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    In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Catherine Earnshaw is in love with Heathcliff, a poor orphan who has become her foster brother. Their inseparable bond helps them survive the harshness and cruelty of their lives. However, wealthy Edgar Linton is in love with her as well, and Catherine must choose between them. Cathy sacrifices her future with Heathcliff so that she can marry Edgar Linton. This reveals that she is selfish enough to want a comfortable life at the expense of her "true love", but

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    Professor Parks July 22, 2017 The story of Wuthering Heights revolves around the Earnshaw and Linton. The arrival of Heathcliff, a young orphan, will upset the lives of the members of the Earnshaw family. Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff raised as brothers and sisters but linked in their youth by an absolute passion and without concession. Even in death, will endure the test of time at the end of childhood

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    Women’s rights have been a question greatly discussed for quite some time, and the debate is still continuing despite the possibilities offered to women today. Feminism nowadays has evolved into a movement in a number of directions, starting with women equality and ending with homosexuality. However, feminism originally is an ideology that is based on equal political, economic and social rights for women. Feminism theory deals with analysing women’s social roles and experiences in relation to gender

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    extremely hard. It was apparent that this time in the story was near Christmas, and although the setting was secluded and Linton could not get home in the disaster

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    destroyed. Heathcliff shows the refusal to adapt and the resulting destruction. Catherine Earnshaw-Linton demonstrates the difference between outward adaptation and the full adaptation of the mind and soul. And Catherine Linton effortlessly embodies willingness to change. Wuthering Heights explores the idea that people must adapt or be destroyed through the characters of Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw-Linton, and Catherine Linton. In the character of Heathcliff, the idea that people must adapt is explored

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    followed or rebelled against society’s expectation. Catherine Earnshaw conformed into society’s expectation when she married a man for social status. Isabella Linton rebelled against society’s expectation by marrying a man without her brother’s permission. The women in Bronte’s novel—Catherine Earnshaw and Isabella Linton, suffered because of their gender regardless whether or not they followed society’s expectation of a upper-class women. Catherine

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    (Heathcliff). His daughter Catherine took to Heathcliff, as did Mr. Earnshaw, but Hindley hated the boy and tortured him. Heathcliff had to be hard and insensible in order to cope with Hindley’s abuses. Nelly Dean repeatedly describes Heathcliff as “sullen.” 14. Nelly Dean is deceived completely in believing that Heathcliff was not vindictive. Chapter 5/6 15. Catherine Earnshaw is rebellious, free-spirited, and mischievous. Mr. Earnshaw is disappointed in Catherine and tells her to go pray

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    told from a complicated point of view. The narrator of the past is Nelly Dean, while the present time narrator is Mr. Lockwood. Set as a story within a story, Nelly tells Lockwood an eyewitness account of her dealings with the Earnshaws and the Lintons, while Lockwood is the outsider who records in his diary Nelly’s stories of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. From the novel’s beginning, Lockwood proves himself to be objective, while Nelly is subjective as she is able to recall details

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    involving a narcissist individually. Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw’s ties, central to the novel’s plot, encounter numerous and nasty obstacles as a result of their unending love - for themselves. Despite claiming to love each other unconditionally, to the point where Cathy claims “I am Heathcliff” (Bronte ), they consistently act on their own urges with no concern for the other. Hence, their feelings never actually come to fruition before Catherine dies. Nevertheless, the mutual burning passion between

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    persuade someone, there are many ways one can approach the task, and appealing to the audience's intellect as well as their emotions are two very good ones. Indeed, in Emily Bronte's 19th century novel Wuthering Heights, the protagonist, Catherine Earnshaw Linton shows her ability to customize persuasive appeals according to her intended audience. At times, she can display impressive emotion. She usually employs this tactic for Nelly, her housemaid. During one explosive scene, however, she uses the

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