Wutherinh Heights/Duality of Catherine

A detailed Summary of Wutherinh Heights/Duality of Catherine

Emily Brontė's controversial novel Wuthering Heights is the tale of two very different families living in two different houses, living two extremely different lives. Catherine is the character that draws them together.

The attempt to house two radically different natures within the same body is demonstrated in Catherine's two houses of residence, her attraction to Heathcliff and Linton, and in her contrasting behavior throughout the novel.

Wuthering Heights is the home in which Catherine grew up. It is a formidable structure that "the architect had the foresight to build strong" because of both the psychological and physical storms it had to endure. Corners of the home were "guarded with large jutting stones." The house its self is not a pleasant place to be. "No descent person came near" because of the somewhat frightening nature of the house. The "infernal house" is "primitive (in) structure" and has "grotesque carvings" which led people to view the house as an eerie structure. The inhabitants of Wuthering Heights are not much more accepted by society either. Heathcliff and Catherine are wild, unrefined, and harsh. They play out of doors barefoot and Catherine is not well-mannered at all. Heathcliff is perfectly comfortable

Catherine's behavior changes after she goes to Thrushcross Grange. The boisterous, unladylike activities she partook in at Wuthering Heights are frowned upon and not at all acceptable at Thrushcross Grange. Her formal training has taught Catherine that what goes on at Wuthering Heights is wrong. For instance, when she sees Heathcliff for the first time since her training, she teases and taunts him about his filthy appearance. It is the same way she used to look, but she is dressed in nice clothes now and she is clean so, in her eyes, it gives her reason to poke fun at Heathcliff. Before her transformation at the Grange, Catherine didn't even wear shoes. Now, she wears shoes, full dresses, and bonnets to protect her curls. As a resident of Wuthering Heights, Catherine and trouble are always hand in hand. She is a mischievous and difficult child to deal with. She commonly put all of the others in the house "past [their] patience" and is described as a "wild wicked slip." Even a!

itch pointer surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies." As a whole, Wuthering Heights symbolizes hate, anger, and jealousy. However, Thrushcross Grange is a completely different place. Thrushcross Grange is the house where Catherine stays for five weeks while her ankle heals. It is a house built for comfort, and just to weather storms, as Wuthering Heights is. The house's features are much softer than Wuthering Heights'. The grounds are well-kept, with flower beds and a manicured lawn. The inhabitants of Thrushcross Grange are much more refined than those of Wuthering Heights. Isabella and Edgar Linton are well-behaved and gentle. In fact, they refused to admit Heathcliff into their home because of his wild, rambunctious nature; contrary to their polite, calm nature. The inhabitants of Thrushcross Grange are superficial and materialistic, caring about the tangible things in life. In contrast to Wuthering Heights, the residents of this house have much lighter-sounding names !

wearing the same dirty clothes all the time. The names "Heathcliff" and "Catherine" are harsh- sounding. Even the dogs of the house are also unpleasant, being described as "liver-colored b!

es represent the people who live in them. Brontė

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Approximate Word count = 1488
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English