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WutheringHeightsEmilyBrontëEmilyBrontëwasanEnglishnovelistandpoet,bestrememberedforheronlynovel,WutheringHeights,nowconsideredaclassicofEnglishliterature.Shediedattheageof30.Sheremainsamysteriousfigureandachallengetobiographersbecauseinformationaboutherissparse,duetohersolitaryandreclusivenature.Shedoesnotseemtohavemadeanyfriendsoutsideherfamily.WutheringHeightsThrushcrossGrangePlot•Opening(chapters1to3)•Heathcliff'schildhood(chapters4to17)•Heathcliff'smaturity(chapters18to31)•Ending(chapters32to34)Opening(chapters1to3)•In1801,MrLockwood,awealthymanfromthesouthofEngland,rentsThrushcrossGrangeinthenorthforpeace.Hevisitshislandlord,MrHeathcliffandhefindsanoddassemblagewhicharouseshiscuriosity.AfterLockwoodbacktoThrushcrossGrange,heasksthehousekeeper,NellyDean,aboutthefamilyatWutheringHeights,andshetellshimthetale.Heathcliff'schildhood(chapters4to17)•Thirtyyearsearlier,WutheringHeightsisoccupiedbyMrEarnshaw,withhissonHindleyandhisdaughterCatherine.OnatriptoLiverpool,Earnshawencountersahomelessgypsyboy.HeadoptstheboyandnameshimHeathcliff.HindleyfeelsthatHeathcliffhassupplantedhiminhisfather'saffectionsandbecomesbitterlyjealous.CatherineandHeathcliffbecomefriendsandbecomeclose.Threeyearslater,EarnshawdiesandHindleybecomesthemasterofWutheringHeights.Hereturnstolivetherewithhisnewwife,Frances.HeallowsHeathclifftostaybutonlyasaservant.•However,CatherineconfessestoNellythatshewillmarryEdgarLinton,wholivesinThrushcrossGrange,althoughherloveforEdgarisnotcomparabletoherloveforHeathcliff,whomshecannotmarrybecauseofhislowsocialstatusandlackofeducation.Heathcliffoverhearsthisandindespairrunsaway.•Later,Heathcliffreturns,nowawealthygentleman.CatherinehasmarriedEdgar.Edgar'ssister,Isabella,soonfallsinlovewithHeathcliff,whodespisesherbutencouragestheinfatuationasameansofrevenge.Upset,Catherinelocksherselfinherroom,andbeginstomakeherselfillagainthroughspiteandjealousy.FinallyHeathcliffmarriesIsabellaandCatherinediesaftergivingbirthtoherdaughter,Cathy.•HindleydiessixmonthsafterCatherineandHeathcliffthusfindshimselfmasterofWutheringHeightsbecuaseHindleyownshimmoney.HeathcliffteachesHaretonbadhabitsasrevenge.AndIsabellaleavesHeathcliffandgivesbirthtoason,Linton.Heathcliff'smaturity(chapters18to31)•Aftertwelveyears,Catherine'sdaughterCathygrowsintoabeautiful,high-spiritedgirl.LaterIsabelladies,andhersonLintonhastocomeback.WhenLintonreturns,aweakandsicklyboy,hisfatherHeathcliffinsiststhatheliveatWutheringHeights.•Thefollowingyear,HeathcliffandLintontrickCathyandNellyintoenteringWutheringHeightsandforcesCathyandLintonintomarriage.Severaldaysaftertheirmarrige,Edgardies,andHeathcliffbecomethemasterofbothWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange.Soonafterthat,Lintondies.Ending(chapters32to34)•HaretontriestobekindtoCathy,butsheretreatsandthenwithdrawsfromtheworld.Butlatertheybecomeclose.Whiletheirfriendshipdeveloped,HeathcliffbegantoactstrangelyandhadvisionsofCatherine.HestoppedeatingandafterfourdayswasfounddeadinCatherine'soldroom.HewasburiednexttoCatherine.•HaretonandCathyplantomarryonNewYear'sDay.Characters•Heathcliff•CatherineEarnshaw•Heathcliff:Found,presumablyorphaned,onthestreetsofLiverpoolandtakentoWutheringHeightsbyMrEarnshawwhereheisreluctantlycaredforbythefamily.HeandCatherinegrowcloseandtheirloveisthecentralthemeofthefirstvolume.Hisrevengeagainstthemanshechoosestomarryanditsconsequencesarethecentralthemeofthesecondvolume.HeathcliffhasbeenconsideredaByronichero,butcriticshavepointedoutthathere-inventshimselfatvariouspoints,makinghischaracterhardtofitintoanysingletype.desertedlovedbyCatherinedesertedbyCatherinerevengereviveofhumanity•CatherineEarnshaw:Sheisnotagoodgirlasherfathersaid.Sheiswildandsometimesirritablebutsometimesgentle.ThelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliffisalsonotasothers.Theyevenfightwitheachother.Sheseemsunsurewhethersheis—orwantstobecome—morelikeHeathcliff,ormorelikeEdgar.Itisasifshewantsboth,evenperhapscannotbefullyherselfwithoutboth,andyetsocietyorhumannaturemakesthatimpossible.SomecriticshavearguedthatherdecisiontomarryEdgarLintonisallegoricallyarejectionofnatureandasurrendertoculture—achoicewithfatefulconsequencesforalltheothercharacters.Inmyopinion,thevanityofCatherinemakesherbetriedHeathcliff,whichinfluencesallpeople'sfatelater.I'venomorebusinesstomarryEdgarLintonthanIhavetobeinheaven;andifthewickedmaninthere,hadnotbroughtHeathcliffsolowIshouldn'thavethoughtofit.ItwoulddegrademetomarryHeathcliffnow;soheshallneverknowhowIlovehim;andthat,notbecausehe'shandsome,Nelly,butbecausehe'smoremyselfthanIam.Whateveroursoulsaremadeof,hisandminearethesame,andLinton'sisasdifferentasamoonbeamfromlightning,orfrostfromfire.MyOpinionNevergiveupthemanyoulovemostortherewillbeatragedy.
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