Wuthering Heights Questions & Answers

The novel has a frame narrative with two narrators. Mr. Lockwood is the official narrator who records the story and presents it to the reader, but most of the novel is actually told by Ellen… read more

In Wuthering Heights, Catherine Earnshaw Linton dies shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Cathy. After the conflict between Edgar and Heathcliff, Catherine becomes seriously ill. Although Edgar nurses her and she improves somewhat… read more

The novel takes place in Yorkshire, England, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The action centers on two neighboring estates on the Yorkshire moors: Wuthering Heights, a rugged farmhouse exposed to harsh winds… read more

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff disturbs Catherine’s grave because he is obsessed with being united with her even after death. After Edgar Linton dies, Heathcliff tells Nelly that he bribed the sexton to dig up… read more

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff dies after withdrawing from the world, refusing food, and becoming increasingly obsessed with being reunited with Catherine after death. In his final days, he tells Nelly that he is “within… read more

In Wuthering Heights, Catherine and Heathcliff do not end up together in life. Catherine marries Edgar Linton, and although she and Heathcliff share a passionate reunion and profess their enduring love, she dies shortly… read more

Heathcliff runs away from Wuthering Heights because he overhears Catherine tell Nelly that she cannot marry him after Hindley has reduced him to the status of a servant and that marrying him would “degrade” her… read more

Joseph is the long-serving servant at Wuthering Heights. He is known for being extremely religious, harshly judgmental of others, and difficult to understand because he speaks in a very thick Yorkshire dialect. Throughout the… read more