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EmilyBrontëWutheringHeightsPlotOpening(chapters1to3)Heathcliff'schildhood(chapters4to17) However,CatherineconfessestoNellythatshewillmarryEdgarLinton,wholivesinThrushcrossGrange,althoughherloveforEdgarisnotcomparabletoherloveforHeathcliff,whomshecannotmarrybecauseofhislowsocialstatusandlackofeducation.Heathcliffoverhearsthisandindespairrunsaway. Later,Heathcliffreturns,nowawealthygentleman.CatherinehasmarriedEdgar.Edgar'ssister,Isabella,soonfallsinlovewithHeathcliff,whodespisesherbutencouragestheinfatuationasameansofrevenge.Upset,Catherinelocksherselfinherroom,andbeginstomakeherselfillagainthroughspiteandjealousy.FinallyHeathcliffmarriesIsabellaandCatherinediesaftergivingbirthtoherdaughter,Cathy. Heathcliff'smaturity(chapters18to31)Ending(chapters32to34)CharactersHeathcliff:Found,presumablyorphaned,onthestreetsofLiverpoolandtakentoWutheringHeightsbyMrEarnshawwhereheisreluctantlycaredforbythefamily.HeandCatherinegrowcloseandtheirloveisthecentralthemeofthefirstvolume.Hisrevengeagainstthemanshechoosestomarryanditsconsequencesarethecentralthemeofthesecondvolume.HeathcliffhasbeenconsideredaByronichero,butcriticshavepointedoutthathere-inventshimselfatvariouspoints,makinghischaracterhardtofitintoanysingle"type." deserted lovedbyCatherine desertedbyCatherine revenge reviveofhumanityCatherineEarnshaw:Sheisnota"goodgirl"asherfathersaid.Sheiswildandsometimesirritablebutsometimesgentle.ThelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliffisalsonotasothers.Theyevenfightwitheachother.Sheseemsunsurewhethersheis—orwantstobecome—morelikeHeathcliff,ormorelikeEdgar.Itisasifshewantsboth,evenperhapscannotbefullyherselfwithoutboth,andyetsocietyorhumannaturemakesthatimpossible.SomecriticshavearguedthatherdecisiontomarryEdgarLintonisallegoricallyarejectionofnatureandasurrendertoculture—achoicewithfatefulconsequencesforalltheothercharacters.Inmyopinion,thevanityofCatherinemakesherbetriedHeathcliff,whichinfluencesallpeople'sfatelater.I'venomorebusinesstomarryEdgarLintonthanIhavetobeinheaven;andif