Wuthering Heights Character Map

Catherine Earnshaw Linton

Catherine is a manipulative, status driven, impulsive, passionate rule breaker that jumpstarts the cultural shift her and her daughter center around in the Moors.

Loves Heathcliff

Sister of Hindley

Wife of Edgar

Mother of Cathy

Cathy

Strong-minded, compassionate, stubborn

Daughter of Catherine and Edgar

Loves and marries Hareton

Cathy Linton

Heathcliff

Heathcliff

Vengeful, abusive, confused

- Orphan taken in by Mr. Earnshaw

- Manipulative and controlling father of Linton

- Life-long plot of Revenge motivated by his desire for acceptance and Catherine's love

Edgar Linton

Wealthy, Peaceful, Kind

• Catherine's husband

Edgar Linton

• Heathcliff's rival

• Cathy's father

Linton Heathcliff

Linton Heathcliff

Pale, whiny, and weak.

- Son of Heathcliff, but despised by him

- Manipulated to marry Cathy before his death so Heathcliff could acquire Thrushcross Grange

- Husband of Cathy before his death

- Son of Isabella

Hareton Earnshaw

Hareton

Illiterate, caring, quick-tempered

Son of Frances and Hindley, Nephew to Catherine, but adopted by Heathcliff after Hindley's death.

Loves and marries Cathy

Isabella Linton Heathcliff

Calm, Independent, Priviledged

• Edgar's sister

Isabella Linton

• Marries Heathcliff

• Mother of Linton Heathcliff

Hindley Earnshaw

Alcoholic, rude, evil

- Brother of Catherine

- Abusive foster brother of Heathcliff because of his desire for his father's acceptance

- Neglectful father of Hareton

Hindley Earnshaw

Catherine and Heathcliff

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same” (86).

In love and believe they are one

Catherine Earnshaw Linton and Edgar Linton

"Because he is handsome and pleasant to be with... because he loves me... And he will be rich, and I shall like to be the greatest woman of the neighborhood, and I shall be proud having such a husband" (84).

Catherine marries Edgar for social status

Cathy marries Edgar only to gain social status. She does not love him like Heathcliff. Catherine says that it would degrade her to marry Heathcliff.

Hareton and Hindley

"I leant forward also, for the purpose of signing to Heathcliff, whose step I recognised, not to come further; and, at the instant when my eye quitted Hareton, he gave a sudden spring, delievered himself from the careless grasp that held him, and fell" (78).

Father and son

Hindley passes away and leaves Hareton under the care of Heathcliff, who treats him terrible.

Heathcliff and Hareton

"Now my bonny lad, you are mine! And we'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another with the same wind to twist it" (136).

Heathcliff takes Hareton into his possession

After Hindley dies, Heathcliff treats Hareton as if he is his child. Heathcliff uses Hareton for labor and is abusive towards him.

Heathcliff and Edgar Linton

"No, it was not because I disliked Mr. heathcliff, but because Mr. Heathcilff dislikes me; and is a most diabolical man, delighting to wrong and ruin those he hates, if they give him the slightest opportunity..." (282)

Heathcliff despises Edgar

Heathcliff hates Edgar because he marries the woman he loves due to his wealth and status.

Heathcliff and Hindley Earnshaw

"I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!" (76)

Hindley resents Heathcliff

Hindley is mean and cruel to Heathcliff, especially after Mr. Earnshaw's death. Heathcliff then tries to get revenge on Hindley in any way he can.

Cathy and Hareton

“The intimacy thus commenced grew rapidly; though it encountered temporary interruptions. Earnshaw was not to be civilized with a wish, and my young lady was no philosopher, and no paragon of patience; but both their minds tending to the same point on loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed they contrived in the end to reach it” (400).

Cathy and Hareton fall in love

Cathy grows close to Hareton and teaches him how to read and write. At first, Cathy is rude and dismissive to Hareton, but after teaching him how to read, they fall in love.

Heathcliff and Linton

"He [Linton] was not yet certain that the grim, sneering stranger was his father" (263).

Heathcliff manipulates Linton

Heathcliff uses Linton's weakness of character from his illness to manipulate him into getting ownership of Thrushcross Grange.

Cathy Linton and Linton Heathcliff

"Linton is all I have to love in the world, and though you have done what you could to make him hateful to me, and me to him, you cannot make us hate each other. And I defy you to hurt him when I am by, and I defy you to frighten me!” (363)

Cathy is forced to marry Linton

Cathy is forced to marry Linton so Heathcliff can own Thrushcross Grange when Linton dies. Cathy is held hostage until she agrees to marry Linton.

Heathcliff and Isabella

"'He's not a human being,' she retorted; 'and he has no claim on my chaity. I gave himmy heart, and he took and pinched it to death, and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen: and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him: and I would not, though he groaned from this to his dying days, and wept tears of blood for Catherine!" (pg 124)

Heathcliff marries Isabella for revenge

Heathcliff does not love Isabella. He instead marries her in attempts to become heir of Thrushcross Grange to get back at Edgar. Isabella knows that their relationship is unhealthy and she leaves him and goes to London where she has their son, Linton.