In volume 1, Heathcliff's love for Catherine is deemed impossible by the Lintons and the Earnshaws, and thwarted by Catherine's perverse decision to marry Edgar Linton in order to enrich Heathcliff. ... In volume 2, a second generation of characters who bear the psychological imprint of their parents, become puppets in the hands of a tormented puppeteer who manipulates their lives to revenge the frustration and blight of his own life. ... The primary agents of the story "Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, and Cathy Linton "not only experience and articulate their histories in ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate