Who’s the Worst in Wuthering Heights?

The recent film adaptation of Wuthering Heights portrays almost everyone as flawed, manipulative, or uncaring. While Emily Brontë’s original novel already created a dark and emotionally intense world, this new version cuts out significant parts of the story to focus on that atmosphere and the tragic events. (Many fans were disappointed that the ghost of Cathy was left out.) These cuts mean that the characters are either less developed than in the book or are portrayed very differently. The film essentially presents a lineup of unlikeable characters, raising the question: who is the most villainous of them all?








