Wuthering heights Q/A Flashcards
1
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What is LW’s relationship with HC
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LW is renting Thrush cross Grange from HC
2
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Why has LW come to live at Thrush cross Grange
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to get away from society. He was on vacation and he thought a woman was attractive and he was uncomfortable and he get a reputation of being a playboy for not liking her back
3
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What does LW learn is the relationship between Heathcliff and the two young people
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Cathy is HC’s daughter in law and Hareton is not HC’s son and he is a Earnshaw
4
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Why must LW spend the night at Wuthering Heights
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bad weather
5
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What does LW learn about Heathcliff’s childhood from the diary he finds
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Hindley did not like HC
6
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with which of the characters at WH do you feel the most sympathy? Explain
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Cathy because she is gentle and he sees her as a victim of this rough family’s attitudes
7
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what kind of first narrator is LW? How reliable is he? Why?
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he is in the action and he is not reliable because he is does not know anyone and what’s going on. The book is suppose to be about HC but LW does not even know HC. LW also does stupid stuff
8
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How do the details provided by the narrators of HC’s appearance and personality shape your opinion of him?
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“dark skinned gypsy”
Cold, very intriguing, black eyes, intelligent and knowledgeable, handsome, doesnt want to be around people
9
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in chapter 1, “Wuthering” is defined as a local word representing turbulence in stormy weather. What details reflect turbulence both inside and outside the house?
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The actual weather is a thunderstorm and inside the house everyone is cold and fighting and the house is old and the outside reflects the inside
10
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How does LW used verbal Irony
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” I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle” ( saying that the family is pleasant but actually not)
11
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Summarize LW’s two nightmares
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- Catherine and Hindley and HC are in church and its raining and Joseph is saying this really long sermon and everyone is bored. It was during a time when Catherine’s father rhad just died and Hindley is still being rude to HC.
- LW wakes up and tries to open the window but the hand of a child, Catherine Linton, grabs him and says “I’ve been trying to open that door for 20 years”. LW takes a stick and breaks the window and screams. HC comes in and yells out to Catherine and is angry at LW.
- LW does not think the first dream is a nightmare but the second one is
12
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Though Joseph is a devout Christian, what actions show him to be hypocritical
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Him being rude to LW and lacking hospitality. Cursing and attacking LW w/ the dogs
13
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Questions to have
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who is Hareton
who is catherine
why is the one room restricted
14
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Mr. Earnshaw begins to share this man’s religious zeal
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Joseph
15
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This man forces two characters to listen to Joseph’s sermons as a punishment
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HIndley
16
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Hindley goes here but returns after his father dies
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college
17
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Mr.Earnshaw brings a street urchin back from this English city to adopt
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liverpool
18
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This character shares contempt for HC particularly upon his first arrival
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Mrs. Earnshaw
19
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HC sees this character as a father figure
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Mr. ES
20
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Mr. ES brings this boy home after a trip out of town to the displeasure of his wife and children
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HC
21
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HC is brought here as a child after being found on the streets of a big city
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Wuthering Heights
22
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HC throws hot applesauce on this characters face after he commented on his hair
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Edgar Linton
23
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They express there love for each other
Hint: EL
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Catherine es
24
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Catherine ES is kept here for five weeks after being bit by a dog
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Thrushcross Grange
25
Who leads Lockwood to a room where he is not allowed to stay
zillah
26
who attacked Lockwood and gives him a bloody nose
Gnasher and Wolf
27
LW seeks info. regarding the family from this characters
Nelly Dean
28
Nelly takes care of this child after his father doesn't accept his responsibilities
Hareton
29
LW mistakes this women for MRS. HC
Cathy
30
Hindley marries her and brings her back to the family home
Frances
31
Catherine and HC spend time here after hindleys return
moors
32
LW cuts himself on a window trying to pull away from a
ghost = Catherine Linton/ES
33
Nelly works as a housekeeper here at the beginning of the novel
thrushross Grange
34
Who removes the shells from hindleys gun when he comes home drunk
Nelly Dean
35
List the names scratched on the window ledge in the room where Lockwood slept
Catherine Linton, Catherine HC, Catherine ES
36
“I unfortunately indulged and winking and making faces at the trio and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a furry and left on my knees.”
identify the trio
the dogs
37
“He is a dark-skinned Gypsy and an aspect, and dress and manners a gentleman..”
who is he?
HC
37
“Put your trash away, and find something to do. you shall pay me for the plague of having you internally in my sight do you hear me, damnable jade?”
Who is you in the passage
Cathy
37
“ I muttered, knocking my Knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my finger closed on the fingers of a little, ice cold hand!”
The ice cold hand reputedly belong to whom?
Catherine Linton
38
“ I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not; his dress and speech were both rude... his thick, brown curls were roughing on cultivated”
who is he?
hareton
38
“ she was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood... small features, very fair; ringlets, or rather golden and eyes had they been agreeable in expression, they would have been irresistible.”
who is being described?
cathy
38
“ come in! come in! ... oh! my heart's darling, hear me this time.”
who said it?
HC
38
“ You forget you have a master here, says the tyrant. I'll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! Was that you? Frances, darling, pull his hair as you go by; I hear him snap his fingers. No”
Who is the tyrant?
Hindley
39
in ch.4 who takes over the narration
Nelly Dean
40
what circumstances first bring HC to the heights
Mr.ES adopts him from liverpool
41
how is young HC treated by individual members of the es family
Mrs. ES and Hindley hate him and Catherine and Mr.ES like him
42
what happens when HC and Catherine spy on the lintons
catherine gets bit by skulker
43
how does Catherine change after five week at thrushcross grange
she becomes a proper lady
44
how does HC unwittingly thwart his greatest change for revenge on hindley
hindley becomes a drunk
45
why does Catherine choose Edgar over HC
for money and social status
46
what is your opinion of Cathy's decision to marry Edgar
it is valid but not proper, She is so worried about being proper et is marrying for money and that is not wgat a polite woman does
47
what elements in the introduction of hindleys wife, Frances, foreshadow her death
winded up the stairs, afraid of black, coughing
48
review HC's description of TG to Nelly. How does the Grange differ from Wuthering Heights, and how do the houses reflect the personalities of their inhabitants
TG is more bigger and luxurious.
It resembles happiness.
WH's is dark and gloomy
49
explain how hindleys actions on christmas eve ad Christmas day affect HC
makes HC want revenge of Hindley and makes him self concious
50
who is the foil to HC
Edgar because they both want Catherine but Edgar is the complete opposite of HC and CAT. chooses him
51
what motivates the struggle between Hindley and HC
jealousy
52
After HC leaves, a violent thunderstorm splits a tree and damages Wuthering Heeights. Explain the possible symbolic significance of this event
- The pain both HC and Cat felt due to losing eachother
- Both loving one another than breaking apart because of misunderstandings
53
"Nelly, I am HC! He's always, always in my mind... as my own being. So don't talk of our separation again" Does this express what continues to be the romantic expectation of love?
No because it foreshadows them being seperated
54
Cathy is born here
TG
55
Catherine Linton dies giving birth to?
Cathy
56
is taken to thrushcross grange after wandering the moors looking or another character
catherine Linton
57
this character takes care of Catherine linton when ill
kenneth
58
who is Edgar's parents
Mr. and Mrs. Linton
59
who ends up contracting this characters fever and dies
Mrs. linton and Mr. Linton
60
Edgare had this characters buried within view of the moors, rather than in the family tomb
catherine
61
who hangs the dog fanny
heathcliff
62
heathcliff saves this characters life by catching him falling from the banister
hareton
63
who lives at WH
hareton, hindley, joseph
64
who goes into debt because of heathcliff
hindley
65
where does heathcliff stay while catherine is giving birth and dying
garden
66
heathcliff replaces edgars what with his own
hair
67
where was edgars hair placed in
catherines locket
68
this locket is foudn on a catherine while shes laying in a what
coffin
69
who falls in love with Heathcliff and marries his vengeful self
isabella
70
who punches heathcliff in the neck and runs away
edgar
71
who is documentanting the sad story while staying at Thrushcross Grange
Lockwood
72
who comes to see catherine before she dies
heathcliff
73
heathcliff hears this conversation between these two people and runs away
nelly and catherine
74
Describe how Catherine and edgar treat HC when he visits tg
Edgar says HC should be in the kitchen and has no respect. CAtherine is full of joy and excitement
75
what does Catherine tell Isabella to discourage her from falling in love w/HC
that he will destroy her and he's evil
76
name 3 ways HC takes revenge on HIndley
takes WH, makes Hareton dumb, puts him in debt
77
what is hc's opinion on Isabella
he doesn't like her
78
what does HC pray for after Catherine dies
that she will haunt him forever
79
why does Isabella flee wh and where does she eventually end up
she leaves because there is fighting between HC and Hindley and HC throws a knife at her and she settles in London
80
why doesnt hareton inherit wh after his fathers death
because Hindley was in so much debt to Heathcliff that the property now belongs to HC
81
why does Nelly not recognize HC when she first encounters him in the garden of tg
he has been away for a long time, has significantly changed in appearance due to his harsh life, and is deliberately trying to remain hidden, making it difficult to identify him at first glance
82
why does Catherine tell HC in front of Isabella that Isabella is infatuated with him
she wanted to embarrass her and was making a point since Isabella did not want to leave so she could hear the conversation
83
after a mortified Isabella rushes away, how does Catherine unwittingly suggest another avenue of revenge to heathcliff
if HC marries Isabella he could have a right to control thrushcross Grange
84
briefly describe the encounter between hc and edgar in chapter 11. what effect does the incident have on Catherine? why does she blame edgar more than HC
they are having an argument (HC and Catherine) and edgar gets involved and tells HC to leave but Catherine starts pushing Edgar to address the conflict with HC directly. Causing Edgar to punch HC in the neck and run away. Catherine blames Edgar more because she loves HC
85
how does heathcliff justify terrorizing Isabella after they return from their honeymoon
she is edgars sister
86
in chapter 15, Nelly arranges a meeting between hc and Catherine. What happens
hc and Catherine argue and then embrace but HC has to leave due to the coming of Edgar and then HC leaves and Catherine dies
87
does hc destroy Hindley of does Hindley destroy himself
HIndley destroy himself because when frances died he decided to abandon his responsibilities as a father and not control what he should've as the master of wh.
88
"Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we'll see if one tree grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it!"
Heathcliff to Hareton when Hindley dies and he is saying that Hareton is now his and that hopefully he wont be as mad and rude as Hindley was
89
"well, miss Cathy, if you were aware whose house this is, you'd be glad enough to get out"
Nelly to Cathy when Cathy first goes to WH, Nelly is saying that if Cathy knew the history and person who owns this house you would want to leave.
Kind of implying that almost everyone that lives at WH wants to leave but somehow cant escape once they enter
90
"I could scarely refrain from smiling at this antipathy to the poor fellow; who was a well-made, athletic-youth, good-looking in features, and stout and healthy, but attired in garments befitting his daily occupations of working on the farm and lounging a........."
Nelly talking about Hareton and how she is so happy that he has grown into a healthy young man but is worried and knows that Heathcliff probably did not treat the fellow well and he didn't learn how to be literate
91
1. "Oh, he'll do very well," said the master to me, after watching them a minute. "Very well, if we can keep him, Ellen. The company of a child of his own age will instill new spirit into him soon, and by wishing for strength he'll gain it."
2. "Ay, if we can keep him!" I mused to myself; and sore misgivings came over me that there was slight hope of that. And then, I thought, how ever will that weakening live at WH?
1. Edgar to Nelly saying Linton will get stronger once he hangs around and plays with Cathy
2. Nelly saying this because she knows that HC will come a takes Linton away
92
"Tut, Tut!" and HC, stretching out a hand and dragging him roughly between his knees, and then holding up his head by the chin. "None of that nonsense! We're not going to hurt thee, Linton- isn't that they name? Thou art thy mothers cold, entirely! Where is my shared in thee, pulling chicken?"
HC saying no crying and whining to Linton when he refuses to eat the food Joseph gave him
93
How do Cathy and Hareton initially react to each other when they meet
they like eachother and have fun talking but are confused who they are
94
How are Cathy, Hareton, and Linton related
they are all first cousins
95
How long does Linton stay at TG
one night
96
When do Linton and Cathy reunite
when Cathy goes to WH w/Nelly
97
What is HC's plan for Linton and Cathy
for them to get married so he can gain control of TG
98
Why does Cathy write to Linton
because she is banned to go to WH and she likes him and she wants to communicate with him
99
what circumstance provide Cathy with the opportunity to visit Linton frequently
Nelly and Edgar both fall I'll so she can now sneak out at night while their asleep
100
what is your reaction lintons behavior
he is whiny and spoiled
101
compare Nelly's opinion of Cathy to her mothers. How does Nelly's attitude affect your sympathy for cathy?
Nelly views Cathy as manipulative and selfish, while she had more sympathy for her mother. It makes you see how spoiled Cathy is
102
Why does Hareton curse Cathy during their first meeting, and ironically, what does she then learn about him?
Cathy starts to order Hareton around like a servant but she then learns their cousins
103
what details contribute to the readers feelings of dread for Linton when he is taken to WH to live with his father
when Linton holds onto Nelly and doesn't like the food and when Nelly leaves he runs after her begging to not leave him
103
on Cathy's visit to WH to meet Linton who shows her around the stables? Why>
hareton and because Linton was to weak to move when HC asked
104
Explain how Cathy denies her true nature by preferring Linton over Hareton. In what way do her actions recall those of her mother?
Cathy is wild and fun and she chooses Linton over hareton because she wants to be seen as a lady just like her mother choosing Edgar over HC for social status
105
how does HC convince Cathy to visit WH again, and how does she then convince Nelly to let her go
HC tells Cathy that Linton is dying because she stopped sending letters and then Cathy manipulates Nelly to let her go
106
Why does Linton turn away when Cathy tries to kiss him? What does this show about his personality
He is manipulating her and it shows he is petty and self centered
107
How does Linton appear when Nelly and Kathy meet him for a ride across the moors?
weak and tired
108
according to Zilla how does Kathy get along with Heritage after linton's death?
they argue but then she helps him read and then they fall in love
108
how does Cathy come to marry lintons
HC forces her to marry Linton
109
how does Linton help Kathy escape to return to her father?
he doesn't directly help her but he allows her to walk around the house with no supervision
110
of what two things does HC say hareton reminds him of
Himself and Catherine
111
how does Heathcliff respond when Nelly tells him he should repent for his injustices?
he has done nothing to repent for and he is very happy
112
“[Hareton] said he wouldn’t suffer a word to be uttered, in his disparagment…”
Heritage said this to Kathy after Kathy was fighting with Heathcliff he was technically saying he does not want any of him to be involved and he would rather heathcliffe punish him himself instead of punishing her
113
when Lockwood returns to Wuthering Heights he finds blooming flowers and a neatly tended garden. symbolically what does the signify?
it symbolizes that heathcliffe has died and the punishments the torturing the manipulating and the Revenge has gone it has rested because he's Cliff was the main person that was symbolically showing how withering Heights was resembled as and he was so filled with revenge and hatred and now that he is finally rested down with Catherine he is finally at peace and the whole house is at peace cuz he is finally rested
113
how does Heathcliff respond when Nelly tells him he should repent for his injustices
? he has done nothing to repent for and he is very happy
114
what does Lockwood discover when he returns to withering Heights after have been away for 9 months?
Wuthering Heights looks happier, Nelly has moved back to wuthering heights, Kathy and Harrington are in love and will be married and Heathcliff is dead
115
what do the events surrounding the marriage of Kathy and Linton and chapter 27 reveal about the characters of those involved?
Linton never liked Kathy he was just manipulating her the whole time because of Heathcliff wanting to have control over thrush cross Grange
116
why does Heathcliff detain Kathy at Wuthering Heights for so long?
He is waiting until Edgar dies and is trying to torture Edgar as much as possible
117
what final effort does Edgar make to keep Kathy's personal Fortune away from heathcliff, and how does Heathcliff thwart him?
Edgar talks to the lawyer green and puts everything in Kathy's name but then green is manipulated and bribed by Heathcliff
118
what does Heathcliff tell Nelly he has twice attempted to do at Kathy's grave? how does Catherine's present affects him?
he tells the sexton to remove the side of Catherine's grave so it didn't look at Edgar's but instead his when he is buried. she haunts him and it drives him mad
119
When Heathcliff sees Kathy teaching heritin to read, why does he not forbid their interaction? explain the strange change that Heathcliff feels approaching?
when he sees them reading together they turn around in fear and both of them remind him of Catherine especially heritan and then he takes the book and gives it back to heritin and tells him to just leave and then he speaks with Nelly and tells her he feels that his Heaven is coming closer and he has been seeing Catherine frequently and she has been haunting him for these past few weeks
120
identify three or more ways in which Kathy openly defies heathcliff. why do you suppose he is unable to subdue her as he did her two cousins, Linton and harrington?
She argues with him about having her inheritance to thrust Grange and then she says he's miserable and she will never let him make her miserable and she also says that heritin hates him and she defies his orders by being in love with heritin and having a relationship with him and also she breaks the rules of making adjustments to the Garden outside of the house. the reason why Heathcliff does not punish her like her other cousins is because she reminds him of Catherine very much
121
in previous sections of the novel heathcliffe was engaged in external conflicts with Henley and edgar. and this final section, his external conflict primarily involves kathy. explain how losing his struggle with Kathy helps him resolve the life long internal conflict that has fueled his revenge.
Him losing his control and struggle with Kathy makes him realize that he has gotten his revenge enough on his Lover's murderer because if you look in previous chapters he tells Catherine the love of his life that he can forgive his murderer but how can he forgive hers and he might see that he has gotten revenge on Kathy and that might fuel his revenge cuz he's finally punished Catherines murderer.
121
tells nelly of hindleys death
kenneth
122
this person dies 6 months after Catherine does
Hindley
123
who informs Edgar that Linton needs to be brought to WH
joseph
124
who forbids Cathy to see the son of his nemesis but she does it anyway
edgar
124
what does Cathy secretly keep in a desk drawer
letters
125
where does Cathy escaped to once her father is out of town knowing very little about it
peninstone Craig's
125
what does Cathy violently push causing a sick boy to start coughing
chair
126
who spends a day playing at WH with a new friend
cathy
127
what does Hindley die from
overconsumption of alcohol
127
would wounds Hindley with his own gun knife
HC
128
who carries Cathy and lintons letter to one another
the milk fetcher
129
who brings Linton to live at WH
Nelly
130
who presses Nelly for the full story even into the wee hours
LW
131
isabella gives birth while living here
london
132
who does Isabella leave and has his child
HC
133
who attempts to gain control over TG by forcing his son into a marriage
HC
134
who does HC raise as a common servant as a part of his revenge
hareton
135
who expresses to Nelly that he hopes his son and the dead Catherine's daughter will be married
HC
136
hareton gives this character a key to gree another character
zillah
137
zillah frees this character
Nelly
138
Nelly is kept prisoner here for 5 days
WH
139
Nelly is the first to discover this character's dead boy
HC
140
who does HC manipulate into marrying so that he may financially benefit
linton
141
Linton marries this character to fulfill the wishes of his threatening father
cathy
142
who views catherines growing intimacy with her cousin as sinful
Joseph
143
who reveals Edgar's ailing state to HC
Mr. Kenneth
144
HC has this characters coffin opened to view her one last time- 18 years after her death
Catherine
145
who claims to see Catherine and another character on the moors
little boy q
146
who chooses to be buried next to Catherine rather than in the family tomb
Edgar
147
who does Edgar want to change his will unsuccessfully
Mr. green
148
Edgar gives consent to this character to marry his daughter, not knowing of his illness
Linton
149
Linton writes one of these, leaving everything to his father
will
150
who does HC bribe into burying him next to Catherine
the sexton
151
Cathy runs out of this to escape WH
a window
152
who considers a romantic relationship with Cathy
LW
153
what does LW secretly bring to Cathy at WH
a letter from Nelly
154
who throws books of another character into the fire place
hareton
155
who throws Cathy's book into a fire and then marries her later
hareton
156
who does HC keep under lock and key
linton, Cathy, and Nelly
157
who ultimately ends up at TG after marrying her second husband
Cathy and Hareton
158
Who lives at WH when LW arrives to introduce himself
Hareton
Cathy
Joseph
HC
Zillah
159
who lives at WH when Nelly begins narrating
Mr and Mrs Earnshaw
Hindley
Catherine
HC
Nelly
Joseph
160
Who lives as TG when LW first arrives
Nelly
161
Who cares Catherines siblings
who does Catherine marry
who does catherine give birth to
Hindley and HC
Edgar linton
Cathy
161
Who lives at TG when Nelly begins narrating
Mr and Mrs Linton
Isabella
Edgar
161
who are Isabella's siblings
who does Isabella marry
who does Isabella give birth to
Edgar
HC
Linton
162
who cares Frances siblings
who does Frances marry
who does Frances give birth to
none mentioned
Hindley
hareton
162
how does Mr and Mrs Earnshaw die
old age
163
how does Mr and Mrs Linton die
they caught Catherines sickness and died
163
how does Frances die
sick
164
how does Hindley die
overconsumption of alcohol
164
how does linton die
sick
165
how does HC die
killed himself
165
how does Isabella die
sick
166
how does Edgar die
sick
167
how does catherine die
giving child birth but she was sick before that because she starved herself
