Physical Characteristics Description of Heathcliff

28 d. Greedy Heathcliff is rich, he owned Wuthering Heights and Trushcross Grange. But it seems not enough for him, he is a greedy person. It can be proved from this situation, Mr. Lockwood starts to ask about the reason why he prefers to stay in Wuthering Heights and renting Trushcross Grange to Ellen Dean, the housekeeper of Wuthering Heights. The answer of Dean is Heathcliff is rich, but it looks like that he wants to obtain more money by renting Trushcross Grange. He has nobody knows what money, and every year it increases. Yes, yes, he‟s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he‟s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world‟ p. 62 e. Pessimistic Besides his bad attitude, Heathcliff also a pessimistic person. He loves Catherine but after Catherine returns from Trushcross Grange, he feels so worthless. His clothes in muds and full of dust, his hair uncombed and the fact that he looks so dirty. He realizes that he cannot be as handsome as Edgar. Heathcliff tells about his pessimistic about the fact that he is inferior than Edgar Linton. Ellen starts to tell Heathcliff about the positive side to overcome the inferior feeling from Heathcliff. You are younger, and yet, I‟ll be bound, you are taller and twice as broad across the shoulders; you could knock him down in a twinkling; don‟t you feel that you could?‟ p. 83 29 Later, Heathcliff shows his feeling of his inferiority. He cannot be as good as Edgar Linton. Heathcliff‟s face brightened a moment; then it was overcast afresh, and he sighed. ‟But, Nelly, if I knocked him down twenty times, that wouldn‟t make him less handsome or me more so. I wish I had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed and behaved as well, and had a chance of being as rich as he will be‟ p. 83 Heathcliff feels envy to Edgar Linton. Heathcliff seems want to improve his financial situation. He is not rich, so Catherine does not choose him. f. Supersitious Heathcliff is also a supersitious person. He believes that ghosts are exist. He believes that Chaterine is haunting him. It proved from the statement of Mr. Lockwood that he sleeps in the Catherine room and he dreams about a Chaterine‟s ghost. He screams so loud and it makes Heathcliff wakes up. Heathcliff goes into Mr. Lockwood‟s room. Mr. Lockwood tells about what happened in that dream. After listening to Mr. Lockwood statement, Heathcliff asks Mr. Lockwood to leave the room. Outside the room, Mr. Lockwood witness Heathcliff craving for Catherine to come again. „Come in come in‟ he sobbed. „Cathy, do come. Oh, do - ONCE more Oh my heart‟s darling hear me THIS time, Catherine, at last‟ p. 57