginning of a long series of frustrating moments between the main characters. First of all, Heathcliff’s arrival brings an upset in Edgar because Edgar really isn’t too fond of Heathcliff and not to mention that Heathcliff is fond of Catherine and Edgar instantly becomes jealous and angry. Catherine and Edgar in turn have a more stressing relationship in the moment as Edgar refuses to conform to Catherine’s behavior

In some ways the three settings in which the novel is set show the disruption of normal behaviour in the world of Wuthering Heights. This is illustrated through Heathcliff’s home which is ‘descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed to in stormy weather’, emphasising in some ways pathetic fallacy, because it suggests that Heathcliff is mentally disturbed like the stormy weather of his home. This would advocate the idea that domestication which is usually associated with a more civilised behaviour, and due to the fact that this is degraded, it means that extreme behaviour is the only normal one now. To some extent a psychoanalytical reading of Heathcliff’s emotional disarray would suggest it is based on the Freudian concept of life and death instincts. It is an important concept because life instincts are those that deal with basic survival, pleasure, and reproduction. While death instincts are based around a person’s self-conscious ability to want to die. Therefore, self-destructive behaviour is an expression of the energy created by the death instincts. When this energy is directed outward onto others, it is expressed as aggression and violence. Furthermore, it could

The tragedy and misfortune of Emily Brontë's life is shown through her novel 'Wuthering Heights'. The many dark, sad and misfortunate parts of this novel which represent Emily Brontë's life are

Wuthering Heights, the gothic novel by Emily Bronte, introduces us to two neighbouring families living on the moors of Yorkshire. The remote setting sets a cold, windy, dark vision which infiltrates the perspective households of the Earnshaws of Wuthering Heights and the Linton’s of Thrushcross Grange. The setting of Bronte’s novel is the wild, untamed moors of her birthplace. Emily Bronte brings her own personality and essence to Wuthering Heights, which is contrary to those of her sisters’, Anne and Charlotte. Emily Bronte’s love for the outdoors and in particular the Yorkshire moors, as well as her “unusual and extremely unsocial and reserved” character is identifiable in Heathcliff, the main character (Wuthering-heights.co.uk 2014). Also weaving its way through the novel is her unconventional religious beliefs. The incorporation of the supernatural and gothic references defies her family upbringing.

Time is a continuous item that grows as people do. When one ignores chronological order and replaces it with eternal present, tragedy occurs. Catherine Earnshaw throughout the novel Wuthering Heights, fails to choose between the two men she loves most. Catherine is unable to clear up “her willful confusion of the the two levels of time - chronological present of thrushcross grange and the timeless present of heathcliff and her love” leading to her destruction (Harris 115). Catherines unsuccessful attempt at living in Edgars chronological world while desiring Heathcliff's eternal love simultaneously, leads to her unforgivable sin.

Throughout Wuthering Heights, the setting in which the novel takes place plays a large role, not only in painting a picture in the readers’ minds, but also in enhancing the plot, as well as the development and depth of the characters. The desolate setting of the Yorkshire moors in which Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange sit enhance the themes throughout this novel by separating the main characters from the real world and developing them as individuals.

Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist of the novel Pride and Prejudice, and Austen quickly develops her personality. Elizabeth proves to be full of wit as she is quick to judge others and their current situations. She surrounds herself with the town’s gossip and the social culture of those in her sphere of influence. Moreover, she goes on to make decisions based on her judgement of Mr.Wickham and Mr. Darcy. Towards the beginning of the novel, Elizabeth ridicules her family for their inappropriate behaviour around those of wealth, yet she misjudges Mr. Darcy as being prideful and distasteful. Elizabeth has a tendency to act a particular way around Mr. Darcy, which suggests her impudence towards him. An assumption can be made at this point in the novel that proves her distaste of Mr. Darcy originates from his remark that he made at the ball, which offended Elizabeth as she was said to be “tolerable, but not handsome enough”(Austen 9).

Point of View – Wuthering Heights has two main narrators from whose point of view the novel is written. Lockwood is the primary narrator, and much is of what takes place in the present is told through his eyes, via first-person. The narration shifts to Ellen Dean, as she gives, to both Lockwood and the reader, her version of past events. She serves as the peripheral narrator, who is meant to tell the tale of what transpired before Lockwood’s arrival to Wuthering Heights. Ellen’s story is filtered and recorded through Lockwood’s perspective. There are however certain instances where Nelly herself was not present and therefore relies on someone else’s eyewitness report to convey what transpired.

One way Heathcliff was affected would be where he was brought, to Wuthering heights only to see a place where "’Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather." (Brontë 4)  In sum, then, the overall atmosphere of the place was not very welcoming from the first time Heathcliff entered to later in the future as you can make the comparison while reading this book that Wuthering Heights is to be compared to Thrushcross Grange as these two places are quite the opposite from each other. By demonstrating the clear differences and changes of moods when it comes to each house, Brontë’s work extends the findings that although Heathcliff came a step up from being a lonely orphan, he is still living under depressing conditions due to the unwelcoming state of his home as a result infected him into turning cold and unwelcoming as a person as well.

The title of the book is named after the house where most of the action takes place. In the beginning, Lockwood describes Wuthering Heights. “Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. ‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones.” This house is strong, because the people in it are not. Almost everyone that lives in the house goes crazy and dies. It is more of a prison than a home.

Wuthering Heights, published by Emily Brontë in 1847, tells a story of the history of Wuthering Heights and the tragic love story that precedes it. The two central settings of the work, Thrushcross Grange, and Wuthering Heights represent Freud’s structural model of the human psyche: the id and the superego. Because Freud’s structural model presents the notion that internal conflict is inevitable, the two settings illustrate the complexities of the human subconscious and the characters' difficulty in navigating them.