Heathcliff's precise ethnicity is still open to debate. In the mid-nineteenth century, the term "gypsy" could refer to a Romani individual, or it could more be used to describe someone who appears "non-English".
In chapter 29 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, after Edgar Linton passed away, Mr. Heathcliff revealed his evil secrets to Mrs. Dean: She (Miss Cathy) scornfully withdrew. In her absence I be...
It gave Joseph satisfaction, apparently, to watch him go the worst lengths: he allowed that the lad was ruined: that his soul was abandoned to perdition; but then he reflected that Heathcliff must answer for it. Hareton’s blood would be required at his hands; and there lay immense consolation in that thought.
It is often said that Heathcliff makes for the perfect example for a Byronic Hero. Did Emily Brontë purposely write him that way?
In chapter 21 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Hareton Earnshaw fought Linton Heathcliff back with his own uncouth words for the latter's derision of the former's lack of education: Linton re...
In chapter 26 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Miss Cathy was finally approved to have a meeting with Linton Heathcliff, only to find him weaker in his body, while he expressed his fear toward...
9 I recently had a non-native English speaker ask me for help understanding this passage from Wuthering Heights: 'Have you found Heathcliff, you ass?' interrupted Catherine. 'Have you been looking for him, as I ordered?' 'I sud more likker look for th' horse,' he replied. 'It 'ud be to more sense.
In chapter 29 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, after Edgar Linton passed away, Mr. Heathcliff revealed his evil secrets to Mrs. Dean: She (Miss Cathy) scornfully withdrew. In her absence I began ...