The power of love between the two central characters Catherine & Heathcliff; is central to the plot of Wuthering Heights. Although love is the novels main theme, it is also concerned with the emotions and beliefs of jealousy, anger, grief at the loss of Catherine and hope of the possibility of a reunion and consequent life after death. These human characteristics are central to the plot, and are found especially in the main character of Heathcliff. He has all the attributes of a hero; magnetic, powerful and melancholy, yet holds a side of savagery, brutality and dishonesty. The combination of both human attributes make Heathcliff a mysterious, yet extremely humane character. The emotions he holds of jealousy towards Edgar, the anger of his mis-treatment by Hindley, and the grief he holds after the death of his true love Catherine; is evidence of the human characteristic he holds. His passionate nature in both love and hate ironically makes him more humane and somewhat more appealing to the audience. His actions; although overly uncouth and brutal, are possible understandable to the reader due to the intensity of the romantic notions of love a

"...instead of endeavouring to reach me he snatched a dinner knife from the table, and flung it at my head..." (pg217).

It is Isabella though, that the notion of Heathcliff being a monster or devil is first introduced. Shortly after she is married to him, she writes in a letter to Nelly the question of whether Heathcliff

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