How does Bront Present Heathcliff and Cathy as Children
Bronte shows the characters of Cathy and Heathcliff by there actions towards each other and the people around them. ... Bronte depicts Heathcliff as a wild savage not only in describing actions towards others but his appearance as well. The first description of Heathcliff as a child is ‘a dirty, ragged, black-haired child,’ this description is of a person who does not belong in the well groomed circles of polite society and with others calling him such things as ‘gypsy’ it gives us the first hint that Heathcilff does not fit in there. Another hint we get that Heathcliff does not fit in is when links are made between the tame Edgar and the wild nature of Heatcliff, in their behaviour and in the way they look, Edgar with his light skin, ‘vacant blue eyes’ and blond ringletts and Heathcliff with his dark skin, fiend like eyes and dark mane. Bronte also shows that Heathcliff is seen to be associated with the devil showing that he had a dark and evil presence, such as in the line ‘it is dark almost as if it had come from the devil. ... This isolation becomes even more when Heathcliff becomes deprived of education so takes more and more to being with nature on the moors, this direct contrast is shown when Cathy says ‘I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient and proposes that we should … have a scamper on the moor.