In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë's, the author uses repetition as a device to give us the full understanding of the characters and how they develop and repeat the past unknowingly. This is shown through the names of the characters and their actions throughout the novel. It would seem that nothing ever ends, but rather runs itself in a cycle, bringing the past into the present.

This is first shown when the older Catherine names her daughter after herself. The older Catherine dies before the younger Catherine could grow to really know her mother, but is able to show a distinguished quality of her mother through her actions. This could be seen in the younger Catherine's taunting of Joseph's evangelical ways. Both mother and daughter share a tendency towards headstrong behavior and sometimes, even arrogance. However, no matter how much both were alike, the younger Catherine shows...