How Does Jarnshaw Present Isabella Linton's Character

In this passage of Wuthering Heights, Brontë expresses the moment of Heathcliff's reaction to Catherine Linton's death. In this particular passage, Emily Brontë utilizes syntax to illustrate Heathcliff's obsessive love for the late Catherine Linton. Brontë expresses Heathcliff's deep, hidden emotions through the use of syntax. In the beginning, few questions are asked by Heathcliff, such as if "she died like a saint," to convey his curiosity about his true love's death (Brontë 164).

“In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw – Heathcliff – Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres – the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin.”

“I have such faith in Linton’s love that I believe I might kill him and he wouldn’t wish to retaliate.” -Catherine Earnshaw In the novel Wuthering Heights Catherine Earnshaw takes for granted Edgar Linton’s love; Edgar Linton deserves sympathy from the readers. Edgar loved Catherine more than anything, making her think that no matter what she did to him “he wouldn’t wish to retaliate.”

This represents the control Heathcliff now has over the Linton family and foreshadows Isabella’s life with Heathcliff. Heathcliff has gained control over the Lintons through Isabella because he marries her to destroy and take revenge on the Linton family for taking Catherine away from him. He marries Isabella, so that when her brother Edgar dies without a son, Isabella and him will get Thrushcross Grange. When Heathcliff hung the dog, this foreshadows Isabella’s life with Heathcliff because like the dog, she will physically be in a bad condition from being married to Heathcliff due to his abuse and how the dog is tied up and is restricted is how Heathcliff restricts Isabella. Isabella’s dog tries to run into the road, representing her, and Nelly tries to save her. Nelly saves the dog from the road but doesn’t save Isabella from running off into her own doom by eloping and marrying Heathcliff. We see how abusive Heathcliff is to Isabella and how restricted she is with him in Volume 2, Chapters 1,2, and 3. She eventually, after much cruelty, runs away. But why did it take her this long to run away from him? Did she act like a scared and wimpy puppy or did break free from her personality and show courage and braveness like a strong willed guard

To begin, Heathcliff uses Isabella as a means of exacting revenge on Edgar Linton, whom he despises. When Heathcliff finds out Isabella is in love with him, he is delighted. His pleasure comes not from a mutual like for Isabella, but rather a vision for revenging Edgar. After Catherine lets slip that Isabella is in love with him, Heathcliff says to her, “...and if you fancy I’ll suffer unrevenged, I’ll convince you of the contrary, in a very little while! Meantime, thank you for telling me your sister-in-law’s secret: I swear I’ll make the most of it. And stand you aside!”(112). Heathcliff’s comment

Heathcliff grows up as a trouble maker; he is now an evil man whose wrath ensnares everybody around him. The catalytic moment that sends Heathcliff over the boiling point is when the love of his life, Catherine Earnshaw, choses his biggest rival, Edgar, to marry her. After this key moment in the novel, Heathcliff is never the same character. Heathcliff obsession with Catherine Earnshaw turns into a potent wrath and it is clearly shows in this quote by Heathcliff, “I seek no revenge you … That’s not the plan – The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them – You are

“No matter the term used to identify the abuse of women in nineteenth-century Britain—domestic violence, spousal abuse, marital violence, or wife-beating—it was written about by leading authors of the time” (Wingert, 1). Women lacked many rights that they are presented with today. Women were not even allowed to file for divorce unless they had proof of adultery or abuse; and although most women had substantial evidence of abuse, they realized the fate they would be given if they chose to leave their husbands. Divorce would usually end in poverty and ostracization from society for a woman. In Wuthering Heights, the physical and verbal abuse imposed upon Isabella from Heathcliff is horrid and a perfect example of the daily abuse many women during the time period

Another one of the many things Heathcliff wanted was power. He seduced and married Isabella Linton, not out of love, but out of selfish thoughts of abusing her to get revenge against her brother, Edgar because he married Heathcliff’s lover. When Isabella died, Heathcliff’s son Linton was handed over to him; Heathcliff forced Linton to marry Edgar and Catherine’s daughter, Catherine – or Cathy – Linton. When Ellen found letters written between the two, Linton’s letters “rendered natural,

Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre is the story of an orphaned ten-year-old girl name Jane Eyre, who overcomes abuse and neglect to discover compassion and love. Jane lives with the Reed family at Gateshead Hall, who was despised Jane, and she is bullied by Mrs. Reed and her son, John. John bullied her when she was reading the book, he threw the book at her head, John tortured Jane mercilessly and cruelly. Jane totally afraid of John, but she didn’t cry and cower under him. She did try to avoid him, but when he throws her book, she retaliates and fights back. Mrs. Reed sends Jane into the red room for the punishment where her uncle died, and for Jane this room represents terror and death. Jane said everything she thought about Mrs. Reed

When Heathcliff returns three years later, his love for Catherine motivates him to enact revenge upon all those who separated him from her. Since he last saw Catherine, he has “fought through a bitter life”; he “struggled only for [her]” (Brontë 71). Nelly observes a “half-civilized ferocity” in Heathcliff’s brows (Brontë 70); she views him as “an evil beast…waiting his time to spring and destroy” (Brontë 79). Heathcliff’s obsessive love for Catherine becomes a menacing threat. Heathcliff reproaches Catherine because she “treated [him]

Catherine was bitten and Heathcliff was sent back to Wuthering Heights. According to the Linton’s he was uncivilized and his bad behavior was not accepted in their household. Catherine was accepted into their house and welcomed even though she was not respectful. Luckily for her she knew when to turn it off and not let them see that side of her, but are polite. Thrushcross Grange is actually a house where its members of the Linton family are civilized. The Linton’s are rich and have many luxuries that Catherine is not using to but she wants to become a esteemed lady. Thrushcross is an elegant house that the Linton’s own and love to hang out in the parlor. Later on when Catherine returned home to Wuthering Heights the Linton’s came over but Edgar had spoken to Heathcliff, which was not part of the agreement. Hindley had sent Heathcliff away for his actions with Edgar. Edgar saw how Hindley treated Heathcliff and he was fearful of him. Edgar was fond of Catherine but he was not willing to visit Wuthering Heights because of Mr. Earnshaw. Edgar was eager to marry Catherine and move her to the ThrushCross Grange, which is more lavish then the callous, dreary, and desolate Wuthering

Someone having their true lover marry another person whom they do not truly love would be a difficult and undesirable situation. How a person in a similar situation reacts to it, especially in the long term, can reveal a lot about their character. Such is the case with Heathcliff, the main character of Wuthering Heights, a novel written by Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights takes place from the late eighteenth century through the early 1800s (decade) within the two houses of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange and on the land surrounding them (1, 58). The two houses are located in England and are near the village of Gimmerton (1, 102).

Cathy, seduced by the comfort and luxury of the Grange, becomes civilised to the point of being unrecognisable to Heathcliff when she “sails in” to Wuthering heights in her fine clothes. Ellen describes the reception of, “instead of the wild hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless ... a very dignified person”. The reader sees the events through the eyes of Ellen, and although she certainly approves of the transformation, it is likely that Bronte, and subsequently the reader, does not. The fact that she refrains from displaying her joy at being reunited with her family and will not hug them, suggests that her unguarded passion has been repressed by the influence of the refined Lintons. In much the same way, Lucy, while visiting Cecil’s mother, “kept to Schuman” as was proper, rather than releasing her passion in a torrent of Beethoven as she did in Italy. Both women have conformed to the obligations of society rather than freely expressing emotion, resulting in loss of self and surrender to “darkness” – the concept of which is more ambiguous for Bronte, as Heathcliff is the main association with darkness, described by Catherine as an “unreclaimed creature”, not quite part of the human world.

As Isabella is in “the firm clutch of Catherine, (100)” it is clear that Catherine has not changed for the sake of her marriage and still harbors the same pull towards Heathcliff and forceful inclinations that she possessed at the Heights. At this point in her life, her struggle between passivity and violence is manifested in her feelings toward both Edgar and Heathcliff. She is inexplicably drawn to both of them and does not endeavor to choose between them because she finds them both integral to her survival. This results in dynamic changes that alter the Grange itself. While married to Edgar and living in Thrushcross Grange, an inhabitance that once seemed characterized by its peace, Catherine brings strife between the inhabitants, especially when she reunites with Heathcliff. Isabella and Edgar, who once represented the epitome of passivity, are drawn to violence at the intrusion of Heathcliff into their own home, as encouraged by Catherine. While the Lintons are products of Thrushcross Grange, Catherine exhibits control over their natures by drawing out violent actions from characters that are otherwise known for their frailty. This reveals that Isabella and Edgar exhibit this same duality and can be persuaded to reveal their violent tendencies because it is opposing forces are a defining aspect of humanity. As a result of

Isabella alleged Heathcliff as a romantic character; conversely, he turned out to be a thorough anti-hero. This is shown when Heathcliff said: “I would kill everyone in this house except for one…” This embodies the idea that when Heathcliff said this he actually meant Cathy but Isabella assumed he meant herself at the time. Only later does she realize that he meant Cathy. This is backed when Isabella said: “… he snatched a dinner knife from the table and flung it at my head. It struck beneath my ear…” This exemplifies that when Heathcliff and Hindley were fighting; Heathcliff procured a dinner knife and flung it at Isabella scarring her. This shows that Heathcliff was very vehement and hostile towards