Mr. Earnshaw

E858694

Mr. Earnshaw is the stern but fundamentally kind-hearted patriarch in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights," whose decision to adopt the orphan Heathcliff sets the story’s central conflicts in motion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mr. Earnshaw canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
adopts Heathcliff ⓘ
appearsIn Wuthering Heights ⓘ
appearsInForm supporting character ⓘ
appearsInGenre Gothic fiction ⓘ
romantic tragedy ⓘ
bringsHome Heathcliff ⓘ
causesJealousyIn Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
characterTrait authoritative ⓘ
kind-hearted ⓘ
religious ⓘ
stern ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Emily Brontë ⓘ
decisionCauses family tensions between Hindley and Heathcliff ⓘ
social disruption at Wuthering Heights ⓘ
diesBefore the main timeline of the novel ⓘ
firstPublicationContext 1847 novel Wuthering Heights ⓘ
hasChild Catherine Earnshaw ⓘ
linked to: Cathy Earnshaw

Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
hasConflictWith Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
hasFamilyName Earnshaw ⓘ
hasSetting rural northern England ⓘ
hasSpouse Mrs. Earnshaw ⓘ
isFatherOf Catherine Earnshaw ⓘ
linked to: Cathy Earnshaw

Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
isGuardianOf Heathcliff ⓘ
isHeadOfHouseholdAt Wuthering Heights ⓘ
isRememberedBy Catherine Earnshaw ⓘ
linked to: Cathy Earnshaw

Heathcliff ⓘ
Hindley Earnshaw ⓘ
Nelly Dean ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
livesInFictionalCounty Yorkshire ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeRole catalyst for central conflict ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
parentOfFamily Earnshaw family ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christianity (implied) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity
residesAt Wuthering Heights ⓘ
showsFavoritismToward Heathcliff ⓘ
treatsAsSon Heathcliff ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earnshaw family → hasMember → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
Hindley Earnshaw → hasParent → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
Earnshaw → familyNameOf → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
Cathy Earnshaw → relative → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
subject linked to: Cathy
Catherine Linton → grandfather → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
Earnshaw family → member → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ
Mrs. Earnshaw → spouse → Mr. Earnshaw ⓘ