Earnshaw family

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fictional family

The Earnshaw family is a central household in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights," whose turbulent relationships and generational conflicts drive much of the story’s drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family ⓘ
adopts Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ
analyzedFor depiction of domestic life ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
representation of patriarchy ⓘ
appearsIn Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme family conflict ⓘ
generational trauma ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
social class tension ⓘ
centralTo plot of Wuthering Heights ⓘ
contrastedWith Linton family NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Emily Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ
employs Joseph (servant) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nelly Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ
experiences decline in social status ⓘ
fictionalSettingCountry England NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1847 ⓘ
framedByNarrator Lockwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLineageContinuationThrough Hareton Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableLocation Wuthering Heights (house) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryResidence Wuthering Heights (house) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inConflictWith Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Linton family NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences Catherine Earnshaw’s character ⓘ
Hareton Earnshaw’s upbringing ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork Gothic novel ⓘ
literaryMovementOfWork Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion Yorkshire moors ⓘ
member Catherine Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hareton Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs. Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedBy Nelly Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherOfWork Thomas Cautley Newby NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkAdaptedInto film adaptations of Wuthering Heights GENERATED ⓘ
stage adaptations of Wuthering Heights GENERATED ⓘ
television adaptations of Wuthering Heights GENERATED ⓘ
residesAt Wuthering Heights (house) NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn rural Yorkshire ⓘ
studiedIn English literature courses ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction late 18th century to early 19th century ⓘ
undergoes loss of property control to Heathcliff ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earnshaw family and Linton family → connectedTo → Earnshaw family ⓘ
subject surface form: Linton family
Earnshaw family and Linton family → contrastedWith → Earnshaw family ⓘ
subject surface form: Linton family
Nelly Dean → employer → Earnshaw family ⓘ
Nelly Dean → loyalToFamily → Earnshaw family ⓘ
Earnshaw family and Linton family → memberOf → Earnshaw family ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Earnshaw
Earnshaw family and Linton family → memberOf → Earnshaw family ⓘ
subject surface form: Hareton Earnshaw
Earnshaw family and Linton family → memberOf → Earnshaw family ⓘ
subject surface form: Hindley Earnshaw