Characters such as Isabella, Catherine and Hareton are affected by the vengeance of Heathcliff and are left in positions of powerlessness as a result. ... Heathcliff is a character caught between love and hate, Bronte uses Cathy's sleight to force him to focus on his revenge instead of her. ... Heathcliff's gypsy origins place him low down in the Victorian scale of social hierarchy in the discriminatory minds of the affluent characters. ... Bronte uses this to cause the reader to sympathise less with Heathcliff and more with the characters that fall victim to his vengeful desires. .....

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But when looked at in Wuthering Heights, desire is the cause of evil and vengeance, and specifically Heathcliff's fall from grace and transformation into a vengeful, heartless man. Catherine's intense desire for Heathcliff, and his in return, is a static concept that remains throughout the book. ... Through the course of events that take place Heathcliff is subjected to Catherine's desire, and also the different desires of the people that fill his life and connect him to Catherine. Heathcliff is continually plotting his revenge for the poor treatment he has received from these...

• Word Count: 366
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 ...

• Word Count: 2971
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the story, Withering Heightes, by Charlotte Bronte, the characters weave together to provide a picture of the culture of 1947, as influenced by the economic system of the time. ... To fully understand sex and rank in this barren landscape, I'd like to examine the characters of Catherine Earnshaw and Nelly Sue, the narrator. ... When the orphan Heathcliff arrives at Withering Heightes, she falls in love with him instantly. His difference from the other characters makes him unreal and almost doll-like to her. ... Heathcliff, the poor thing, cannot help but love Cathy and her pre...

• Word Count: 710
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each character in the novel has the ability to portray an entire group of people. Heathcliff represents the working class hero come good. ... Bronte presents this with her marriage to Edgar Linton, denying her genuine, but concealed, feelings for Heathcliff. ... No major characters are missing. ... How the characters look, what the setting appears like, and even the emotions felt by the characters are left to the reader to decide upon. ...

• Word Count: 1550
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate