Mr. Earnshaw

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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.

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Mr. Earnshaw canonical 7

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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

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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