Wuthering Heights: Mrs. Dean

Mrs. Dean, or Nelly, was one character I could actually stand. She is the main narrator of Wuthering Heights. She is telling the story of Hearhcliff to the new renter of Thrushcross Grange, Mr. Lcokwood. Mr. Lockwood is then transferring the story to his diary. Mrs. Dean starts out as a maid at Wuthering Heights, serving Catherine Earnshaw originally. She is usually trying to get Heathcliff and Catherine out of trouble because they are so constantly wondering off and finding it. Then she has to move to Thrushcross Grange with Catherine when she marries Edgar Linton. She's not psyched about it at first but goes anyway and makes the best of it. Once Heathcliff returns, she is there helping him to revive his relationship with Catherine, even if she does not agree with it. She knows that they love each other even if they'll never be together. Once Catherine Earnshaw dies, she is left to pretty much parent Catherine's daughter, Catherine. That's not confusing or anything...Mrs. Dean is now always getting Catherine Linton out of trouble for she takes after her mother and has a knack for finding it. Eventually Catherine starts a correspondence of love letters to Linton Heathcliff. Mrs. Dean sees the problem in this and knows that Heathcliff with certainly try to use it to his advantage. So she ends it and burns all the letters for the good of Catherine. Eventually she is taken captive by Heathcliff in order to have Catherine and Linton married. She is barely fed for five days and when she is finally let out her first instinct is to see if Catherine is alright and then to check on her dying master.