Wuthering+Heights-Character+Profile+Cathy

Cathy knows that she is not allowed to visit Wuthering Heights, see, talk or write to Linton. She continues to write to Linton hiding the notes in books and finds a way to visit Wuthering Heights whilst Nelly is ill she negotiates her visits with Michael. //"...Ellen, and I've never missed a day since you fell ill..and Michael was refastening the lock of the park door in the afternoon, i got possession of the key, and i told him how my cousin wished me to visit him, because he was sick, and couldn't come to the Grange : and how papa would object to my going. And then i negotiated with him about the pony. He is fond of reading..." Pg 247//
 * Can be devious in getting her own way:**

//"I am not afraid of you! exclaimed Catherine...she stepped close up; her black eyes flashing with passion and resolution. Give me that key- i will have it! she said. I wouldn't eat or drink here, if I were starving...and finding that her nails made no impression, she applied her teeth pretty sharply." Pg 270//
 * Spirited- stand up to Heathcliff:**

Though she suffers at Wuthering Heights Cathy knows she must see her ill father, she is determined to see her father and knows that in order to keep Heathcliff pleased that she must say she will will marry Linton. //" I am afraid now...because if I stay, papa will be miserable; and how can i endure making him miserable- when he- when he- Mr. Heathcliff, let me go! I promise I will marry Linton- papa would like me to, and i love him...Send Ellen then, to let papa know I''m safe!" Pg's 273-274//
 * Determined, with a strong survival instinct:**