Nelly Dean Character Analysis

15. Catherine Earnshaw is rebellious, free-spirited, and mischievous. Mr. Earnshaw is disappointed in Catherine and tells her to go pray. His treatment of her only hardens her and gives her more pleasure in showing off her power over Heathcliff.

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]

Nelly knew that Catherine was subject to big emotional fits to get her way she was very used to it. Although Edgar being completely oblivious thought Catherine was just used her mind to trick people into getting her way. Catherine is only viewed as a spoiled little girl who thinks it's her way or the highway to Nelly. On the other hand Edger is blinded by his love for Catherine only thinking that she is using her smarts tricking people to get what she wants. With that in mind Nelly has a negative beliefs towards Cathrine, while Edger having a positive belief towards

Nelly's own reaction to Catherine's violence in this scene is representative of someone who knows Catherine's true character, having lived in the same house with her all their lives. Nelly knows only too well Catherine's propensity for using emotional persuasion and has no patience for it. In fact, Nelly's refusal to stop cleaning in front of company reflects a certain antagonism toward Catherine; Nelly admits that she "relished mortifying her vanity now and then." In response to Catherine's pinch and slap, Nelly exclaims, "Oh, Miss, that's a nasty trick! You have no right to nip me, and I'm not going to bear it." Nelly is as intolerant to Catherine's emotional abuse as Edgar is in denial of

From this monologue analysis, it has been discovered that Catherine is a very dramatic and somewhat childish character as is shown because on page 91, Nelly says “…our fiery Catherine was no better than a wailing child!”(Bronte 91). Catherine acts very childish to shut herself in her room for several days because of argument with her husband. Also, her dramatic characteristic is shown because her monologue jumps around a lot in topics, from what happened when she entered her room to her anger at Edger to her sadness with grief, to her derangement, to again her anger at Edger. The knowledge of these characteristics can help perform the interpretation like how Catherine would act it out to Nelly, very dramatic and emotional. It can also be concluded

Once in the kitchen catherine was telling nelly that she loved Heathcliff and wanted to him but it would degrade her to do so according to her family, but in the same sentence she said that she loved him.” ...it would degrade me to marry heathcliff now; so he shall never know how i love him…”.(bronte.81) Not hearing the last part he left. He still loved her because when he found out she was sick he traveled on foot. When he got there she was happy “oh edgar darling!

As we know Nelly is not fond of Catherine at all. She knew how emotional she was and Nelly felt as if Catherine would use her emotional fits to get her own way. Nelly felt as if Catherine was arrogant as she said "I own I did not like her, after her fancy was past; and I vexed her frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance;

It was at this time that Catherine, who had never felt more isolated, wrote: "I should have loved my new husband, if only he had been willing or able to be in the least lovable. But in the first days of my marriage, I made some cruel reflections about him. I said to myself: If you love this man, you will be the most wretched creature on Earth. Watch your step, so far as affection for this gentleman is concerned, think of yourself, Madame." The young couple settled down, but the marriage was a miserable failure.

Nelly feels that Catherine can only behave like a child, because it as always gotten her what she wanted. Whenever she throws an emotional fit, everyone around her gives in to her demands because they are tired of listening to her. Because she makes a melodramatic fit

1. As it deteriorates and dies, Heathcliff and Catherine’s relationship serves as a cautionary tale and a witness to love’s destructive nature. Their love for one another is an addiction. Catherine long for Heathcliff and states, “I wish I could hold you.. till we were both dead” (Brontë 357). Catherine understands their relationship as “a source of little visible delight, but necessary” (Brontë 183). She views herself as one in the same with her lover, “Nelly, I am Heathcliff” (Brontë 183). She is obsessed with him-- regardless of her relationship with Edgar, Heathcliff never ceases to occupy her thoughts. If she were to lose Heathcliff, she would effectively go through withdrawal; their love is an addiction. She wants possession of Heathcliff

With such an infamous knack for the art of the scorn and slander, it’s not much of a surprise that Catherine enjoys her gossip. While telling Nelly about Edgar’s Marriage proposal, with Heathcliff eavesdropping close by, Nelly asks Cathy why she would not marry heathcliff instead. Her response, “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now” (Bronte 81), shows that she not only cares more about her social status and appearance, but that she disregards Heathcliff’s feelings almost entirely as she has, as if she were shopping, gone with the better deal. Once Heathcliff hears Cathy’s words, he becomes a changed man, and by no means for the

Nelly and Edgar are two different people. which means they both think differently from each other.Furthermore their opinions on something with be different from each other. these two have different beliefs about Catherine. the way she is can difer on the way nelly sees he and Edgar.

Nelly’s views consist of her thinking that Catherine uses her overwhelming emotions to get people to sway in her convenience. She also believes that she gets almost whatever she pleases in life. In no way does Nelly believe for a moment that Catherine uses her intelligence to help her against other people. But she believes that her emotions alone let her control other people by getting what she wants by throwing fits.

Eventually Catherine and Heathcliff became friends again and fall in love with each other. Although it was obvious that Catherine loved Heathcliff, Catherine felt obligated to marry someone from the upper-class, like Edgar Linton, instead of a peasant like Heathcliff. When Catherine was with Edgar she was forced to act like a proper lady and suppressed her real personality; but with Heathcliff, Catherine acted like she always has. This depicted a Victorian woman’s struggle to hide who she really was to find a good husband.

Dean is the center of attention in the novel because of his actions. Dean doesn’t care about anything because he goes from city to city feeding off all of the people that he meets. He also goes from women to women with relationships and thinks it’s funny. For example in the novel, Dean shows up with Marylou to Christmas with Sal, in Virginia, while in the mean time he has left his second wife, Camille, and their newborn baby, Amy, in San Francisco. In the novel, he tries to get Sal to hook up with Dean’s ex-wife. In the beginning of part two, Dean’s attention span is all over the place and can’t focus on one thing at a time. Dean seems to like to use people and then tosses them to the side like he does with his ex-wives. Sal reacts to all