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    After Isabella dies, Heathcliff requests Linton come to Wuthering Heights, regardless of Isabella's wish for him to stay with Edgar at Thrushcross Grange. Despite Linton being so sickly and frail, Heathcliff treats him awfully. He does not try to help him often, and instead yells at him or neglects him when he needs assistance. Heathcliff does not take Linton just because he is his son, however, taking him instead because he has a plan in mind to gain the property of Thrushcross Grange. His plan

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    Her father forced her to marry someone with money, someone wealthy forgetting about his daughter's future happiness. On the other hand, Catherine influenced Heathcliff on not moving on because she loved him and would not permit him to be happy with someone else that wasn't her. She could be seen with Edgar but not with Heathcliff so she would sneak out to be

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    AP English IV Research Paper Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare share similar all consuming, infatuous relationships that negatively impact their lives. Both couples are used by the authors to express the destructive nature of obsessive relationships and how they can determine one's fate. In both stories, love drives the characters into madness and death. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s obsession with Juliet ultimately leads to his demise

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    In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte’s sister, Charlotte Bronte described Heathcliff as a “man’s shape animated by demon life - a ghoul”. Bronte is at her best when she is describing him, and his looks garner a lot of attention from her and other characters. In Heathcliff’s life, his youthful love for Catherine Earnshaw is better than his final years of vengeance. Heathcliff, who is one of the main characters, is presented in many forms in the novel. He is portrayed as a man who loves Catherine, homeless

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    Catherine and Heathcliff, they had many connections in where the feelings between them were mutual. They loved each other a lot but since the actions of Catherine being away for five weeks changed her completely. Throughout time a lot has changed as the love, hate and lust gets in the way as Heathcliff has these new feelings. In the beginning of the chapter Mrs. Linton transforms Catherine to a well-educated woman and having social grace. After time passes by, Catherine comes back, Heathcliff with enthusiasm

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    relationship is between Heathcliff and Catherine. Generally known to be in deep love,

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    The portrayal of love within Wuthering Heights marks Heathcliff as the archetypical character who is seen to be the most victimized and deranged in comparison to the more subtle portrayals of the decline of the male lover in Othello and The Great Gatsby. Bronte’s use of structural devices such as shifting time periods and multiple heterodiegetic narrations within the novel creates a ‘chinese box’ effect that add both depth and mystery to Heathcliff’s character. This is used to suggest the lack of

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    enduring. Heathcliff became vile and full of vengeance. Edgar Linton was the motive behind the vengeance that filled him. Catherine, Edgar’s new wife, loved both Edgar and Heathcliff. Unfortunately for her marrying both of the men was not an option; therefore, she chose Edgar. Catherine overlooked Heathcliff because she thought that marrying Heathcliff would degrade her image. When Heathcliff heard the heart wrenching news, he ran away and returned three years later. Soon after Heathcliff forces Linton

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    neighbourhood. She tells Nelly that she loves the ground under Edgar’s feet and the air over his head. After making this statement of her love for Edgar she goes to talk about Heathcliff. She admits that she loved Heathcliff but marrying him would be socially degrading. On overhearing these words, Heathcliff feels so hurt that he mysteriously disappears from the Heights. Catherine remains unaware of it, and further describes to Nelly the two kinds of love which she cherishes in her heart. She says

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    Heathcliff is portrayed (and often is) a savage, emotionless brute. For most of the book, the reader must try to decode his feelings and motives. Heathcliff’s character and entire outlook change from childhood until his death. Heathcliff’s apathetic, aggressive persona was morphed into manically happy by the forces of good. Heathcliff’s actions in his later life are shaped by his troubled childhood. The Earnshaw family’s reaction towards Heathcliff during his introduction to the family made him

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