With further inspection, however, one can argue that he, Catherine and Hindley all inflict on others only the pain that they each have suffered themselves. These three characters appear to have more of a struggle within themselves than with the other characters.There is immediate animosity towards Heathcliff in the Earnshaw family when Mr. Earnshaw brings him home from Liverpool and it is obvious that Wuthering Heights has been thrown into turmoil. However, Bront holds off Heathcliff’s introduction to Thrushcross Grange so as to capture a comparative picture of the two families immediately after outside interjection. At the point, the inhabitants Thrushcross Grange (the Lintons) are described as light-skinned, fair featured (almost angelic) people. Their personalities contradict those of the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights; the Lintons have a much more timid and forgiving nature. It almost seems as if Bront is suggesting that they are the unsuspecting goodness that is tainted and destroyed by the evil forcefulness of, not only Heathcliff, but the products of Wuthering Heights. When Heathcliff first sees Thrushcross Grange (upon his afternoon banishment from the sitting-room), he describes it as “a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold” (37). Thrushcross Grange is a symbol of civility, compared with the wilderness that has now covered Wuthering Heights, which in turn is embodied in Heathcliff. After Catherine is bitten by the Grange’s dogs (a foreshadowing image of Heathcliff’s evil canines), she is removed from the heath of Wuthering Heights and is soon instilled with the values incarnate of the Lintons. There is a new refined nature about her and even though Hindley shows great pride in her presence, it is obvious that she is no longer part of Heathcliff’s world. Upon returning to Wuthering Heights, Catherine becomes mu...
