Wuthering Heights Post #10: Minor Character Overviews

Edgar Linton is still major in the story, but he is not the main character. Linton marry Catherine because she values class more then true love. Linton is well manner and a gentlemen. He looks like a coward when he says he would be afraid of fighting Heathcliff due to their rivalry. However, Heathcliff still carries out his revenge on this character, but not through Linton's daughter, Catherine Linton.

Nelly starts as a servant for Mr. Lockwood. After Lockwood's ordeal at Wuthering Heights, he asks her about the past of the mysterious place and the inhabitants. She narrates a great deal of the story and tells Lockwood of the bitter romance of Heathcliff and Catherine. She grew up with them as a young servant, but seems to care for them the way she personally narrates the story.

Mr. Lockwood is the whole reason the story of Wuthering Heights is uncovered. He makes a visit to his landlord, Heathcliff, for a dinner. He ends up staying the night because of a bad snowstorm and stays in the Wuthering Heights household. The ghost of Catherine, Heathcliff's love, stirs him up and makes him ask Nelly the story of Wuthering Heights. He later returns to Wuthering Heights to wrap up the novel.

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. Print.