Wuthering Heights (novel)/Characters

Heathcliff

 * Abusive Father
 * Black Eyes
 * Byronic Hero
 * The Chessmaster
 * Dark and Troubled Past/Freudian Excuse
 * , according to Nellie Dean
 * Evil Gloating
 * From Nobody to Nightmare
 * Genre Savvy
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Moses in the Bulrushes
 * Only One Name
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Pyrrhic Villainy
 * Revenge by Proxy
 * Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
 * Self-Made Man
 * The Sociopath: Like Azula, he was made into one, rather than being born one.
 * Start of Darkness
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Veronica
 * Villainous Breakdown
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Villainous Breakdown
 * Villain Protagonist

Catherine Earnshaw-Linton

 * Anguished Declaration of Love: Her famous "I am Heathcliff!" speech to Nellie Dean.
 * Brain Fever
 * Hysterical Woman: Driven to this towards the middle of the novel, going as far as searching for Heathcliff across the moors during a storm
 * The Lost Lenore
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Her desire to have her cake and eat it (marrying Edgar for money and status while keeping Heathcliff on the side) ultimately leads to  and Heathcliff's descent into madness and need for revenge.
 * The Ophelia
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: In contrast with the blonde and delicate Lintons, the Earnshaws are described as being dark haired and robust.
 * Spoiled Brat
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: With Heathcliff.
 * Genki Girl, at least until the residents of Thrushcross Grange get hold of her.
 * Unnecessary Makeover: See above. Chickification ensues.
 * Genki Girl, at least until the residents of Thrushcross Grange get hold of her.
 * Unnecessary Makeover: See above. Chickification ensues.

Hindley Earnshaw
Catherine's older brother and after his father's death, the owner of Wuthering Heights.


 * The Alcoholic
 * Aloof Older Brother: He and Catherine are not particularly close.
 * Asshole Victim:.
 * Dramatic Irony.
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him: Hindley's death occurs off-page but is assumed to be a result of his drunkenness. Only  is said to be with him when he dies and it is implied that he gambles away ownership of Wuthering Heights to the latter during this period.
 * Drowning My Sorrows: After his wife's death in childbirth. Its also strongly implied that  encourages this.
 * Inadequate Inheritor
 * Jerkass: His treatment of Heathcliff is largely what shapes the latter into the cruel and bitter person of the second half of the novel.
 * Sibling Rivalry: Hindley hates Heathcliff because his father preferred Heathcliff to him.
 * Sibling Rivalry: Hindley hates Heathcliff because his father preferred Heathcliff to him.

Edgar Linton

 * Betty
 * Let Them Die Happy
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * Hair of Gold
 * Romantic False Lead
 * The White Prince

Isabella Linton-Heathcliff

 * All Girls Want Bad Boys
 * Domestic Abuse
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: Know any other Isabella whose name constantly comes up with Wuthering Heights?
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Married Heathcliff, and Reality Ensues.
 * Smitten Teenage Girl
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly-girl to Catherine's tomboy.

Nellie Dean

 * Collateral Angst
 * Genre Savvy
 * Narrator, Unreliable Narrator from certain angles
 * Only Sane Man
 * Parental Substitute
 * Servile Snarker
 * Surrounded by Idiots
 * Sympathy for the Devil

Mr. Lockwood

 * First-Person Peripheral Narrator: Mr. Lockwood acts as the narrator for the first part of the book, even though he is not the main character.
 * Genre Savvy
 * Naive Newcomer (combined with an early Horrible Judge of Character- he thinks Heathcliff is a "fine gentleman" at first!)
 * Refusal of the Call
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here!

Cathy Linton

 * Break the Haughty
 * Broken Bird
 * Daddy's Girl
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Hair of Gold
 * Kissing Cousins:.
 * Of course this theory doesn't take into account Catherine II inheriting Edgar's blond hair...
 * Spoiled Brat: prior to Break the Haughty above.
 * Strong Family Resemblance.
 * Strong Family Resemblance.

Linton Heathcliff

 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil
 * Ill Boy
 * Jerkass
 * Momma's Boy: But who can blame him?
 * Two Last Names

Hareton Earnshaw

 * Foil: For Linton Heathcliff and to a lesser extent Heathcliff himself.
 * Made a Slave
 * Never Learned to Read:
 * Parental Abandonment: Is largely left to his own devices by Hindley Earnshaw after his mother dies.
 * Stockholm Syndrome