The Misery of the Moor's

       Within the isolated moor's of Northern England lay two pieces of property, cursed by it's own inhabiters. Wuthering Heights Thruscross Grange are filled with destruction of love and the invisibility of happiness. When a visitor stumbles across this dreary place, he soon gains a different perspective on happiness. Lockwood takes a visit to the two subcultures within Northern England. The dwellers at these settings, as Lockwood observes, are faced with many different opportunities within the novel to have a chance of happiness, yet instead the characters decide against happiness and instead choose other "necessities", such as reputation and money.
       The first character to demonstrate this is Catherine Earnshaw. Growing up, Catherine was a carefree, independent young girl who did what she pleased. Her closest friend was a man named Heathcliff. Their personalities were almost identical and ideally they were perfect for each other. Catherine eventually moved into another house with another family, so they could teach her to become the proper lady. When she returned to Wuthering Heights some months later, her carefree personality had drastically changed. Instead, Catherine had more important concerns such as dressing well, acting proper, and exceeding the expectations those around her placed on her. In the course of time, Catherine decides to "love" Edgar, and forget about Heathcliff. Edgar could offer Catherine a great reputation and financial stability, all of which Heathcliff could not. Catherine claims that "it would degrade [her] to marry Heathcliff and therefore "he shall never know how [she] loves him" (86). Alternatively to potentially having a happier life with Heathcliff, Catherine decides to marry a man she does not love, all because of a reputation.
       After Lockwood heard about the lives of the characters in the moor's, he realized how crazy their values and morals are. At the time of this realization, he decides to leave the moor's and go else where. Now that Lockwood has experienced these different sub cultures, he realizes that through Catherine's poor decision she ultimately ended up being miserable and dying. While Catherine did not choose happiness, Lockwood realizes the craziness of where he is staying and decides to leave, conclusively leading him to happiness in his future.

Catherine did not choose happiness.

Lockwood did.