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  2. Lockwood predicts Heathcliff will maintain his reserve and abstain from showing his feelings. The reader recognizes the dramatic irony in this appraisal, given Heathcliff’s tumultuous emotions and vengeful actions. ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’ . . .

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      The novel teases the reader with the possibility that...

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      In the late winter months of 1801, a man named Lockwood...

  3. As readers painfully recall, Heathcliff leaves his beloved Cathy after overhearing her say it would degrade her to marry him. That moment really hurts, because if anything is obvious, it's that Catherine is Heathcliff's soulmate and his only ally against Hindley.

  4. Heathcliff is the conflicted villain/hero of the novel. Mr. Earnshaw finds him on the street and brings him home to Wuthering Heights, where he and Catherine become soul mates. He is the ultimate outsider, with his dark "gypsy" looks and mysterious background.

  5. Nelly is telling Heathcliff that even if he were Black, rather than just dark-complexioned, his disposition would be reflected in his face, and he would still look better with a smiling...

  6. Becoming more and more upset, she continues to abuse Heathcliff, saying that he will move on with his life and forget her when she dies. Heathcliff forcefully denies this and begs her not...

  7. Heathcliff. Catherine's love and the anti-hero of the story. The book essentially follows his story from first appearance at Wuthering Heights to his death there. He is badly treated by Hindley and his love for Catherine (which is more like a twin's than a lover's) becomes all-enveloping.