After reading to the end of Chapter 9, what is your impression of the characters you have been introduced to in the novel? Whose behaviour is the most reprehensible? Whose behaviour is the least reprehensible? Your response should be 150-200 words and should make use of evidence from the novel when possible.
The characters that we have been introduced thus far have given the reader very interesting impressions of the family at Wuthering Heights. Catherine is a two-face who seems to mean well, Heathcliff has a tragic story and we feel for what he has been put through and Nelly is a sweet person who looks out for the well-being of the family. However the character who has the most reprehensible behaviour is Hindley as he has shown weakness, anger towards people Wuthering Heights and has generally let people who are close to him down. He has shown great weakness when his wife died after child birth and he turned to alcohol to solve his depression. He has shown very unfair behavior and anger toward Heathcliff and constantly lets everyone at Wuthering Heights down, even his son, when he drops him from the stairs. The character with the least reprehensible behaviour is Nelly, who has told of her dedication towards the family, such as raising Hareton because Hindley was unable to in his alcoholic condition. However, Nelly is the narrator of this story at the moment and she could give a bias view of what she has done. But her hospitality towards Lockwood makes her story and the impression we get from it very reliable.
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