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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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human ⓘ literary character ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| adopts | Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
romantic tragedy ⓘ |
| bringsHome | Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causesJealousyIn | Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
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kind-hearted ⓘ religious ⓘ stern ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Emily Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionCauses |
family tensions between Hindley and Heathcliff
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social disruption at Wuthering Heights ⓘ |
| diesBefore | the main timeline of the novel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | 1847 novel Wuthering Heights ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Catherine Earnshaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith | Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting | rural northern England ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mrs. Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFatherOf |
Catherine Earnshaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGuardianOf | Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHeadOfHouseholdAt | Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRememberedBy |
Catherine Earnshaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelly Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| livesInFictionalCounty | Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | catalyst for central conflict ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| parentOfFamily | Earnshaw family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Christianity (implied) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residesAt | Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| showsFavoritismToward | Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatsAsSon | Heathcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Earnshaw family