![]() ![]() He is embittered by the harsh treatment of Hindley and disillusioned by what he considers the treachery of Catherine. He falls in love with Catherine, herself a child of storm, but the later developments in the novel arouse his ire and hatred against the Earnshaws and the Lintons. Heathcliff, a child of the storm, is brought to Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights is the place of storm, whereas Thrushcross Grange is the appropriate home of the calm, the gentle Lintons. Love and hatred merge in him and both are extreme. ![]() ![]() He is both worldly and profoundly romantic. He is as powerful and amoral as the forces of nature with which he is often compared. His power for good and for evil shocks and surprises us. He not only acts and suffers, but causes others to act and suffer. In a word, Heathcliff is the soul of the novel. He bestrides the novel which is a story of his love, frustration, hatred, revengeful passion and his reconciliation with life. Heathcliff is the most significant character in Emily Bronte’s only novel Wuthering Heights.
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