ff encourages visits between Cathy and Linton in hopes that they will be married so he will be closer to owning both the Heights and the Grange. Cathy is forced to marry Linton, and soon after the wedding, Linton dies. In his later years, Heathcliff’s thoughts of revenge diminish as he is haunted more by the image of Catherine. Cathy also begins to fall in love with Hareton. After Heathcliff’s death, peace is restored to both houses, and Cathy and Hareton plan on getting married. PERSONAL RESPONSE:Wuthering Heights was not horrible. I believe I could have found better use of my time instead of reading this book, but I thought is was a somewhat interesting story. I found the plot a little hard for me to relate to because it is set during a different time period. I also found Heathcliff’s character to be a little unbelieveable. He had such a strong love for Catherine yet he hated with an equal passion everyone else. His feelings of revenge went so far that he hurt people that hard nothing to do with his earlier mistreating. Such contrasting emotions does not seem possible. It is hard to determine whether the story is about love or revenge and hate.HEATHCLIFF:Heathcliff is the waif boy that Mr. Earnshaw brings home from Liverpool to the Heights. He is shown love by only two people: Mr. Earnshaw and Catherine. Soon Earnshaw dies and Catherine marries Edgar. Heathcliff, feeling betrayed, leaves the Heights only to return a rich man. He plans on getting revenge on every member of both households. “Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better,” proclaims Nelly Dean of Heathcliff’s demeanor. Heathcliff is a bad character yet the reader must feel sorry for him at points because of what he has been through. ...
