Earnshaw prefers Heathcliff to Hindley but nevertheless bequeaths Wuthering Heights to Hindley when he dies. A long-winded, fanatically religious, elderly servant at Wuthering Heights. Joseph is strange, stubborn, and unkind, and he speaks with a thick Yorkshire accent. She dies shortly after giving birth to Hareton.
An established member of the gentry, he raises his son and daughter to be well-mannered young people. She teaches Catherine to act like a gentle-woman, thereby instilling her with social ambitions.
Ace your assignments with our guide to Wuthering Heights! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why do Cathy and Heathcliff develop such a strong bond? How does Heathcliff die? Why is Lockwood initially interested in Cathy Linton?
Why does Isabella Linton leave Heathcliff? How do Cathy and Linton get to know each other? Characters Character List. Heathcliff An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. Read an in-depth analysis of Heathcliff. Catherine The daughter of Mr. Read an in-depth analysis of Catherine. Edgar Linton Well-bred but rather spoiled as a boy, Edgar Linton grows into a tender, constant, but cowardly man.
It was originally written by Emily Bronte who died the same year at the age of thirty. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Bronte and the fifth of six children, though the two oldest girls, Maria and Elizabeth, died. They all use gothic elements in different ways to create a variety of effects. But she is appalled by the behaviour of her husband, who responds to her illness by retreating into his library and the society of his books.
She protests to her nurse when she learns of his whereabouts. What in the name of all that feels, has he to do with books, when I am dying? Wuthering Heights has a double frame, as if its world is doubly removed from that of its readers, but Lockwood, the first narrator, moves from a.
People used it as a way of escapism from their tough lives. The novel demonstrates characteristics of the Romantic Era and this important literary movement has affected the novel. Lockwood describes him as a noble "dark-haired gypsy", and also notices carvings of shrubs and mythical creatures carved on the front door, and above the words "" and "Hareton Earnshaw", written on it.
After entering the house, he sees a mother dog and her puppies. He tries to pet her, but she growls loudly at him, with Mr. Heathcliff warning him she's not meant to be a pet. Lockwood enters the kitchen, and a bunch of dogs appear and begin to attack him, such as nipping on his heels and pulling off his coat. The servants Joseph and Zillah save him from the attack, and he becomes angry of being attacked but has a big interest in his landlord.
He was given some wine to recover and he and Mr. Heathcliff discuss about the rental property. Lockwood leaves, but vows that he will return later on. The next day, on a snowy afternoon, Lockwood returns to the Heights, just like he had promised. The gate is locked so he climbs over it and knocks on the front door. When no one answers, Joseph tells him that Heathcliff is not home. Lockwood finds himself standing in the snow until a rough young man named Hareton Earnshaw lets him inside and leads him through the kitchen and into the sitting room.
The tenant meets a haughty, pretty young woman sitting by the fire. He assumes that she is Heathcliff's wife, and tries to talk with her but she rudely responds. Soon afterwards, Heathcliff arrives and scolds him for arriving.
Lockwood was corrected by his landlord that the young man is his nephew, who Lockwood thought was his son, and the woman his daughter-in-law. Lockwood is invited to dinner by Heathcliff, where the meal is silent and strange. Everyone is rude to the tenant, even Mr. A blizzard appears and no one offers to take Lockwood home, so he takes a lantern and decides to leave himself, promising to come back the next day. But before he could leave, Joseph sends a pack of dogs on top of him for stealing the lantern.
Lockwood is pinned down by the dogs while Heathcliff and Hareton look on gleefully. He yells and suffers from a nosebleed. After the dogs were pulled off of him, Lockwood was forced to spend the night at the Heights.
Zillah escorts him to his room to stay in. Lockwood is taken to a room that is forbidden for anyone to stay in by Heathcliff. He discovers three names had been carved on the bed cabinet, which says the names Catherine repeatedly but with different surnames that included Earnshaw, Linton and Heathcliff. He also discovers a year-old diary that belonged to a woman named Catherine Earnshaw. He reads one entry where around the time after her father's death, the writer Catherine describes on how her brother Hindley made her and Heathcliff listen to Joseph's boring sermons, and that Heathcliff was being mistreated by Hindley.
Lockwood could see that Hindley hated Heathcliff but both Catherine and Heathcliff were close. Lockwood falls asleep and has two nightmares. He first dream was when Joseph scolds him for not having a pilgrim's staff but gives him a weapon instead.
They pass the Gimmerton chapel where it was run off and without a clergyman in real life. But in his dream, Lockwood sees a clergyman named Jabez Branderham preaching to a full congregation. While in the chapel, he is bored by the sermon and he struggles to keep himself awake, but suddenly had the urge to denounce the clergyman and tells the congregation to go after him.
But he ends up being attacked by the crowd instead and he wrestles Joseph for his weapon. Everyone starts fighting with each other and the clergyman taps loudly on the pulpit boards. The sound wakes Lockwood up. In the second nightmare, he is bothered by a fir tree branch tapping against the window.
He breaks the window to stop the noise, but instead of a branch, he was grabbed by a cold, ghostly hand. The ghost cries, " Let me in! Let me in!
He struggles to be free from the ghost's grasp, and piles some books against the window. But the books were knocked over and he wakes up screaming. Heathcliff comes running into the room. He is outraged that his guest is in his room that is forbidden, but Lockwood tells him about the ghost and how it deserves to be punished.
He also tells him that he had read Catherine's diary and how they had been good friends in their youth. Heathcliff becomes passionate and calls out for the ghost to come back in. The next morning, Lockwood refuses to have breakfast and Heathcliff escorts him back to Thrushcross Grange, but leaves him in the snow halfway.
He walks through the snowdrifts to get back home, and when he arrives at the Grange, he is wet and exhausted. The servants are relived that he is safe and thought he had died during the snowstorm. Irritated and not in the mood for company, Lockwood locks himself in the study. The next day, Lockwood finds himself lonely and wanting some company. He meets the housekeeper, Nelly Dean , who brings him a tray of supper and while he eats, he bids her to sit with him and asks her about the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and about the young woman he saw there.
He discovers that she has been a servant at the Grange for 18 years, and explains about the two young people living at the Heights. The woman's name is Catherine Linton, the daughter of Nelly's late master Mr. Linton and the widow of Heathcliff's son. Lockwood is shocked for a moment when he heard that name, but assures himself it was not the ghost he saw in his dream.
He also learns that Hareton Earnshaw is not related to Heathcliff but is the nephew of the late Mrs. Linton and Cathy's cousin.
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