In the beginning Catherine is introduced to us as "high spirited", kind to Heathcliff, and a free spirit. These qualities originally made me like her and her love for Heathcliff. However her character drastically changes throughout the story. When she hurts her leg and is forced to say at the neighboring house, Thuscross Grange with the Linton"s she returns to Wuthering Heights as a dignified, well dressed lady. She was easily swayed to the superior life style of the Linton"s, and began to look down upon her old friend and soulmate Heathcliff. She even laughs at Heathcliff"s rough and dirty...
was devoted to Edgar, yet was in love with Heathcliff! Later in the story when she seems to be suffering with the decisions she has made, I can"t say I feel bad for her, because she made those bad choices and now she must live with them. Her relationships were based on impulse and passion, she never thought them out or used her head. I can"t help but think of her as a spoiled child who likes to be in the center of attention, by stringing along both men, and wanting to be the most powerful woman of land.