Compare And Contrast Neilly And Edgar

When people are first born into this world, the first thing they do is cry, which is an emotion. Notice that crying is an emotional usually used to gain attentions. In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, one of the characters named Catherine uses her emotional responses to get what she wants. With Catherine always acting up yet getting her way, this leaves Nelly wondering what is really going on. Nelly and Edgar both have their own different beliefs on Catherine’s reasons for her actions. While Nelly is used to Catherine’s emotional tantrums, Edgar thinks she does this to manipulate others. While Nelly thinks Catherine is a spoiled child, Edgar believes she is an innocent little girl who just tricks her way to be personally satisfied.

In Nelly’s case, she thinks Catherine is more of a tantrum throwing and because of that, she is extremely used to it now. For example, Nelly confessed saying “I own I did not like her, after her infancy was past; and I vexed he frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance; she never took an aversion to me though” (Bronte 58). By Nelly saying this, she is implying that Catherine has always been extremely rude to her but she is used to it. Nelly explains how she has never taken orders from her without an attitude or a problem. For Edgar, he and Catherine have an intimate relationship in the story. Catherine surprisingly dominates the relationship and bosses Edgar around. Their relationship is mostly one sided and based off abuse. Edgar speaks to Catherine saying, “You’ve made me afraid and ashamed of you” (Bronte 53). Edgar saying this shows that he thinks Catherine does the things she does just to hurt him. Thus, making this the reason for him thinking Catherine is up to nothing but to manipulate others. By the way Nelly and Edgar think about Catherine are both different which is why they both hold different relationships with