How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room; and I had no more sense, so I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it might he gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. This was Heathcliff's first introduction to the family. (4.50)
Our "trusty" narrator, Nelly, participated in the Earnshaw family's rejection of the young foundling Heathcliff. Again, Nelly reveals little clues about the kind of narrator she is and how she may be more sympathetic to the Lintons.
Quote #5
"Tell us where you got your lessons, and you shall have it," said I.
"Who's your master?"
"Devil daddy," was his answer. (11.18-19)
Hindley is too much of a mess to even treat his own son with any decency. Between Hindley and Heathcliff, Hareton is raised like an abused animal, so the fact that he grows up to be decent is truly surprising.
Quote #6
"Oh, Ellen! don't let them say such things," she pursued in great trouble. "Papa is gone to fetch my cousin from London: my cousin is a gentleman's son. That my—" she stopped, and wept outright; upset at the bare notion of relationship with such a clown. (18.72)
Upon first meeting her cousin, young Cathy allows status anxiety to guide her treatment of Hareton. Like her mother, Cathy wants to belong to the right people. What she doesn't realize yet is that Hareton is in fact the rightful owner of Wuthering Heights.