Wuthering Heights Characters: Complete Analysis
Wuthering Heights features complex characters representing different aspects of society, each embodying themes of the novel.
Catherine Earnshaw is passionate, selfish, and torn between wild Heathcliff and civilized Edgar Linton. Heathcliff starts as an orphan brought to Wuthering Heights, gets treated like dirt by Catherine's brother Hindley, and grows into a man consumed by revenge. Edgar Linton is the wealthy, refined neighbor who marries Catherine. Nelly Dean is the housekeeper who narrates most of the story. Their children—young Catherine, Linton, and Hareton—become pawns in Heathcliff's revenge.