Born in 1818, Emily Bronte, known as the Moorish Laureate, feared that people wouldn't read her novel because of her gender. When Bronte turned twenty-seven, he published Wuthering Heights. Around the same time, his two sisters, Charlotte and Anne, published their literary works. Looking at Emily Bronte's Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights, this literary work appears to be yet another book about a grumpy man seeking revenge on all those who have wronged him throughout his life. Looking deeper into this novel, readers see that the story revolves around several complex characters who must endure indescribable pain and suffering in their search for love. The Earnshaw family decides to make Heathcliff, the main character of Wuthering Heights, a member of the family, Mr. Eanshaw's son, Hindley, begins to beat, hurt and abuse Heathcliff. However, when Heathcliff begins to spend time with Hindley's sister Catherine, their relationship grows, Heathcliff and Catherine develop feelings for each other and, in turn, fall in love. When Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton, this new turn of events devastates Heathcliff. Even though Edgar belongs to a higher social class than Heathcliff, Catherine remains secretly in love with her beloved Heathcliff. To illustrate her love for Edgar and her true passion for Heathcliff, she states: “I am no more obliged to marry Edgar Linton than I am to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there hadn't brought Heathcliff so low, I wouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he will never know how much I love him: and this, not because he is handsome, Nelly, but because he is more myself than I am” (63). The way Catherine, Edgar, and... center of the card... like them. Cathy doesn't like it. Once Heathcliff dies, she is free to marry whoever she wants and live her own life. She must no longer be trapped. Bell states that, "Young Catherine and Hareton, who are led to believe, eventually come to love with patience and understanding, but only after Heathcliff's influence is removed" (Bell). No one is trapped anymore. Heathcliff experiences much pain and suffering in his search for true love. Heathcliff endures Hindley's derision and personal wounds, Edgar's insults, and the profound rejection of his dear Catherine. All of these events contribute to the subsequent anguish that many of the second generation characters, Cathy, Hareton, and Linton, share in the latter part of the novel. After Heathcliff's death, Cathy and Hareton are now free from the terror and tragedy that haunts the moor..