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Young Catherine in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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great work of fiction. The older Catherine and her relationship with Heathcliff is compared and contrasted with young Cathys relationship with Hareton. The relevance of the story in the later  generation is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources. SA144Cat.rtf Wuthering Heights is a novel that spans several generations and includes  primarily stories involving two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons. At the start, there is the romantic pair of Catherine and Heathcliff. And then, there is another Cathy, a younger  Cathy who is involved with a gentleman from the third generation. While there is much focus on Catherine and Heathcliff, sometimes young Cathys role gets lost. What does Cathy  actually contribute to the novel? Many questions loom large as this work can certainly stand alone with attention only to Catherine and Heathcliff. Is young Cathys life really important to  the work? How does the relationship of young Cathy and Hareton compare with the relationship between Heathcliff and the older Cathy? Do Hareton and young Cathy redeem the  excesses of the original pair, or would the novel have been more effective had it stopped with the story simply of Catherine and Heathcliffs generation?  First, it is important to understand the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. Catherine had always been fond of Heathcliff and a love story eventually develops. Of course, while  they are raised as siblings, they are not blood relatives. It is perhaps the irony here that creates problems for Heathcliff who so desperately wants Catherine, but realizes that he  cannot have her. She allows herself to be taken by another and gets married. Yet, it is suggested that she marries more for money than love and this