Nelly Dean is the main narrator of Wuthering Heights by Charlote Bronte. She is sensible, caring, intelligent, and also very hard working. When Catherine Earnshaw was younger, she would sometimes get lonely and talk to Nelly just to have someone to talk to and be able to express her feelings on a particular matter (98). Nelly would always be willing to listen to her and offer Catherine her best advice on the subject (103). Nelly is able to foresee what will happen (103). In addition, Nelly is seen as a hard worker. She does her job of being the maid at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. She even takes it upon herself to raise little Hareton after his mother dies and his father becomes a drunk (82). This also shows that Nelly Dean is caring towards others. When Catherine Linton married Linton, Nelly asked Heathcliff if she would be able to work as a maid at Wuthering Heights again because she wanted to be able to see, talk to, and and take care of the young Catherine. Nelly had been like a mother to Catherine all of her life since her mother died.
Bronte, Emily, Wuthering Heights. David Daiches. London: Penguin, 1985
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