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CharactersStoryThemesMovieMr.LintonMr.EarnshawIsabellaEdgarCatherineHeathcliffHindleyLittleCatherine(Cathy)LittleLintonHareton•ThestoryofWutheringHeightsisconcernedwithtwofamiliesandanintrudingstranger,andisamorbidlovestorybetweenCatherineandHeathcliff.•Heathcliff,agipsywaifofunknownparentage,pickedupbyMr.Earnshawinthestreetsandlivedwithhischildren,hissonHindleyanddaughterCatharine.•HindleyhatedHeathcilff,butCatherineandHeathclifflovedeachother.•HeathcliffwastreatedwellbyEarnshaw,butwhentheoldmandied,Hindleybulliedandinsultedhim.•Atthesametime,EdgarLinton,thesonofThrushcrossGrange'shost,paidcourttoCatherine.CatherinelovedHeathcliffbutthoughtitwouldloseherfacetomarryhim.SoshemarriedtoEdgarwhileHeathcliffleftwithenmity.•Threeyearslater,hereturnedasarichmanandtookactionstorevenge.HefirstmarriedEdgarLinton’ssisterIsabellatorevengehim•HeresumedhislovetoCatherinewhichbroughthertodeathatthebirthofherdaughter.Even,hecheatedHindley'sbelongingsbygambling.•What’smore,heforcedlittleCathytomarryhissicklysonLintonwhichdidnotsucceedbecauseofthedeathofLinton.AfterEdgarandlittleLintonalldied,Heathcliffdiedattheend,CathyandHaretonwhowasthesonHindleylivedahappylife.☆Loveandpassion☆Revenge☆Lureofsuccessandsocialstanding☆Classdistinctionsandprejudice•Catherine'sdevotiontoHeathcliffisimmediateandabsolute,thoughshewillnotmarryhim,becausetodosowoulddegradeher.•Catherine'spassioniscontrastedtothecoolnessofLintonLoveandpassionRevenge•Revengeisamajorthemeofthenovel.•Heathcliff'srevengeaffectseveryoneinthenovel.•Thereforethebookalsosuggeststhatrevengeandvengeanceispointless.Lureofsuccessandsocialstanding•CathymarriesEdgarafterbecominginfatuatedwithhisimageasaculturedgentlemanwithwealthenoughtomeethereveryneed.•IsabellamarriesHeathcliffafterbecominginfatuatedwithanidealized,romanticimageofhim.Classdistinctionsandprejudice•Heathcliff’sfuryeruptsafterCathydecidestomarry“up”intotheworldoftheLintons,andnotdownintotheworldofHeathcliff.•Theuppercrust,theLintons,lookdownuponthelowercrust,Heathcliffandhiskind.