Mr Hareton, and the whole set of you, will be good enough to understand that I reject any pretence at kindness you have the hypocrisy to offer! I despise you, and will have nothing to say to any of you! When I would have given my life for one kind word, even to see one of your faces, you all kept off. But I won't complain to you! I'm driven down here by the cold, not either to amuse you, or enjoy your society. - -End of Chapter 30
Spirited Cathy
This is young Cathy talking, daughter of Catherine and Edgar. (The doubling of names in the book can be confusing - make sure that you make a family tree of names for yourself to avoid confusion). She is talking to Hareton, son of Hindley and Frances and therefore her cousin. She has great spirit in this speech. Her language is powerful; she speaks directly but also holds her sentences in control. Her education and superiority, shown through her control of language, are made clear to those she regards as inferior.
The brutal Hareton
Heathcliff takes great delight in punishing people as a way of revenging the injustices he feels he has suffered, and indeed the cosmic injustice of the world itself. Thus, he brings Hareton up as a brute, treating him little better than an animal. Hareton is unable to read and write and lacks all the manners and politeness that are the mark of a civilised person. The relationship is a repetition of the suffering Heathcliff experienced at the hands of Hindley and is also a revenge for it.
Hareton's gentleness and loyalty