In the novel Wuthering Heights there was one character who had a dominating influence
on the way the novel went. Her name was Catherine Earnshaw and even after she died she still
left a lasting impression on the people around her and after she was gone people still made some
decisions based on her. While she was alive she had Heathcliff and Edgar rapped around her
finger; she could have made them do anything she wanted and sometimes she did. While
Catherine was dying Heathcliff spent the most time with her and she knew that at that point he
would do anything for her and she used that against him. There are many examples of Cathy's
dominance in the novel and they will all be discussed in detail.
The major instance of Catherine's dominance is one that continues through the entire
novel and that is her influence over Heathcliff. Catherine acquires this grasp over Heathcliff by
telling him that he is not good enough for her and that he is also not civilized enough for her to
marry him. To make Heathcliff even more desperate Catherine decides she will get married to
Edgar instead of Heathcliff; "she is naive enough to think that by doing so she will be able to lift
Heathcliff from the degradation into which he has been thrust by Hindley". When in fact this
makes Heathcliff very jealous and he goes away to make him self more refined for Catherine.
When Heathcliff returns to find Catherine has married Edgar it sends him over the edge he gets
furious and revenge is on his mind. He thinks that if he marries Isabella that it would bring
Catherine back into his arms. Of course this does not work it only succeeds in making Edgar
furious. Edgar disowns Isabella and tells Catherine she is not allowed to see Heathcliff, this
enrages Catherine and she locks herself in her room with no food or water. She hopes that this
would change Edgar's mind as well as give her th...