Dominant and strong willed - requests a whip as a present
Selfish
Tuns everything about her
Desire for power explaining why she marries Linton
Fragmented social identity - Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff and Linton
Struggles between Culture and Nature
Violent and often throws tantrums
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Catherine quotes
'She was much to fond of Heathcliff'
'It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff'
'He's more myself than i am, whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same'
'I am heathcliff'
'You and Edgar have broken my heart..you ahve killed me'
'If ive done wrong, im dying for it...Forgive me!'
'My love for linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, im well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath:a source of little visible delight, but necessary'
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Heathcliff
Social outsider - class and skin colour
Degraded by Hindley
Regularly compared to an animal
Regularly presented as a devil
Fueled by revenge
Extreme temper
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Heathcliff quotes
'Rough as a saw edge and hard as a whinstone'
'I wish i had light hair and fair skin..and had a chance of being as rich as he will be!'
'I forgive what you have dne to me. i love my murderer-but yours! How can i!'
'Be with me always-take any form-drive me mad!..I cannot live without my life! i cannot live without my soul!'
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