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Wuthering Heights Character Names

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Heathcliff /HEETH-klif/ The brooding and passionate protagonist, driven by his love for Catherine and thirst for revenge. Catherine /KATH-er-in/ The beautiful and spirited woman torn between her love for Heathcliff and her desire for social advancement. Edgar /ED-gar/ Catherine's wealthy and refined husband, representing civility and social order. Isabella /IZ-uh-BEL-uh/ Edgar's naive and romantic sister who becomes infatuated with Heathcliff. Hindley /HIND-lee/ Catherine's jealous and resentful brother who mistreats Heathcliff. Hareton /HAIR-tun/ Hindley's son, initially brutalized by Heathcliff but later taught to read by Cathy Linton. Cathy /KATH-ee/ The daughter of Catherine and Edgar, who eventually falls in love with Hareton. Nelly /NEL-ee/ The housekeeper and narrator of much of the story. Linton /LIN-tun/ The sickly and weak son of Isabella and Heathcliff. Lockwood /LOCK-wood/ The tenant who rents Thrushcross Grange and initially narrates the story. Frances /FRAN-sis/ Hindley Earnshaw's gentle and fragile wife and mother of Hareton, who succumbs to the hardships of life on the moors and dies in childbirth shortly after Heathcliff's arrival at Wuthering Heights. Joseph /JO-sef/ An elderly, pious servant at Wuthering Heights who speaks in thick Yorkshire dialect and serves Hindley with rigid devotion, representing both working-class loyalty and religious dogmatism in rural 19th-century England.

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