Heathcliff's precise ethnicity is still open to debate. In the mid-nineteenth century, the term "gypsy" could refer to a Romani individual, or it could more be used to describe someone who appears "non-English".
In chapter 29 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, after Edgar Linton passed away, Mr. Heathcliff revealed his evil secrets to Mrs. Dean: She (Miss Cathy) scornfully withdrew. In her absence I be...
It gave Joseph satisfaction, apparently, to watch him go the worst lengths: he allowed that the lad was ruined: that his soul was abandoned to perdition; but then he reflected that Heathcliff must answer for it. Hareton’s blood would be required at his hands; and there lay immense consolation in that thought.
In chapter 21 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Hareton Earnshaw fought Linton Heathcliff back with his own uncouth words for the latter's derision of the former's lack of education: Linton re...
In chapter 26 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Miss Cathy was finally approved to have a meeting with Linton Heathcliff, only to find him weaker in his body, while he expressed his fear toward...
And the Catherines of this book change their names, such as 'Catherine Earnshaw' to 'Catherine Linton', and 'Catherine Linton' to 'Catherine Heathcliff' - soon-to-be Catherine Earnshaw. By changing the female protagonists' names, what can be expected of its effect to our readers or the character's status in the story?
2 In Chapter 24 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Linton Heathcliff makes an apologetic confession to Miss Cathy, whom he loves and whom he has hurt with his previous words: ‘“Sit down and take your hat off, Catherine,” he answered. “You are so much happier than I am, you ought to be better.