Mr. Lockwood

* 1939
* 1978
* 1992
* 1998

*Wuthering Heights* (ITV, 1998)

Peter Davidson (1998)

Nelly Dean (caregiver/storyteller)

### Personalities

Wealthy, vain, arrogant, curious, smug, cowardly, strange, reclusive, enthusiastic, intrigued, ignorant, stubborn, perverse, heartless

### Likes

Writing in his diary, learning more about his brooding landlord

### Dislikes

Mr. Heathcliff's strange behaviour, the ghost in Catherine's room

### Goal

To find a peaceful, solitary place when he was feeling down
To write down and narrate the entire story of Heathcliff and the residents (all succeeded)

### Fate

After Heathcliff dies and Hareton and Cathy are to be married, Lockwood leaves Wuthering Heights, and visits the graves of Heathcliff, Edgar and Catherine

> "*I knew, through my experience, that I was tolerably attractive.*"
> ― Chapter 2
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Mr. Lockwood is a major character and main narrator in Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights*.

Mr. Lockwood stays as a tenant at Thrushcross Grange and becomes interested in his demented landlord and the gloomy house he lives in. He also tells the whole story in his diary that he had written; therefore, his diary entries are the novel itself.

## Description

Mr. Lockwood is an ordinary man who finds himself learning and narrating the sombre story he could hear in his lifetime. Lockwood himself may be insane since very little is known of his background before the novel's main events. He tends not to reveal any details of his past or personal life to the reader and stays focused on the storyline instead.

He spent most of his life living in a large, sociable community, but upon arriving in the countryside, he yearns for curiosity about where he is and what the people there are like. But in doing so, they gave him such a rude welcome, even making Lockwood want to know more about them and why they weren't so nice to him. He is also no stranger to violence, as he had endured being nearly hurt or even killed on some occasions, such as being attacked by Heathcliff's dogs or having ice splashed down his neck. He also receives mental abuse, including being forced to sleep in Catherine Earnshaw's haunted bedchamber.

Lockwood can only tell the story by seeing, hearing, and thinking from his point of view. But even if he is an unreliable storyteller, he had at least arrived at Wuthering Heights at the right time to witness its tragic tale that he would record.

## Storyline

### Arrival at Wuthering Heights

In 1801, Mr. Lockwood arrives in Yorkshire and rents out at Thrushcross Grange. A month ago, while visiting the coast, he met a pretty young woman, but she later turned him away after he had hurt her, as he doesn’t appreciate displaying his feelings, and he decided to seek solitude following this failed romance.

Shortly after his arrival, he rides to Wuthering Heights to meet his landlord.He meets a dark-haired, black-eyed man and asks if he’s Mr. Heathcliff.

Heathcliff nods yes, and Mr. Lockwood introduces himself as his tenant at the Grange, and he hopes to call upon him after his arrival. He asks if he won’t mind him staying at the Grange, and Heathcliff interrupts him by saying he owns the Grange and orders him inside. Despite Heathcliff’s rudeness, Lockwood seems interested in him.

Heathcliff unchains Lockwood’s horse and leads Lockwood into the courtyard, ordering his servant Joseph to take the horse and serve them some wine. Joseph looks displeased when he takes the horse.

Mr. Lockwood learns the house, Wuthering Heights, got its name from the strong winds that blow at the house and across the Yorkshire moors. Above the front door were the engravings “1500” and “Hareton Earnshaw.” Mr. Lockwood asks about the history of the Heights, but Heathcliff doesn’t appear interested and orders him inside.

He is brought into the sitting room, and the kitchen and parlour are nearby. There is no activity inside the kitchen, but silvery plates and jugs are found on an oak dresser, and old guns and pistols are hung over the fireplace. Under the dresser is a dog with a litter of puppies. Heathcliff comes in and Lockwood attempts to pet the dog. It approaches and growls at him when he tries to touch it. Heathcliff warns him to leave the dog alone as she is not meant to be a pet. Heathcliff calls for Joseph, and when Joseph doesn’t ascend from the cellar, Heathcliff goes down and leaves Lockwood alone with the dog and her puppies.

Mr. Lockwood tries to sit still but makes faces at the dog until it leaps onto him. He pushes it off him, but other dogs come in and attack him. He screams for help until Heathcliff and Joseph appear from the cellar, and a young woman comes in and breaks up the assault with a frying pan. Heathcliff asks what is happening, and Lockwood replies that his dogs attacked him. Heathcliff says they won’t interfere with anyone who won’t touch anything and asks if he was bitten. Lockwood says no, and Heathcliff invites him to drink wine with him.

After having some wine and discussing his tenancy with Heathcliff, Lockwood leaves. He finds Heathcliff fascinating and intelligent and decides to return the next day despite Heathcliff not making him feel welcome. He later records his experience at Wuthering Heights in his journal.

The next day is a cold, misty afternoon, and Lockwood plans to spend the day by the fire in his study. He often eats in the early afternoon, but the housekeeper is reluctant to serve him early.When he enters his room, he sees a female servant cleaning his room, so he takes his hat and walks four miles to Wuthering Heights. It is locked when he reaches the garden gate, so he climbs over it and knocks at the front door until his knuckles are sore. He thinks the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights deserve isolation for not making him welcome and is determined to get inside. He tries to shake the latch open until Joseph pokes his head out from the barn window and tells him that Heathcliff is in the sheep pen if he wants to talk to him. Mr. Lockwood calls if there is nobody inside to unlock the door, and Joseph replies that it is just the mistress, but she won’t open it if he keeps knocking. Lockwood asks him if he can inform the mistress who he is, but Joseph refuses and disappears back into the barn.

The snow starts to fall hard as Lockwood struggles to open the latch until a young man appears from the yard, not wearing a coat and holding a pitchfork. The man orders Lockwood to follow him, and after they pass the wash house and a paved area with a pigeon pen, coal shed, and a pump, they arrive inside a large, warm room with a cheerful fire and a table with supper laid out. Lockwood meets the mistress and bows at her, hoping she will let him take a seat. She looks at him but ignores him. Lockwood addresses her as Mrs. Heathcliff and remarks how he stood outside in the harsh weather with the front door locked. She again ignores him and looks embarrassed. The young man gruffly orders him to sit down.

Lockwood obeys him, and one of the dogs, Juno, walks in. He asks the mistress about the dog’s puppies; she says they aren’t hers. She tells him he shouldn’t have come here and gets up to reach a paint canister from the chimney-piece. Lockwood sees that she is a slender woman with pale skin, golden curls and blue eyes. He tries to help her get the canister, and she snaps that she doesn’t want his help. He sees the young man sitting by the fire and notices he is wearing shabby servant's clothes and has rough brown curly hair and dirty hands. He is also rude and doesn't show respect to the young lady. At that moment, Heathcliff walks in.

Lockwood is relieved to see him and says he has made his promise to return and asks if he could stay for half an hour from the blizzard outside. Heathcliff replies that he could risk getting lost in the marshes this late. Lockwood then asks if anyone can escort him back to the Grange and stay there until morning, but Heathcliff refuses. Lockwood decides to walk back himself and realizes Heathcliff isn't very friendly.

Heathcliff demands the young lady if she has made the tea yet, and she asks if Lockwood is having some, too. He orders her to get it ready and begrudgingly invites Lockwood to dinner. At the table, Lockwood finds Heathcliff's customs strange and assumes the lady could be his wife, even though he is in his 40s and she is only about 17 years old. He also assumes the man could be Heathcliff's son. Heathcliff rudely corrects him that the woman is his daughter-in-law and her husband is dead. He also says the man is not his son, whose name is Hareton Earnshaw.

Lockwood feels awkward at the dinner table, where nobody talks. Afterwards, he approaches a window to look outside and sees there is a massive blizzard, and it is dark. He exclaims that he cannot walk home alone in the blizzard without a guide. Everyone ignores him as Heathcliff orders Hareton to bring the sheep into the barn. Lockwood spots Joseph bringing in some porridge for the dogs and the woman returning the tea canister over the fire. Joseph insults him by condemning him to the Devil, and Lockwood is about to charge at him in anger when the woman stops him and scolds him for being a hypocrite. She takes a Blacks Art book and attempts to use witchcraft on him, which horrifies him, and he hurries out. Once Joseph is gone, Lockwood asks the woman if she can give him any directions back to the Grange, and she tells him just to take the road he came from. He tells her this will be her fault if he is found dead in the bog or snow, but she replies that she cannot escort him as she's not allowed to leave the property.

He again demands a guide and asks if any boys are living here. The woman replies that only Heathcliff, Hareton, Joseph, Zillah, and herself live here. He gives in and decides he will spend the night at the Heights, and Heathcliff calls from the kitchen entrance that he doesn't make accommodations for strangers and will have to share a bed with either Joseph or Hareton. Lockwood says he will sleep on the kitchen chair, and Heathcliff refuses to let him sleep there. Lockwood loses his patience, and he pushes Heathcliff aside and runs into the courtyard, where he sees Hareton. It is so dark that he cannot find an exit, and Hareton offers to escort him out of the property, but Heathcliff refuses as he needs someone to tend the horses. The woman says somebody has to escort Lockwood, and Hareton retorts that she should do it.

Joseph is nearby, milking the cows with a lit lantern. Lockwood quickly grabs the lantern and, after saying he will return it tomorrow, runs away to the nearest gate. Joseph calls to Heathcliff that he's stealing the lantern and orders the dogs to go after him. As Lockwood opens the gate, two dogs leap at his throat and pin him down. The lantern light is extinguished, and Lockwood demands to be set free as Hareton and Heathcliff approach him. He suffers a nosebleed, and Heathcliff laughs at him until the servant Zillah appears and thinks one of the dogs is attacking him. After she scolds Heathcliff, she splashes some cold water down his neck and pulls him into the kitchen, with Heathcliff following.

Lockwood feels sick and dizzy but has no choice but to spend the night at Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff orders Zillah to give Lockwood some brandy, and she sympathizes with him after what he's going through. After Lockwood is revived, Heathcliff has Zillah take him to his room.

### The Ghost

Zillah leads Lockwood upstairs, and she recommends he hide his candle and keep quiet about the room he will be staying in, as Heathcliff keeps it off-limits to everyone.Lockwood asks why the room is forbidden, and Zillah isn’t sure, as she has been at Wuthering Heights for a few years.

Lockwood goes inside his room and locks the door. He glances around for the bed and sees a couch, a clothes press, and a large oak case. Inside the case, he finds a small closet with a couch and a window. On the ledge where he puts his candle, he spots writings scratched in the paint. The writings featured the name Catherine, along with different variations repeatedly written, which include “CATHERINE EARNSHAW,” “CATHERINE HEATHCLIFF,” and “CATHERINE LINTON.” He leans against the window until he dozes off, but his mind is filled with the names on the ledge. He finds his candlewick reclining on one of the old books, so he snuffs out the candle and takes the book. It is an Old Testament that belonged to Catherine Earnshaw and was dated to the late 18th century. He reads all the books and sees that they are still in good use. Some of them are journal entries written poorly, and it even features a caricature of Joseph.

Lockwood suddenly becomes interested in the mysterious Catherine, and he reads further in her entries. In one entry, Catherine writes that she misses her father and that her brother Hindley is abusing Heathcliff, so she and Heathcliff will rebel against him. It had been a rainy Sunday afternoon, and Joseph was in his garret praying. Hindley and his wife, Frances, read Bibles by the fire, and Joseph forces Heathcliff and Catherine to walk to church in the rain. When they returned home early from the service, Hindley scolded Heathcliff, and Frances pulled his hair. Joseph later confronted the couple for their wild behaviour, and they refused to say their prayers. He attempted to read a sermon to them, and Catherine and Heathcliff threw her prayer books into the dog kennel. Joseph called Hindley, and he forced them into the kitchen. In another entry, Catherine lamented how Hindley excluded Heathcliff from the family and refused to let her spend time with Heathcliff. Both Catherine and Heathcliff would console each other by running out into the moors.

He gets sleepy when he reads a passage about the Reverend Jabez Branderham delivering a sermon at the Gimmerton Chapel. He falls asleep and dreams of walking back home through the snow with Joseph as his guide. Along the way, Joseph scolds him for not carrying a pilgrim's staff and says he cannot go into the house without one. Lockwood ponders if he should use something else to get inside and then realizes he is heading to the chapel to hear Jabez Branderham's preaching.

The Gimmerton chapel lies in a hollow near a swamp, and Lockwood passed by it a few times. The congregation lasts for a long time, and Lockwood becomes bored and asks Joseph if he is almost done. Lockwood gets up and calls the preacher a sinner, and everyone in the chapel attacks Lockwood and each other with their pilgrim staves. He has nothing to defend himself, fights with Joseph, and hears loud tapping sounds from the pulpit. The noises wake him, and he sees that the sound is a pine cone from a fir tree branch tapping against the window from the storm outside. He falls asleep again and dreams that he is inside the oak closet, hearing the storm and the tapping noise, which annoys him. The window is soldered shut, but he must make the noise stop. He breaks the window to reach out and remove the branch, but he grabs an icy cold hand.

Horrified, Lockwood tries to pull back his arm, but the hand clings to it and begs in a sombre female voice, "*Let me in! Let me in!*" Lockwood asks who she is as he struggles to free himself. She replies that her name is Catherine Linton, and she has come home after being lost in the moors. Lockwood can see a childlike face in the window, and he grabs her wrist and rubs it against the broken pane until it starts to bleed. The ghost wails to be let inside, and Lockwood demands she let him go. The ghost releases her grip, and Lockwood piles some books against the window and covers his ears. The ghost continues to wail, and he cries that he will never let her in. The ghost says she has been locked out of Wuthering Heights for 20 years. The books piled against the window topple over, and Lockwood wakes up screaming. Heathcliff rushes to his room and bursts inside with a candle. He asks who is here, and Lockwood says he had a nightmare and apologizes for disturbing him.

Heathcliff demands why he’s sleeping in the room he has forbidden anyone from entering. Lockwood says it was Zillah and thinks the room is haunted. Lockwood claims a female ghost named Catherine Linton begged him to let her in, and she has been locked outside the house for 20 years. He even calls her a wicked little soul and tells him about Catherine's books and the writings on the wall. Heathcliff yells at him for telling him this, and Lockwood takes pity on him and explains his dreams as Heathcliff calms down. Not interested in talking about his encounter with the ghost, Lockwood looks at his watch and soliloquies about the hours of the night. Heathcliff tells Lockwood to sleep in his room while shedding a tear. Lockwood says he will roam in the courtyard until morning and leave, as he is no longer interested in finding pleasure in society. Heathcliff tells him to take the candle, that he'll join him shortly, and asks him not to enter the courtyard as the dogs are unchained.

Lockwood obeys him, but as he is about to leave the room, he witnesses Heathcliff opening the window and tearfully begs the ghost to come in as the snowy wind blows out the light. Half angered by this reaction, Lockwood heads to the kitchen, where he lights the candle and is alone except for a grey cat. He stretches on a bench with the cat next to him and watches Joseph climb from a ladder leading to his room in the garret. He smokes tobacco from a pipe before leaving. Hareton comes in, and Lockwood tries to say good morning to him. Hareton ignores him, takes a shovel, and follows Lockwood into the parlour.

Zillah tends to the fire while Mrs. Heathcliff sits on the hearth reading. Heathcliff stands in front of the fire with his back toward Lockwood, lecturing Zillah and ordering Mrs. Heathcliff to stop reading. When Mrs. Heathcliff refuses to listen, she backs away when Heathcliff prepares to hit her. Lockwood refuses to have breakfast with the occupants and takes his leave as soon as it is morning. Heathcliff stops him when he walks past the garden and offers to escort him across the moors. Lockwood and Heathcliff walk across the heavy snowdrifts and chat until they reach the gate of the Grange. Heathcliff leaves him, and Lockwood walks four more miles to the Grange entrance. By the time he walks inside, it is already noon.

The servants rush to greet him, worried he has gotten lost in the moors during the night. Lockwood is not in a good mood for company, orders them to be quiet, and heads upstairs to put on some dry clothes. After pacing for half an hour to warm up, he returns to his study, where a servant serves him hot coffee.

### Heathcliff's Story: Part 1

Lockwood starts to feel fatigued and lonely from being inside his study all day.When the servant, Mrs. Ellen "Nelly" Dean, comes in with his supper, he asks her to stay with him while he eats, hoping he can share some gossip with her. He asks her how long she has stayed at Thrushcross Grange, and she replies that she has lived here for 18 years after her mistress married and became the housekeeper. After a pause, Lockwood sees that she may not be a gossipy person and decides to question her about the residents at Wuthering Heights. He asks her why Heathcliff owns the Grange but stays away from it, assuming he doesn't have enough money to keep the house in good condition. Nelly says Heathcliff has much money but prefers to open the Grange to tenants.

Lockwood asks if Heathcliff has a son, and Nelly replies that he has one but is dead. He then asks about Mrs. Heathcliff, and Nelly says she married Heathcliff's son. She was also the daughter of her late master, and Catherine Linton was her maiden name. She had looked after her and wishes they could be together again. He is surprised it isn't the ghostly Catherine and asks about Hareton. Nelly explains he is the nephew of the late Mrs. Linton, and the young lady, Cathy, and her husband were his cousins. She also says that Heathcliff had married her master's sister. Lockwood asks about the Earnshaws at Wuthering Heights, and Nelly says they are an old family and Hareton is their last living relative, while Cathy is related to the Lintons. Nelly asks him if he has been to the Heights, as she would like to hear how Cathy is doing. Lockwood says she is doing fine but unhappy, and he finds Heathcliff a rough man. He wonders if he had a difficult past and asks Nelly to tell him about it. Nelly says she knows a lot about his backstory, except who his parents were, where he was born or where he got his wealth.

He decides he won't sleep until he hears some of the story for about an hour. Nelly agrees, will get her sewing materials, and offers to give him some gruel to warm up. After she leaves, he sits by the fire, feeling excited but unnerved from his experience at Wuthering Heights. Nelly then returns with her sewing and a bowl of gruel and narrates Heathcliff's story.

About 30 years earlier, Nelly lived with the Earnshaw family at Wuthering Heights and grew up alongside their children Hindley and Catherine. One day, Mr. Earnshaw departed to Liverpool on a business trip and returned home with a gipsy orphan he found on the streets in Liverpool. Mrs. Earnshaw, her children and Nelly detested the idea of him bringing home the child, but Mr. Earnshaw explained he couldn't trace his owners and ended up taking him home. The gipsy boy was then christened and named Heathcliff. Catherine and Heathcliff quickly became friends, while Hindley hated him because of all the affection he received from his father. Nelly also hated Heathcliff, but she warmed up to him after he fell sick with measles and nursed him back to health. Mr. Earnshaw loved and doted on Heathcliff but the boy barely showed gratitude for adopting him. Mrs. Earnshaw despised him, but she died less than two years after his arrival, leaving Hindley on his own to hate him.

A few years later, Mr. Earnshaw's health started failing.He spent most of his time alone listening to Joseph's sermons, and when Hindley continued to bully Heathcliff, he sent him off to college. By now, Heathcliff and Catherine had become romantic soulmates and often enjoyed causing mischief and running out in the moors. With Hindley's absence, the young couple's bond increased. Mr. Earnshaw would scold his daughter for her wild behaviour, but one night, while Heathcliff and Catherine sat with their father, Mr. Earnshaw died. Nelly left to fetch a doctor and a parson, and when she returned, she heard the couple consoling each other and saying Heaven is a better place.

Hindley returned home for his father's funeral and brought home his new wife, Frances, whose background was unknown.She was a silly, simpering woman who feared death and attempted to warm up to Catherine. During his absence, Hindley became a polished gentleman and claimed ownership of Wuthering Heights. He cuts off Heathcliff's education and makes him a servant, but despite his mistreatment, Heathcliff finds solace by spending more time with Catherine in the moors.

One night, Heathcliff and Catherine went out into the moors but haven't returned. Hindley ordered the house to be locked to keep them out, but Nelly spotted Heathcliff arriving home without Catherine. He confessed to Nelly that he and Catherine went to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton children, Edgar and Isabella. When they were spotted, they tried to flee, but Catherine was injured when the Linton’s guard dog bit her ankle. The Lintons found her and took her in, but they made Heathcliff leave. Before heading home, Heathcliff secretly watched the Lintons looking after Catherine and saw that she enjoyed their attention.

Five weeks later, Catherine returned home as a proper, noble lady, and Heathcliff was humiliated when she criticized his dirty appearance.The Linton family was invited to Wuthering Heights for Christmas, and Heathcliff allowed Nelly to dress him to impress Catherine. At the party, Hindley mocked Heathcliff, and Edgar criticized his dirty hair. Heathcliff angrily threw hot applesauce at Edgar, and Hindley locked him in the garret. After he’s released, Heathcliff tells Nelly he vows revenge against Hindley.

Nelly pauses her story and notices that the gruel is cold and Lockwood is tired. She gets up to leave, but Lockwood tells her to stay for another half an hour as he is interested in the story. She says it is almost 11 o'clock, and he replies that he doesn't go to bed until late. She tells him he shouldn't stay up this late, but he urges her to continue the story. She wants to skip the story three years later, but he wants her to include more details, stating how he is fascinated by people who appear enigmatic to outsiders. Nelly then relents and continues the story to the summer of 1778.

Frances gave birth to a son named Hareton, whom Lockwood previously met at Wuthering Heights.Shortly after giving birth, Frances fell ill with consumption and died a week later. Nelly was assigned to raise the child, while Hindley turned to alcohol. Catherine still spent her time with Heathcliff but had started to see Edgar often. Nelly pauses her narrative and reveals Edgar used to be her master and points out to his portrait hanging over the fireplace. His wife’s portrait used to be next to his but has been removed and replaced by Cathy Linton’s portrait. Lockwood admires Cathy’s portrait, wondering how Catherine Earnshaw would easily put Edgar over Heathcliff.

When Edgar visited the Heights one day, Catherine got angry at Nelly and shoved Edgar when he tried to console her. He prepared to leave, and she begged him to stay. Nelly then warned the couple to hide as Hindley was coming home from his drinking stupor, and when they were alone, they made their love confessions. While Nelly hid Hareton, Heathcliff got annoyed by Catherine's feelings for Edgar. When a drunk Hindley grabbed Hareton and accidentally dropped him over the banister, Heathcliff appeared just in time to save Hareton.

Later, Catherine came to see Nelly alone and revealed that Edgar had proposed to her. She didn't know why she accepted his proposal but thought he was handsome and wealthy and wanted to be part of his lifestyle. She confessed he couldn't marry Heathcliff because she would be degraded, but she still loved him, even stating they share connected spirits. When Heathcliff heard about Catherine refusing to marry him, he fled Wuthering Heights, and Catherine desperately searched for him during a storm. She later fell ill with a fever, and Mr. and Mrs. Linton nursed her, but they both contracted and died from her illness.

Edgar and Catherine married three years later and moved to Thrushcross Grange. Nelly moved in with them but had to leave Hareton behind at the Heights with his father and Joseph. Heathcliff was still nowhere to be found.

Lockwood falls ill for four weeks.The local doctor, Mr. Kenneth, says he won't fully recover until spring. A week later, Heathcliff visits Lockwood, and Lockwood cannot wait to hear more about Heathcliff's story. Nelly comes in and asks him to take his medicine. He refuses and urges her to pick up where the story left off. He even asks her what happened to Heathcliff during his three-year absence, and she again assures him she doesn't know where he got his wealth from. He tells her he is feeling fine today, and she agrees to continue narrating.

Catherine's marriage to Edgar was happy, and she got along well with Edgar's sister, Isabella. But six months later, Heathcliff suddenly returned, and he had become a polished, wealthy gentleman. Catherine was excited to see him again, but Edgar wasn't impressed to have him in his home. Heathcliff said he had returned to settle his business with Hindley and would stay at Wuthering Heights. During that time, he gambled with Hindley and lent him large amounts of money as his revenge plan. In addition, he visited the Grange often, and Isabella developed a crush on him. Catherine warned her about Heathcliff being a bad influence, but when he came over again, Catherine humiliated Isabella by revealing her crush to him. Heathcliff expresses hatred for Isabella but suspects she could be Edgar’s heir. Nelly suspected he is plotting something.

Nelly went to Wuthering Heights while going for a walk and met Hareton there. She was shocked when the boy swore and threw rocks at her. He claimed Heathcliff had taught him bad behaviour and cut off his education by sending his tutor away. Nelly fled when Heathcliff appeared. Later, at Thrushcross Grange, Catherine and Nelly caught Heathcliff embracing Isabella. Catherine confronted him about his feelings for Isabella, and he told her she had wronged him. When Edgar is brought in to break up the fight and make Heathcliff leave, Catherine locked them in the kitchen so they’ll confront each other alone. Edgar meekly punched Heathcliff in the neck before Heathcliff quickly made his escape. Once Heathcliff was gone, Edgar furiously demanded that Catherine choose him or Heathcliff. She refused to answer him and locked herself in her room.

After three days of confinement without eating, Catherine unlocked her door, and Nelly came in to see her.Catherine was devastated when she learned Edgar spent most of his time in his study rather than worrying about her, and she believed she is dying. She suffers from a feverish delirium and rants about her adventures on the moors with Heathcliff. She opened her window and says she can see Wuthering Heights, vowing she will never rest until she is with Heathcliff again.

Edgar tended to Catherine, and Nelly went out to seek medical attention. Along the way, she saved Isabella’s dog hanging from a tree and heard galloping in the distance. Mr. Kenneth heard the rumours that Isabella had run off with Heathcliff, and Nelly was afraid to inform the news to Edgar. The next morning, Isabella is nowhere to be found, and when Edgar learned about what happened to her, he refused to find her and will only know her by name.

For two months, Catherine suffered from a brain fever, and Edgar spent most of his time nursing her.While she regains some strength, she never fully recovered from her illness and is also pregnant. Six weeks after eloping with Heathcliff, Isabella wrote to Edgar, announcing she had married Heathcliff and begged for forgiveness. Edgar didn’t write back, and Isabella wrote another letter to Nelly. She said she feels homesick, and her life at Wuthering Heights is awful. Hindley, Joseph, and Hareton mistreated her, with Hindley planning to kill Heathcliff as revenge for swindling him of his wealth and home. She also said that Heathcliff had blamed her instead of Edgar for Catherine’s illness, and she begged Nelly for help.

Nelly went to Wuthering Heights, but Edgar refused to offer Isabella a token of his forgiveness.When she arrived at the Heights, the house was dirty and neglected. Isabella was no longer her usual self, but Nelly barely got to see her. Heathcliff interrupted their conversation by mocking Isabella into thinking he was a romantic hero, and he asked about Catherine’s illness. He is determined to see Catherine again, but when Nelly told him Catherine was too weak for his visit, he threatened to hold her hostage until Nelly agreed to deliver his letter. She pauses her story when Mr. Kenneth arrives for Lockwood, and she’ll inform him about his condition. Lockwood reflects on how much she is entertaining him with Heathcliff’s past.

A week later, Lockwood gradually regains health as spring approaches.He has heard all of Nelly’s stories and continues with the story from what he has heard. After returning to Wuthering Heights, Nelly waited three days until she had the courage to deliver the letter to Catherine. When Edgar left for church on Sunday, Nelly went to see Catherine, who was pale and calm from her condition. Nelly read the letter, and Catherine wasn’t interested until Nelly told her Heathcliff had sent it. Almost immediately, Heathcliff arrived in her bedroom. Catherine told him that he and Edgar had broken her heart and feared he would forget her when she died. She also thinks Heathcliff has killed her and laments that she’s dying when he still lives. Heathcliff accuses her of being selfish and leaving him for Edgar. Following an emotional, overwhelming conversation, Catherine begs for his forgiveness. Heathcliff says he forgives her but not her “murderer”. They embrace until Nelly told them Edgar is returning home and urged Heathcliff to leave. Catherine refused to let him go, and when Edgar walked in, Catherine fainted, and Heathcliff placed her in Edgar’s arms before leaving. Nelly promised she’d inform him of news about Catherine tomorrow.

That night, Catherine went into premature labour and gave birth to Cathy, whom Lockwood had met at Wuthering Heights.Catherine later died in childbirth, and Edgar went into deep mourning, ignoring his newborn daughter. Nelly met Heathcliff in the garden that morning to break the news, but Heathcliff already knew Catherine was dead. Nelly gave some details about her death and hoped she would be at peace. However, Heathcliff refuses to let Catherine rest in peace and demanded that she will never rest as long as he lived. He begged Catherine’s spirit to possess him and drive him insane, as he could not live without her.

Edgar spent the whole day watching over Catherine’s body. At night, when Edgar slept, Heathcliff snuck into the Grange to view her body for the last time and replaced Edgar’s lock of hair with his own into her locket. When Nelly found the locks of hair, she twined them together. Hindley was invited to Catherine’s funeral but didn’t attend, and Isabella wasn’t invited. Only Edgar, the servants and the tenants attended her funeral. To everyone’s surprise, Catherine wasn’t buried with her immediate family or in the Linton family crypt. She was instead laid to rest in the corner of the kirkyard overlooking the moors.

Sometime after Catherine’s funeral, Isabella appeared unexpectedly at Thrushcross Grange after running from Wuthering Heights.While Nelly tended to her wounds, Isabella explained that Hindley had tried to be sober for his sister’s funeral but ended up drinking instead. Heathcliff had been absent from the Heights, roaming the moors for a week. When Heathcliff went out to pay his final respects to Catherine, Hindley locked him out of the house and prepared to kill him. Heathcliff returned home and tried to get inside, and Isabella warned him about Hindley. Heathcliff broke through a window and attacked Hindley until he was unconscious. The next morning, Isabella accused Heathcliff of causing misery to everyone and told Hindley that Heathcliff had beaten him. After the men fight again, Isabella flees to the Grange and then leaves Yorkshire forever. She sought refuge in London and later gave birth to a son named Linton Heathcliff.

Six months after Catherine’s death, Hindley died from his drinking. Nelly went to Wuthering Heights to retrieve Hareton but was shocked to learn that Hindley had died heavily in debt, and Heathcliff now claimed ownership of the property. He also makes Hareton stay with him as his servant and offers him the same treatment as Hindley.

### Heathcliff's Story: Part 2

Thirteen years later, Cathy grew into a lively, beautiful girl who was headstrong like her late mother.She longed to explore the moors, but her father Edgar refused to let her go anywhere outside of Thrushcross Grange, and Nelly was assigned to be Cathy’s guardian. Because of this, Cathy grew up without knowledge of Wuthering Heights or its inhabitants.

Edgar received a letter from Isabella, saying she was dying and begged him to come to London and retrieve her son Linton. While he was gone, Cathy went out into the moors to see the Penistone Crags. While outside, she met Hareton, and they spent the day together. When Cathy didn’t return, Nelly searched for her and found her at Wuthering Heights with Hareton. Cathy assumes Hareton is a servant until Nelly tells her he is her cousin. Cathy denied this, and her real cousin was Linton. Nelly assures her she can have more than one cousin and urges her to come home immediately. On the way back to Thrushcross Grange, Cathy promised not to inform her father about what happened that day.

When they get home, they find a letter from Edgar saying that Isabella has died and he is on his way home with Linton.Nelly and Cathy get the house prepared for Linton, with Cathy excited to meet her cousin. But when Edgar arrived with Linton, Nelly saw that Linton was a weak, whiny boy around Cathy’s age. Cathy is delighted to see him, but Linton was too tired and wanted to go to bed. While Nelly and Edgar debate how Linton would live at Thrushcross Grange, Joseph arrives and informs them Heathcliff wants custody of his son, who must be brought over the next day.

Linton is woken up early the next morning by Nelly, who will take him to Wuthering Heights.During the journey, Linton is surprised he has a father, as his mother never talked about him and asks what he’s like. Nelly lies and says his father is a kind, loving man, and Linton is expected to love and respect him. But when they arrive at Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff meets his son for the first time but is annoyed by his son’s whiny voice and calls Isabella a slut. Linton begged Nelly not to leave him as she rides away from Wuthering Heights.

Cathy is devastated when Linton left Thrushcross Grange, but she quickly forgets about him as time goes by. On her 16th birthday, she went bird hunting on the moors with Nelly until she ran into Heathcliff and Hareton, who invited her to Wuthering Heights. She meets Linton again after 3 years and learns that Heathcliff is her uncle. She invites him to visit the Grange, but Heathcliff refuses, explaining his quarrel with Edgar. When she asks Linton if he’ll come over, he also refuses, claiming he’s too weak to walk 4 miles to the Grange. Hareton gives Cathy a tour of the property, but she and Linton mock him for his illiteracy as he cannot read the message carved on the front door.

Later that day, after returning to the Grange, Cathy scolds her father for lying about Linton’s whereabouts. Edgar explains his feud with Heathcliff and that she shouldn’t visit Linton at Wuthering Heights. She obeys him but secretly starts a correspondence with Linton until Nelly discovers the letters and forces her to burn them.

Edgar falls ill at the end of summer, and Cathy and Nelly go for a walk in the moors. They talk about the possibility of Edgar dying when they come across a wall that opens into the road. Cathy climbs onto the wall to reach for fruit on a tree when her hat falls off the other side. Cathy jumps down at the opposite wall to retrieve her hat but can’t climb over the wall or tree. While Nelly searches for the keys to unlock the door, she hears someone approaching Cathy on horseback and listens to Heathcliff scold Cathy for breaking off her correspondence to Linton, and he may be dying of a broken heart. Nelly calls to Heathcliff that he’s lying about his son’s condition and breaks the lock to reach Cathy. Before he leaves, Heathcliff tells Cathy that he’ll be absent from Wuthering Heights for a week and that she must tend to Linton constantly. The next day, Cathy goes to the Heights while Nelly accompanies her to ensure that Linton isn’t dying at all.

It was a drizzly, frosty morning when Cathy and Nelly arrived at Wuthering Heights. They enter the kitchen, where they hear Linton’s whiny voice calling to Joseph. Cathy greets Linton, but he’s upset that she hasn’t written back to him, and he has grown weak from his writing. He then brings up the possibility of marriage, which results in a heated argument about their fathers. Cathy gets so frustrated that she shoves his chair, and he falls to the floor, where he has a coughing fit. She apologizes for shoving him, and he calls her cruel and spiteful. But when Cathy and Nelly are about to leave, Linton starts writhing on the floor, so she tends to him. He then urges her to come everyday and look after him. The next day, Nelly falls sick with a cold from walking to Wuthering Heights in the rain, so she rests for three weeks. Throughout the day, Cathy nurses Nelly and Edgar, but at night, she sneaks over to Wuthering Heights to nurse Linton.

After Nelly recovers from her cold, she notices that Cathy is always peevish and exhausted when she tends to her and is curious to know why. One night, Cathy is nowhere to be found at Thrushcross Grange until Nelly spots her arriving home on horseback, with one of the servants taking her pony. When Cathy arrives in her room, Nelly confronts her for being absent so late, and Cathy tearfully confesses that she has been to Wuthering Heights to visit Linton every night after she nursed Nelly. She even bribed the Grange servant, Michael, with her books in exchange for him to prepare her pony for the trip. Cathy admits that she is always miserable at Wuthering Heights but still goes there anyway.

Most of the visits were normal until she met Hareton on her third visit, who said he could read his name carved on the front door but not the number “1500”. She mocked him and went inside to see Linton. Shortly afterwards, Hareton angrily stormed inside, grabbed Linton from his chair, and threw him into the kitchen. Linton yelled and screamed threats at Hareton until he started coughing up blood and fainted. Cathy ignored Joseph laughing at her and went outside to find Zillah, but when they went inside, Hareton carried Linton upstairs. Cathy immediately leaves, but when Hareton tries to apologize to her for his angry outburst, she hits him with her whip and rides home. Three days later, she arrived at Wuthering Heights unnoticed, where Linton initially ignored her, but she left immediately when he blamed her for his humiliation the other day. Two days later, she returned to the Heights to inform Linton this would be her final visit, as she decided to never see him again. Linton then begged for forgiveness. After finishing her story, Cathy begs Nelly to keep this a secret between them, but Nelly informs Edgar about it. He forbids Cathy from returning to Wuthering Heights, but she could still write to Linton.

Nelly pauses her story, informs Mr. Lockwood that all these events occurred last winter, and encourages him to start a romance with Cathy. Mr. Lockwood thinks he should love Cathy but doubts that she will love him back, as he truly belongs in the city, not the moors. He convinces Nelly to finish the rest of the story.

Cathy obeys her father and stops going to Wuthering Heights. But a few days later, Edgar expresses his concern about Linton not writing back and then consents about Cathy marrying Linton and hopes she will be happy with him. When spring arrives, Edgar doesn’t regain his strength, and his health starts failing. He writes to Linton, who responds that his father forbids him from leaving the Heights but asks if he and Cathy can meet him on the moors. Since Edgar doesn’t have the strength to accompany Cathy, Nelly will go with her instead. In June, Edgar knows that he won’t live for much longer, so he decides to offer Cathy a portion of his income, and she will live at Wuthering Heights when she marries Linton, even though this means that Heathcliff will claim his property after his death.

On the appointed day of Linton’s meeting, Nelly and Cathy ride to their designated meeting at the guidestone by the crossroads, but a shepherd boy informs them that Linton is waiting for them at Wuthering Heights. When the women meet him, they are shocked to see him more frail and sickly, but he insists he is getting better. Throughout the visit, Linton is constantly anxious about what his father will do to him. At the end of their visit, Cathy promises him she’ll return the following Thursday, but she and Nelly are concerned about his health. They will have to find out until their next meeting.

At their next meeting with Linton, Heathcliff appears and asks about Edgar’s failing health, before he lures the women to Wuthering Heights, where he locks them inside and holds them hostage. Linton then reveals to them that his father won’t release them until Cathy has married him. Unable to find a way to escape, the women are locked in a bedroom, where Cathy is released shortly afterwards, but Nelly is confined for five days.

After she is freed from her imprisonment, Nelly searches for Cathy but doesn’t find her anywhere. When she finds Linton, he tells her that he has married Cathy, but she is locked in her room and all her belongings are now his. He even recalls when Cathy tried to bribe him to help her escape by giving him her locket containing the portraits of her parents. He claimed the locket belonged to him now, and he tried taking it from her. Cathy cried, and when Heathcliff appeared, he broke the locket and hit Cathy. He admits he was glad to see Cathy struck until her mouth started bleeding. Nelly scolds him for being cruel and selfish, and he should be grateful for all the love and nurture Cathy has given him. When Nelly demands the key to Cathy’s room, Linton refuses, so Nelly hurries to Thrushcross Grange, where she tells Edgar that Cathy is alive and safe but lies about her and Cathy’s imprisonment at Wuthering Heights.

After sending some servants to Wuthering Heights to retrieve Cathy, Edgar consults a lawyer, Mr. Green, to make changes in his will, and Cathy’s fortune will be secured by her trustees. It will be useful for her and any children she has. He hopes that Heathcliff won’t inherit the money after Linton’s death, even though he isn’t aware that Linton is already dying. Soon afterwards, Cathy returns to the Grange after she makes Linton help her escape. Edgar is delighted to see his daughter again, and he dies quietly with Cathy at his bedside. He was later interred next to his wife at the kirkyard.

The night after Edgar’s funeral, Heathcliff arrives at Thrushcross Grange to retrieve Cathy and have her live with him at Wuthering Heights. Nelly pleads to let Linton and Cathy live at Thrushcross Grange, but Heathcliff refuses, as he wants to open the Grange to tenancy. While Cathy packs her things, Nelly begs him to let her stay with Cathy at Wuthering Heights. Again, he refuses but recalls that he made the sexton dig up Catherine’s grave and opened her coffin. Her body was still intact, but he wouldn’t let her decompose until he joined her in the ground, so he bribed the sexton to have him buried next to her, with one side of his coffin removed next to hers. Nelly scolds him for disturbing the dead, and he laments that Catherine has been haunting him for the past 18 years. He remembers that when Catherine was interred, he tried digging up her fresh grave but kept hearing a sigh from above. Once Cathy has finished packing, she says goodbye to Nelly, and Heathcliff orders Nelly not to visit Cathy at Wuthering Heights before they leave.

Nelly hasn’t seen Cathy since she left for Wuthering Heights, and her only source of information is from Zillah. One day, while on the moors, Zillah told Nelly that as soon as Cathy arrived at Wuthering Heights, she immediately tended to Linton, who was gravely ill, but Heathcliff refused to call for a doctor. Linton started to waste away, and Cathy had to nurse him herself, as nobody helped her. One night, Linton dies, and Cathy is exhausted and bewildered from looking after him nonstop. She confined herself in her room for a fortnight. During her confinement, Heathcliff showed her Linton’s will, detailing that Heathcliff has claimed ownership of Linton and Cathy’s fortunes. Hareton tried to befriend her, but Cathy would either argue with him or refuse to be in his presence.

Nelly’s story has finished, and Mr. Lockwood is rapidly regaining strength. Despite being in the middle of winter, he decides to ride to Wuthering Heights to inform Heathcliff he’s ending his tenancy and will return to London for six months.

### Ending Tenancy

Before leaving for Wuthering Heights, Nelly asks Mr. Lockwood to deliver a letter to Cathy, and he agrees to give it to her at Wuthering Heights. He arrives at the house’s locked gate and knocks until Hareton comes from the garden beds to unlock it. Lockwood asks if Heathcliff is home, and Hareton replies he isn’t but will be home by dinnertime. Lockwood wants to come inside and wait for Heathcliff, so Hareton leads him inside. Cathy is inside cooking but is less spirited than when he last saw her. She ignores Lockwood walking in, and he muses that she isn’t an angel but is still beautiful. She then sits on a stool at the window and carves some figurines when Lockwood approaches her and places Nelly’s note on her lap.

Cathy asks about the letter, and Lockwood says it is from Nelly at Thrushcross Grange. Hareton takes the note and puts it in his waistcoat, saying that Heathcliff should read it first. Cathy starts to cry, so Hareton quickly gives it back to her. She asks Lockwood about the inhabitants at the Grange and laments that she misses her home. Lockwood tells her that Nelly has told him everything about her, and she expects her to write back to her. Cathy asks him if Nelly likes him, and Lockwood replies yes. She then asks him to remind Nelly that she will respond to her, but she doesn’t have any paper to write. Lockwood is surprised that she doesn’t have books, and while the Grange has a large library, he has been dull there. Cathy says she always had books to read, but Heathcliff destroyed all her books and hasn’t seen one in weeks. She admits that she read Joseph’s theology books and found some books in Hareton’s room, such as Latin, Greek, and poetry. She doesn’t think Hareton is fit to read her books, which humiliates Hareton, but Lockwood says he just wants to learn to read. She claims she has heard Haretpn trying to read aloud to himself and keeps making mistakes. She mocks his illiteracy, but Lockwood reminds her that everyone always makes mistakes when learning for the first time. Cathy says the books belong to her, and Hareton has no right to learn to read from them.

Hareton gets angry, and when Lockwood walks to the door, Hareton returns with some books and dumps them onto Cathy’s lap, saying he won’t read them anymore. She flips through the pages, laughs, and throws them aside. After Hareton hits her, he throws the books into the fire before storming to the door. Heathcliff walks in and mutters that he sees Catherine in Hareton. Cathy flees to the kitchen, leaving Lockwood alone with Heathcliff. He greets Lockwood and is glad he is doing well but wonders why he’s doing here. Lockwood replies that he’s returning to London next week, and he has come to end his tenancy. Heathcliff thinks he’s trying to cheat him, but Lockwood promises to pay him as he takes out his notebook. Heathcliff refuses his payment and invites him to stay for dinner. He summons Cathy and tells her to have her dinner with Joseph.

Following a dull, unpleasant meal, Lockwood prepares to leave Wuthering Heights. He wants a final glimpse of Cathy and Joseph, but Hareton receives orders to get Lockwood’s horse ready, so Heathcliff leads him to the door. On the ride home, he muses how lucky Cathy would have been if he had fallen in love with her and took her away to a more pleasant place than Wuthering Heights.

### Return to Wuthering Heights

In September, Lockwood is invited by a friend to visit him in the moors. Along the way, he comes within 15 miles of Gimmerton and at a tavern where an ostler refreshes his horses. Lockwood asks how far Gimmerton is, and the ostler replies it is 14 miles away. Lockwood decides to visit Thrushcross Grange and will spend the night in an inn before settling his matters with Heathcliff. After resting at the inn, he asks his servant for directions to Gimmerton, and they arrive there within three hours. He leaves the servant behind in the village and walks into the moors alone, passing by some sheep grazing in the churchyard. He reaches Thrushcross Grange before sunset and knocks on the door, but nobody answers. He walks into the courtyard, where he spots a young girl knitting and an old woman smoking and sitting on the steps.

He asks the old woman if Nelly is here, and she replies that she lives in Wuthering Heights now. He next asks if she is the Grange’s housekeeper, and she replies that she also lives here. He introduces himself and then asks if he can stay the night at Thrushcross Grange, but the woman is startled as she wasn’t expecting his arrival and refuses. She rushes into the house, with the girl following. Despite the old woman being upset by his unexpected arrival, he consoles her by asking her to arrange a clean room for him. She agrees to do her best, and he plans to walk to Wuthering Heights. Before he leaves, he is about to ask why Nelly moved to Wuthering Heights, but he knows he will only make her more frantic by asking too many questions, so he leaves the Grange.

As he walks to Wuthering Heights, the moon rises, lighting the landscape and surrounding him with fresh scents. When he gets to the house, both doors and windows are open, and smoke rises from the chimney. He approaches the house and hears a sweet voice scolding another for making a mistake. He sees Hareton, wearing neat clothes, sitting at a table with a book, and Cathy standing behind him, teaching him how to read. She slaps him when he mispronounces a word and kisses him when he gets it right. Afterwards, Cathy and Hareton leave the house to walk in the moors, and Lockwood sneaks into the kitchen, where he finds Nelly sitting at the door, sewing and singing, with Joseph complaining about her singing. When she sees Lockwood, she gets up and is surprised to see him, as she also isn’t expecting him to come over since the Grange has been closed up. Lockwood says he has arranged to stay there for as long as possible and leave tomorrow. He then asks her why she has moved to the Heights. She replies that Zillah has resigned from her position, and Heathcliff asked her to take her place shortly after Lockwood left Yorkshire.

Nelly ushers Lockwood inside, and he tells her he has come to settle his business with Heathcliff about his tenancy. But Nelly tells him she will have to settle his business with her, as Heathcliff died three months ago. Lockwood is shocked, and Nelly invites him to sit and tell him everything. She wants to serve him some food, but he says he has ordered supper at home and is eager to learn how Heathcliff died. He asks when Hareton and Cathy will return from their walk, and Nelly says she often scolds them for wandering out late, but she doesn’t care about it right now. After she serves Lockwood ale, she then narrates the rest of the story leading up to Heathcliff’s death.

Within a fortnight after Lockwood returned to London, Nelly accepted Heathcliff’s request to take Zillah’s place at Wuthering Heights so she could be closer to Cathy. She made some new arrangements, so she and Cathy will be comfortable together. But Cathy became restless and noticed Hareton didn’t try to learn to read again after he burned her books, so she tried leaving a book for him, hoping he would take the bait, but he didn’t. In March, Hareton accidentally injures himself while hunting, and Nelly encourages Hareton to lighten up on Cathy and be her companion. Cathy said she would like to be Hareton’s friend and asked her to give him a wrapped book, promising she wouldn’t tease him again. When he did receive the book, Cathy sat beside him, asking for forgiveness and if he would be her friend. Before long, they started reading together without arguing or fighting. Nelly admits to Lockwood that she’s glad he didn’t try to win Cathy’s heart, as her greatest wish is for Hareton and Cathy to be married.

Cathy and Hareton start spending more time together and plan to make a flower bed outside. However, Joseph complained that the couple are building their garden around his currant trees. Heathcliff confronted Cathy about this, with Cathy arguing that she and Hareton are friends now, and Heathcliff stole their homes and money. Heathcliff gets angry and is about to strike her when he looks into her eyes, calms down and lets her go. Later, when he watched Cathy teaching Hareton how to read, he admitted to Nelly that he had planned to destroy the last remaining heirs of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. But since Hareton and Cathy resemble Catherine, it causes him pain, and he no longer planned revenge on them. He senses Catherine’s spirit and isn’t afraid of death, as he won’t live for much longer.

For the next few days, Heathcliff started skipping meals and spending time alone, sometimes eating only once per day. He becomes more cheerful, which unsettles Nelly, and one night, he spent the entire night wandering out in the moors. He also muttered Catherine’s name, and Nelly assured him that he never learned any lessons from the Bible and he wouldn’t repent his sins in the afterlife. Eventually, Heathcliff stopped eating completely, and one night, he locked himself in his room and refused medical treatment. The next morning, Nelly found his window wide open with the rain pouring inside. When she forced herself into Heathcliff’s room, she found him dead on his bed. Only Hareton grieved over Heathcliff’s body, and Heathcliff was interred in his designated burial spot next to Catherine’s grave,

Nelly then claims that the locals have seen Heathcliff’s ghost wandering around the moors and in Wuthering Heights. She recalls that a month ago, she was heading to the Grange one evening when she saw a young shepherd boy crying. When she asked what was wrong, he claimed he saw the ghosts of Heathcliff and a woman, and he was too scared to walk past them, even though she didn’t see any ghosts. She says she’s uncomfortable going outside after dark and being inside Wuthering Heights but will be glad when Hareton and Cathy leave it soon. Lockwood asks if they are returning to Thrushcross Grange, and Nelly replies that they will move back there after their wedding on New Year's Day. Lockwood asks who will still live at Wuthering Heights, and she replies that Joseph will look after the house, along with a boy to keep him company, and the rest of the house will be locked up. Lockwood assumes that the locked rooms will be used for the ghosts, but Nelly disagrees, saying the dead are at peace and don’t deserve to be spoken ill of.

At that moment, Hareton and Cathy return from their walk. Lockwood mutters that they aren’t afraid of anything, and as the couple approaches the house, he sees his chance to leave. After briefly excusing Nelly, he escapes into the kitchen and gives Joseph a golden coin on his way out. On his way home, his direction leads him to the kirkyard, showing signs of decay. He stops here and sees three tombstones on a slope next to the moors. Catherine’s grave is half buried in the ground, Edgar’s is slightly covered in moss, and Heathcliff’s is still bare. He wanders among the graves and ponders about the strange, peaceful quietness of the moors and the restless souls buried underneath the ground.

## Personality/Appearance

Mr. Lockwood is typically a strange man who doesn’t participate in most of the novel’s actions. He doesn’t understand much about Yorkshire or the inhabitants he sees, even viewing them sarcastically. Even if he sees them negatively, he afterwards blames himself for how he was to them. Whenever he meets someone for the first time, he often mistakenly assumes what kind of person they are, judging by their appearance. One example is when he meets Hareton and Cathy at Wuthering Heights, he assumes that Hareton is Heathcliff’s son and Cathy is Heathcliff’s wife since they are young and easily fit the age gaps of being Heathcliff’s child and spouse. A native of London, Lockwood is used to being civilized and isn’t fully capable of nature in Yorkshire. He becomes shocked and offended by Wuthering Heights’ residents acting in a hostile and violent manner towards him. It only worsens once Nelly narrates her entire story to him, prompting him to end his tenancy and return home. No matter how far away he stays from nature and passion in Yorkshire, he returns, hoping to settle his affairs with Heathcliff. He is more shocked to learn that Heathcliff is dead and Cathy and Hareton have become less hostile, but he ends up wanting to hear the rest of the story, which comes to show that this violent story filled with love and revenge ends with redeeming a troubled life and seeking peace in the afterlife.

He is also curious, as he is willing to learn the personal details of his unwelcoming host and those associated with him. When Nelly narrates her story of Heathcliff and Catherine, Lockwood follows along closely, but when she stops, he insists she keeps going. His curiosity makes him fearful, as he finds himself in ominous and unsettling situations, such as being attacked by Heathcliff’s dogs or seeing Catherine’s ghost. His fears irritate him afterwards, and even if he is a coward, he constantly ponders the two families and the strange, serene wilderness of the moors. Additionally, he becomes bored with his solitude and views Nelly’s narrations about the Earnshaws and Lintons as a form of entertainment.

Lockwood doesn’t have affectionate feelings and usually keeps to himself, although he expresses guilt for his treatment of others. One example is when he was briefly in love with a woman, but his arrogance and lack of feelings hurt her and caused their relationship to end. When Nelly encourages him to start a romantic relationship with Cathy, he muses on whether she would be happy if he saved her from Wuthering Heights. However, he knows this is not the case, as Cathy truly belongs in the moors, and she won’t thrive in a busy city like London. Additionally, Cathy barely knows him and doesn’t have feelings for him, as his pompous nature won’t be suitable for a girl who has lived her whole life in nature rather than being a civilized city native.

## Relationships

### Nelly Dean

A housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange. Following his stay at Wuthering Heights, he befriends Nelly, who looks after him while he's ill. Since she has been a longtime servant to the Earnshaw and Linton families, Lockwood convinces her to tell him the story about Heathcliff. He has been curious about the mysterious backstories of Heathcliff and the inhabitants at Wuthering Heights, so he relies on her to narrate everything that she sees, hears and knows. At times, Lockwood becomes so intrigued that he doesn't want her to stop so soon and wants her to keep going as long as possible. Her narrations later made him ponder the moors' strange and peaceful quietness and restless souls.

### Heathcliff

Lockwood's landlord. He first meets Heathcliff during his first visit to Wuthering Heights after he takes up tenancy at Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff comes off rude and unwelcoming to his tenant, but Lockwood becomes fascinated with him despite not appreciating the house's hostile environment. However, he finds Heathcliff strange when he stays in a room that is literally a dedicated shrine to Heathcliff's beloved Catherine Earnshaw. While Lockwood's interactions with Heathcliff are brief, Lockwood's role as the chief narrator gives readers the truth about Heathcliff's backstory and personality.

### Cathy Linton

A young woman living at Wuthering Heights. She was the daughter of Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton and initially lived at Thrushcross Grange before she married Heathcliff's son and moved to Wuthering Heights. After her husband's death, Cathy becomes lonely and isolated. When Lockwood first meets her, she acts rude towards him. It wasn't until after Nelly's story that she encouraged Lockwood to start a romance with Cathy. Lockwood then meets Cathy again when he returns to Wuthering Heights to end his tenancy, but only when he delivers her a letter from Nelly. When he talks to her, Cathy laments how she misses her home and has been miserable living at the Heights without her books. On his way home, Lockwood muses about falling in love with Cathy and taking her away from Wuthering Heights. However, it is unlikely that she is truly in love with her, and she won't return her feelings either, as she barely knows him and will later fall in love with her other cousin, Hareton.

## Quotes/Relatable Quotes

> "*But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman, that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure—and rather morose. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling—to manifestations of mutual kindliness. He’ll love and hate, equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again—No, I’m running on too fast—I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him.*"
> ― Chapter 1
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Mr. Lockwood describing Heathcliff and his characteristics in his journal.

> "*The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small—Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.*"
> ― Chapter 3
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Mr. Lockwood finds the carved names of Catherine inside her room.

> "*I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.*"
> ― Chapter 3
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Mr. Lockwood telling Heathcliff he’s no longer interested in seeking pleasure in society.

> "*Well, Mrs. Dean, it will be a charitable deed to tell me something of my neighbours: I feel I shall not rest if I go to bed; so be good enough to sit and chat an hour.*"
> ― Chapter 4
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Mr. Lockwood invites Nelly to stay with him for an hour and tell him the story about his neighbours at Wuthering Heights.

> "*What a realisation of something more romantic than a fairy tale it would have been for Mrs. Linton Heathcliff, had she and I struck up an attachment, as her good nurse desires, and migrated together into the stirring atmosphere of the town!*"
> ― Chapter 31
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Mr. Lockwood musing about rescuing Cathy from Wuthering Heights and falling in love with her.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1
2. ↑ Chapter 2
3. ↑ Chapter 3
4. ↑ Chapter 4
5. ↑ Chapter 5
6. ↑ Chapter 6
7. ↑ Chapter 7
8. ↑ Chapter 8
9. ↑ Chapter 9
10. ↑ Chapter 10
11. ↑ Chapter 11
12. ↑ Chapter 12
13. ↑ Chapter 13
14. ↑ Chapter 14
15. ↑ Chapter 15
16. ↑ Chapter 16
17. ↑ Chapter 17
18. ↑ Chapter 18
19. ↑ Chapter 19
20. ↑ Chapter 20
21. ↑ Chapter 21
22. ↑ Chapter 22
23. ↑ Chapter 23
24. ↑ Chapter 24
25. ↑ Chapter 25
26. ↑ Chapter 26
27. ↑ Chapter 27
28. ↑ Chapter 28
29. ↑ Chapter 29
30. ↑ Chapter 30
31. ↑ Chapter 31
32. ↑ Chapter 32
33. ↑ Chapter 33
34. ↑ Chapter 34