Wuthering Heights characters
The image of the Heathcliffe, whether he's Gypsy or Creole, is the main in the novel. In the early childhood, he was supposedly picked up by vernacular of the Earnscho family on Liverpool Street (which in the 18th-19th centuries was one of the largest centers of the Atlantic slave trade in...
Edgar Linton is a husband of Catherine Ernst; he is beautiful, soft, well-educated young man. He patiently castigated Catherine's whims, although he was shocked by her gross behavior at first. Though initially it appears not in the best light, gradually matured Edgar is revealed as a noble...
Isabella Linton is a sister of Edgar Linton, wife of Hiltliff, mother of Linton Heathcliff. Edgar's younger sister, she is sophisticated and elegant but fairly frivolous person. At the age of eighteen, she fell in love with Hitliff and went with him to the Thunderstorm Pass, and then, when she...
Hindley Earnshaw is Catherine’s brother by blood and Heathcliff at the father's inspiration. He hated the second one, and after the death of his parent, "lowered" him to the worker in Grozny, Pereval, without giving education. He was happily married to Francis, who died after...
Hareton Earnshow is the son of Hindley, who, after the death of his father, was brought up by Heathcliffe. He is devoted and grateful. Like Hitcliff in his youth, he is uneducated and rough. He loved the widowed Catherine Lynton. Earnshaw’s son, Hareton, is penniless, completely depended on...
Heathcliffe rescuer, who takes Skvortsy about 20 years after the main events of the novel. A narrative begins from his face, continued by the story of Nelly, that was told him during an illness in Skvortsy. He is a tenant at Thrushcross Grange who becomes intrigued with the Earnshaw family history...
Catherine Earnshoe is Mr. Earnsha's daughter, sister of Hindley. She is a spoiled and self-loving girl, originally wild, and later quite sophisticated. He loved Hitcliff but married Edgar Linton. She lost her mind and died, giving birth to Catherine's daughter. Young Catherine marries...
Catherine, at fifteen, tries to balance her relationship with both the Linton children and Heathcliff. This causes difficulties for her since neither side likes the other. She is still Heathcliff’s constant companion, but he has turned into a boorish, uncultivated person. Piqued by the...
Nelly (Ellen Dean), according to the story of "Thunderstorm Pass," is a former servant in Grozny, Pereval, after a housekeeper in the Skvortsov Municipality. An intruder of the secrets of the Earnshoe and Linton family, a participant in many events. At different times, he had a...
Joseph is a servant of Heathcliff. He served at Earnshoe and Heathcliffe. He is confused, pious and silly. Joseph is an old, hypocritical, pious, rough and hard-headed servant. He served when Katie and Hindley Earnshoe were children and stayed with Heathcliffe, and then at Harton. Homemakers...
Frances Earnshaw plays a secondary role in the novel. She is Hindley's wife, Harter's mother, who is soft and fragile. She died after the childbirth. She is a slender and painful girl, but the birth of her son undermined her poor health. In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth...
Mr. Green plays a secondary role in the novel. Mr. Green, an attorney, was in isolation and had to wait two hours to return, and when Green finally came back, he said that he had one businessman in the village, who he could not postpone anyway, but that he would arrive before the dawn on the Meuse...
Dr. Kenneth also plays a secondary role in the novel. Kenneth is a main doctor in the book. He treated Catherine, Edgar, Francis. Dr. Kenneth may be called the busiest man in Gimmerton. Between delivering all the babies, diagnosing tuberculosis, and dealing with hysteria and mental illness...
Zillah is one of the housekeepers at Wuthering Heights. Zillah is described as a ''stout housewife'' and ''a narrow-minded, selfish woman''. The last depiction of her occurs when she refuses to help Cathy Linton at Wuthering Heights. In her defense, however, she is...