CATHERINE

Catherine has different personalities when she’s with Heathcliff and Edgar Linton. She portrays a lady like behavior when she’s with Edgar but is wild, unkempt and loud when she’s with Heathcliff. As quoted from the book , “I am Heathcliff.” On a similar personality coincided as to Heathcliff’s. She has a strong personality as well, remaining at the best of her spirits on most occasions. Such as of chapter IX of wuthering heights, Catherine searches runaway Heathcliff fervently before lapsing into a heavy fever. Additionally, she always attempts to have things her way, doing whatever it takes, whether it be throwing a tantrum, refusing to partake any meal (chapter XI ) or physically abusing the ones around her( chapter VIII)She dies at childbirth.

Edgar Linton was borne with a silver spoon in his mouth and was raised as a fine gentleman. However, he is too soft-hearted and often gives into Catherine’s demands. In chapter VIII, he was boxed in the ears by Catherine and leaves her house quickly in shock of her rampage behavior. In chapter XI, he openly admits his fear in confronting his love rival Heathcliff, who was once a subject of love of his wife. In both scenarios, it emphasizes on the point that Edgar has this sense of ‘hopelessness’ and weakness to do anything to stand as a man for his own personal rights.In addition to this, in chapter VIII, after hurriedly leaving the house of Catherine’s, he returns back to Catherine after peeking a gaze of her beautiful physique through her window where they both confess their love to one another; shows his ‘weakness’ of giving into Catherine’s demand.

In Chapter X, I quote

“Catherine had seasons of gloom and silence, now and then: they were respected with sympathizing silence by her husband (Edgar Linton), who ascribed them to an alteration in her constitution, produced by her perilous illness, as she was never subject to depression of sprits before.