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example that helps Heathcliff finally discover some strange kind
of peace in his own love.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: CATHERINE LINTON, LATER MRS.
LINTON HEATHCLIFF

Cathy can be seen, much like Hareton, as either a pale
version of her mother or as another person who truly learns how
to love.

Cathy is spirited, but is not as wild as her mother. She may
wander over the moors, or go to the forbidden Wuthering Heights,
but you don't see her carelessly losing her shoes in a bog. She
may get angry, but she doesn't throw the temper tantrums of the
older Cathy.

When Heathcliff arranges her marriage to Linton, he must take
advantage of her tenderness to do so. This forces him to
recognize that such soft feelings exist. Cathy may reject
Hareton out of pride at first, but they are the ones finally
able to escape the vicious circle of suffering in which the
other characters were trapped.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: LINTON HEATHCLIFF

Linton Heathcliff is sickly, spoiled, selfish, and sadistic.
When young Cathy--the only person in years to show him any
kindness--is locked up at Wuthering Heights by Heathcliff, her
tears don't move him; they annoy him.

Linton can be seen as an "echo" of Edgar: he looks like him,
his achievements are mental rather than physical, and he does
get the girl. But to push this comparison too far is unfair to
Edgar. Linton seems to possess the worst qualities of Edgar and
Heathcliff.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: JOSEPH

Joseph, the servant at Wuthering Heights, is a surly
religious fanatic given to fits of highly articulate, if
dialect-ridden, rage. (See "Glossary" for help in deciphering
his speeches.) You can almost hear him bellow as you read. The
question is, How seriously are you to take all his bluster?
There is nothing amusing about the way Catherine presents him in
her diary or the way Isabella describes his treatment of her,
but Lockwood and Ellen's remarks about him are largely
satirical. It may be that such a ridiculous figure is funny