"Cliff Notes - Wuthering Heights" - читать интересную книгу автора (Cliff Notes)

Though her death comes before the midpoint of the story, her
capacity for love is so great that her spirit--if not her actual
ghost--haunts the rest of the novel.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: HINDLEY EARNSHAW

Readers who defend Heathcliff usually point to his
mistreatment at Hindley's hands. You might think then that
Hindley is the villain. However, nothing in this novel is that
simple. Hindley is evil, cruel, dissolute; you can't deny or
excuse his cruelty. But Hindley is also a victim--deprived of
his father's love by the usurper Heathcliff, deprived of his
beloved wife when she dies, and, finally deprived of Wuthering
Heights itself by his enemy Heathcliff.

There is no doubt that Hindley is weak-willed. He is no
match for Heathcliff, when quarreling over a horse as a boy or
when gambling into the night as a man. He does not have the
strengths usually associated with the other members of the
Wuthering Heights household.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: EDGAR LINTON

You first see Edgar through Heathcliff's eyes, as he peeks
through the window at Thrushcross Grange. Edgar is weeping
after a fight with Isabella over a little dog neither has any
real interest in. Ellen also initially describes him as a
coward and a weakling.

It's Cathy who responds to him from the beginning because
he's pleasant, polite, refined, and educated (all Thrushcross
Grange qualities). Later, after going to work for him, Ellen
has nothing but praise for his kindness.

Edgar obviously loves Cathy, even though he doesn't always
understand her, and their married life seems pleasant until
Heathcliff returns. Edgar is also a good father--just compare
him in this role to Hindley or Heathcliff.

And he is not quite the coward of Ellen's original
description. When he orders Heathcliff out of his house, and
Heathcliff responds angrily, Edgar strikes the bigger, stronger
man.

Edgar, then, is the "angel" opposed to the "devil"
Heathcliff. That, at least, is one way to see him. But have
you ever known anyone who was too good? Such a person might be
wonderful to be with--always charming and interesting, with good