| Catherine Linton (Cathy) | Isabella Linton | Helen Dean (Nelly) | Relationships with Heathcliff | Emily Bronte's Connection |
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What is the cause of Catherine's sudden and intense illness?
The constant fighting between Edgar and Heathcliff and how she must pick one of them
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How does Isabella decision to be with Heathcliff cause her isolation?
She gets disowned by Edgar and physically and mentally abused by Heathcliff
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How does Nelly take on the stereotypical features of a Georgian Woman?
She is a maid, very mature and a nurturer, forced to deal with all problems that occur in the Wuthering Heights household
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How does Heathcliff's manipulation and controlling manner affect the female characters?
Catherine: all his actions are targeted towards her and making her jealous, Isabella: manipulates and abuses her mentally and physically, Nelly: verbally abused even though she is the only one that treats him as a person
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What does Bronte exhibit through the female characters in Wuthering Heights in relation to her personal life?
The limited roles available for women in that period, the isolation and seclusion she grew up in and the themes of love and loss she experienced through her mother and two older sisters
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