Catherine Earnshaw is a very complex character, and throughout the novel her duplicity is clearly defined; she appears to be aggressive and arrogant, but at rare times she resembles a real lady with good manners. Catherine's struggle throughout her life is that between her love for Heathcliff, the orphan boy adopted by her father when she was just six, and the desire of a glamorous life at the Grange, next to Edgar Linton. Catherine goes through many changes in the course of the novel, and there are four main parts where the duplicity of her character is shown.

The first episode is when Catherine and Heathcliff are still young, and they go to the Grange to see how Edgar and Isabella, the two Lintons, pass their days. Catherine's an

kle is wounded by the Linton's dog, and she is forced to stay at Thrushcross Grange until she is able to walk again; five weeks pass, and when she comes back to the Heights, she is a different person : "instead of a wild, hatless savage", she has become "a very dignified person", influenced by the world at the Grange. Catherine "had no temptation to show her rough side in their (the Lintons) company....she gained the admiration of Isabella, and the heart and soul of her brother:acquisition that flattered her from the first, for she was full of ambition, and led her to adopt a double character...". It is from this moment that Catherine is torn between Heathcliff and her new friends: she is intrigued by the wonderful world of Edgar and Isabella, but she still maintains her friendship with Heathcliff, therefore developing a double character which will remain with her throughout her life.

When Catherine was still alive, Isabella and her did not have a confidential relationship, due to their difference in character. However, since Isabella got married, she developed a feeling for her sister-in-law similar to the adoration she had for her brother: when Heathcliff insults Edgar, Isabella replies: "Catherine and Edgar are as fond of each other a stwo people can be...no one has the right to talk in that manner and I won't hear my brother depreciated in silence!" . Even when Isabella visits Nelly right before escaping, she "stepped on a chair, kissed Edgar's and Catherine's portraits...". With Isabella's marriage to Heathcliff, she has realised that she really belongs to the Grange, next to Edgar and Catherine, who she has grown to adore.

Isabella, Edgar's sister, has fallen in love with Heathcliff since the day he has returned. Contrarily to Edgar's and Catherine's recommandations, she has escaped with Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights during Caterine's illness; with this act, she has obtained her brothers disownement, and her own alienation from the Grange. Isabella is the opposite of Catherine, who describes her as "spoiled...and fancy the world was made for (Isabella's) accomodation". Isabella is very naive, as she doesn't understand that what Heathcliff wants by marrying her is revenge on Catherine and her husband. She has always lived at the Grange with Edgar, who adores her, and her sister-in-law, and the outside world is something she has never come to know. As soon as she marries Heathcliff, she she realises the mistake she has made: in a letter she writes to Nelly,

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Approximate Word count = 1678
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)