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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
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
kind-hearted
religious
stern
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy Emily Brontë NERFINISHED
decisionCauses family tensions between Hindley and Heathcliff
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

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Earnshaw family and Linton family hasMember Mr. Earnshaw
subject surface form: Earnshaw family