Her infatuation with Heathcliff is a direct result of her cultural life: she can only read Heathcliff as a Romantic hero, and she never entirely abandons her fantasy of Heathcliff as the Byronic lover, even when it is clear that his spontaneous love of Catherine has transformed itself into a determined lust for revenge, for which Isabella is only a cipher or vehicle. Contact Us Register Sign In. Toggle navigation. Basket 0. Though we never know for sure, she seems interested in Heathcliff partly because he's a dark and brooding hunk, and partly as a way of competing with Catherine.
Then again, there are not many other options for her, unless you count Joseph and Dr. That she utterly fails to recognize the degree to which Heathcliff is using her he outright hates her, in fact , speaks to her love of melodrama. Like a fool, she yearns to be with Heathcliff and confesses to Catherine, "I love him more than ever you loved Edgar, and he might love me, if you would let him!
For his part, Heathcliff tells Catherine: And I like her too ill to attempt it [ She has the strength of spirit to defy her brother and his wife, and later to escape from the brutality of her husband, yet her very choices spring from a position of weakness and limited perception. She wants the authority that she sees her sister-in-law exercise as mistress of the household, rather than being just a dependant female. Isabella concludes that she has made a terrible mistake, and it is too late for her to fix it.
She begs Nelly to come over to the Heights, who she barely got to see when she arrives. After Catherine dies, Isabella is not invited to her sister-in-law's funeral. On the morning of the service, Hindley tries to be sober for the service, but ends up drinking heavily.
While Heathcliff was away paying tribute to Catherine, Hindley locks him out of the house and reveals to Isabella he is going to kill him, and has even showed her the gun he would use to shoot him. She was told by Hindley to help him kill her husband, but ends up warning Heathcliff about the plan when he comes back, though she doesn't let him into the house. She watches as Hindley attempts to shoot Heathcliff, with her husband breaking through the window and the two men fight.
She goes to fetch Joseph after Hindley was beaten up. The next morning, she tells Hindley what has happened since he doesn't remember, and when she taunts to Heathcliff about Catherine, he throws a knife at her that hits behind her ear.
After the men fight again, she flees the Heights and walks through the snow to the Grange. She was laughing hysterically when she arrives, and she came back home when she knew Edgar was asleep.
Since her brother wouldn't let her stay, she still needs to see Nelly. Nelly tends to her wounds while Isabella throws her wedding ring away in the fire. After explaining her whole story to Nelly, she leaves Yorkshire for good and settles in London. She was pregnant at the time, and months later, gave birth to a sickly boy named Linton Heathcliff.
She raises her son alone. Both she and Linton lived in London for 12 years until Isabella's health fails. Before she died, she is visited by Edgar for the final time and brings her son back to Yorkshire after her death.
Isabella is a beautiful and fair young woman, whose beauty may had attracted Heathcliff to win her over but for his revenge. In addition, she starts off as innocent and pure, since she grew up in a lavish lifestyle without any knowledge of cruelty and abuse, as well as being spoiled with gifts and attention by her family. She is also foolish and shallow, as she easily makes decisions she would regret later on.
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