Hareton Earnshaw

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Hareton Earnshaw is a central character in Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," known as the rough, uneducated yet ultimately sympathetic heir of Wuthering Heights whose transformation reflects the novel’s themes of revenge, class, and redemption.

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Hareton Earnshaw canonical 6
Hareton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
male character
appearsAlongside Cathy Linton
linked to: Catherine Linton

Edgar Linton
Heathcliff
Nelly Dean
appearsIn Wuthering Heights
characterArc transforms from rough and ignorant to gentle and educated
characterTrait kind-hearted
loyal
rough
uneducated
cousinOf Cathy Linton
linked to: Catherine Linton
createdBy Emily Brontë
deprivedOf formal education
familyName Earnshaw
firstPublicationContext Wuthering Heights (1847 novel)
linked to: Wuthering Heights
givenName Hareton
linked to: Hareton Earnshaw
hasFather Hindley Earnshaw
hasGuardian Heathcliff
hasMother Frances Earnshaw
heirOf Wuthering Heights
inheritsFrom Heathcliff
inheritsProperty Wuthering Heights
initialAttitudeTowardCathyLinton hostile
laterAttitudeTowardCathyLinton affectionate
learnsFrom Cathy Linton
linked to: Catherine Linton
learnsToRead true
livesAt Wuthering Heights
narratedBy Lockwood
Nelly Dean
nationality English
occupation farm laborer
raisedAt Wuthering Heights
relatedTo Catherine Earnshaw
linked to: Cathy Earnshaw

Cathy Linton
linked to: Catherine Linton

Frances Earnshaw
Heathcliff
Hindley Earnshaw
romanticRelationshipWith Cathy Linton
linked to: Catherine Linton
setting Yorkshire moors
linked to: North York Moors
socialClass landed gentry
symbolizes possibility of redemption
reconciliation between families
timePeriod late 18th century
victimOf Heathcliff's revenge

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Wuthering Heights mainCharacter Hareton Earnshaw
Nelly Dean associatedWithCharacter Hareton Earnshaw
Nelly Dean caresFor Hareton Earnshaw
Hareton Earnshaw givenName Hareton
linked to: Hareton Earnshaw
Earnshaw family hasMember Hareton Earnshaw
Cathy Linton marriedTo Hareton Earnshaw
Lockwood hasMet Hareton Earnshaw