Heathcliff is the main character in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. The whole novel is written around this interesting character, starting at the time when he arrives at Wuthering Heights as a dirty orphaned gypsy, until he spends his last days as a very powerful landlord of both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. This develop of a character makes him one of the most fascinating in literature. When we meet Heathcliff, we meet him through his tenant’s point of view, where the character is introduced in the very first sentence. “1801. -- I have just returned from a visit to my landlord -- the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with.” (1) The tenant is Mr. Lockwood, he hints that Heathcliff could be a misanthropist. This is somewhat important when compared to the much stronger statement: “A capital fellow!” (1) and the fact that Mr. Lockwood’s heart warmed up too him, leaving the reader with the first …show more content…
Dean’s, the housewife of both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. She introduces the reader to Heathcliff as he arrives at Wuthering Heights as a orphan. "And at the end of it, to be flighted to death!" he said opening his great coat, which he held bundled up in his arms, "See here, wife; I was never so beaten with anything in my life; but you must e'en take it as a gift of God; though it's as dark almost as if it came from the devil." (38). With these rude remarks towards Heathcliff it appears as if no one wants him. Even the housekeeper is afraid of him, but when everybody gets used to him, Heathcliff is washed and tucked into bed with Hindley and Catherine, the Earnshaw children, as if he had been there all along. Later the reader can see Heathcliff’s character mature when the reader sees how he responds to the ill-treatment from Hindley. Heathcliff would not cry or speak up when being harassed. This reaction can relate back to the hints of menace the reader gets in the beginning of the