class and social ranking

"Not Mr. Heathcliff, surely?"  This was said on page 159.  Nelly was asking this to someone when she heard that someone else has possession of Wuthering Heights.  It in fact was Heathcliff, and Nelly did not like this idea at all!  She did not trust Heathcliff, and she did have good reasons not to.  Nelly then decided she wanted to return to Wuthering Heights with Hareton.  However, Heathcliff did not allow Nelly to come back.  Rather, he had Hareton stay as a servant to him.  This is a way in which Heathcliff got his revenge.  This has to do with class and social rankings because since Heathcliff was the ruler of Wuthering Heights, he can make people do what he wants them to do, such as work as servants.

foreshadow

"This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters-large and small-Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton."  This line was said in the first half of the book.  However, it helps when talking about the chronological order of the novel.  At this part, Lockwood finds these names written on a wall.  This foreshadows Nelly telling the story of Wuthering Heights.  This part at the beginnings prepares the reader to know that either Catherine gets married three times, or she has some important relation to all them in some way.  Later in the story, they explain that Catherine and Heathcliff once loved each other.  She was an Earnshaw, and she married a Linton.  This foreshadowing helps with the order of the story.

protagonist

"Excuse me!  But I know Edgar is in bed, and I cannot stop myself."  This was said by Isabella to Nelly.  Isabella came to Nelly asking her for help to get away from Wuthering Heights.  Heathcliff and Hindly have been fighting so much recently, and Heathcliff treats her terribly.  Nelly in the story I think is the protagonist.  She is the women who is telling the story of Wuthering Heights to Lockwood.  She always helps the family in the way she knows best.  She watches after little Catherine and Hareton.  The only time she failed as a caregiver or kind person was when she left Linton.  Linton was begging her not to leave him with such a monster, but she does anyways because she was afraid.  However, Nelly still seems like a very good person.

antagonist

"Hallo Nelly," cried Mr. Heathcliff, when he saw me,"I feared I should have come down and fetch my property myself."  Here in this statement, Heathcliff is speaking about his son, Linton.  Linton is the son to both Heathcliff and Isabella.  Heathcliff is saying that Linton is his property, and that his mom is a skank.  He is very cruel to Linton and treats him more of a servant rather than his son.  I think that Heathcliff is the antagonist of the story because he is very cruel to everyone!  At the beginning, I would have said Hindly as the atagonist.  However, it seems that Heathcliff has done much more evil things in the story than Hindly has.  Heathclifff is just caught up in getting his revenge that he will make anyone's life miserable, even his own son.

character being evil

"But, for all that, I was not going to sympathize with him- the brute beast."  This was said on page 148.  In this quote, Isabella came to Nelly asking for help.  She was complaining and worried about her life with Heathcliff.  He was not treating her well at all, and basically just treated her as his servant.  She also was terrified because Heathcliff and Hindly have been fighting almost every day recently.  Isabella has lost all respect for Heathcliff.  I think now that Heathcliff has just turned evil.  I do not think originally he was evil.  In my opinion, Hindly treating him so cruely as a child made him this way.  The only reason Heathcliff married Isabella was to get his revenge on Hindly and Catherine.  He never loved Isabella!

Heathcliff wanting revenge/ "Wuthering Heights"

"There was scarcely time to experience a thrill of horror before we saw that little wretch was save."  This was said when Catherine was bit by the dog, and the Linton's would not allow Heathcliff to come because he looked dirty and not good enough.  Also, one night the Linton's came to the Earnshaw's one night for dinner.  Hindly decided to lock Heathcliff up in the attic.  He did this because he thought that Heathcliff was not good enough and looked dirty.  Well, Heathcliff finally decided that he had enough, and left Wuthering Heights.  Now he is back, and I think he is searching for revenge.  This shows that people need to treat people like they want to be treated because things could not turn out so well.  I wonder what Heathcliff is going to do to get his revenge.

Misery leading to bad things/ "Wuthering Heights"

"Earnshaw had come home rabid drunk..."  This was describing the night that Hindly was drinking, along with many other nights after his wife's death.  He was very miserable and depressed, so he turned to alcohol.  This actually happens many times in society today.  People feel like drinking can just make them feel better and alleviate their problems.  However, it can make a situation worse.  Hindly just was very upset and felt very lonely, so he thought that drinking would make him feel better.  Even though Hindly made this mistake, it is how he overcomes this challenge that shows the real type of character he is.  However, I do not think that Hindly seems like the best person.  So, he may just make himself look even worse, unless he decides to turn his life around!