Wuthering Heights Dog Names

Introduction

The dark Victorian tale known as Wuthering Heights wasn't always as critically acclaimed as it is in this day and age. When it was first published in 1847, Emily Brontë was 29. She died the following year, making this her only novel. She did live long enough to see the controversy that the novel sparked, however.

At the time, the depictions of mental and physical cruelty were unusual, and challenged the Victorian ideas regarding social classes, gender inequality, and morality. Readers were dumbfounded, unsure of how to best understand the material, causing a bit of a rift in society. No wonder Charlotte Brontë, her sister, wrote a preface and republished it later, with the intention of helping it become more understood.

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Skulker

Dogs play an interesting role in Wuthering Heights. There are so many dogs in the story that they actually propel the plot quite a bit, as any good dogs would. The only issue here is that Emily Brontë didn't exactly portray them as the fun-loving, goofy, good boys that they tend to be. Instead, she focused on them as violent additions to the story. But they served a major purpose: to further build up Heathcliff's character.

For example, when Lockwood, Heathcliff's tenant at Thrushcross Grange, tries to enter Wuthering Heights at the beginning of the novel, he finds a pack of dogs preventing his entry. The line goes "Two hairy monsters with the names Gnasher and Wolf attack Lockwood, and their lack of hospitality seems to reflect that of their master."

At another point in the story, Catherine and Heathcliff take their walk down to Thrushcross Grange. This is when they're young and Heathcliff is entertaining the notion of gaining Catherine's love. They look over, and see the Linton children fighting over a dog at the time.

Well, Catherine is bit by one of them, Skulker to be exact. And this plays a major, major role, perhaps the biggest of them all, aside from Catherine's death later on in the story. This is because when Catherine is bit, she is compelled to stay at Thrushcross Grange to recover from her injury. And when she comes back, she's changed quite a bit. Suddenly she cares less about walks and nature and Heathcliff. Instead, she cares about social climbing. Her obsession with status is what leads to her marriage to Linton, and eventually, her own demise (death).

So, to reinstate the importance here, Skulker plays a major role in propelling what is essentially the biggest part of the entire story. But dogs don't just propel things forward. Most of the dogs in the book are violent. Think of the names Gnasher, Wolf and Skulker. They're violent and sometimes foreshadow events that will happen later in the book. They're a symbol of change, of the inevitable, of the doom to befall pretty much everyone, and most importantly, Heathcliff's rage.

So, does this mean the novel is unworthy for animal lovers out there? Not at all. The dogs may be violent, but that's because Heathcliff, and the story itself, is violent. They simply reflect and add to the atmosphere. If anything, the story would be incomplete without them. Dogs may be depicted as violent, but they are critical to the story.

Wuthering Heights Dog Name Considerations

Wuthering Heights is an interesting story, not just because of its era, and how it defied expectations of the time, as well as those of females, it's interesting because it focuses on the dark side of human nature, and even dabbles in the supernatural. It's about grief, vengeance, and the broodiest perception of life any man could possibly have. But at its core, above anything else, it's really about rejection, and the inability to accept the hand that life sometimes hands you.

So, why name your dog after this novel? Because it's the perfect dark, Victorian novel. It challenged the ideals of its time, and is surprisingly relatable in this day and age. Even if none of us are as intense as Heathcliff, it's safe to say everyone goes through painstaking rejection or breakups. And it's always a difficult thing to grasp, leading to a period of isolation and depression. If you're the brooding type, and you want your dog's name to match, then this is the dog naming guide for you. Just remember to consider the dog in all of this. Things like the dog's breed, size, appearance, and gender are good starting points. Pay attention to personality and preferences a well.

Male Wuthering Heights Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Gnasher One of Heathcliff's dogs at Wuthering Heights
0	Wolf One of Heathcliff's dogs at Wuthering Heights
0	Skulker One of the Linton dogs; he bites Catherine, causing the biggest plot turning point in the novel
0	Thrushcross After Thrushcross Grange, where Lockwood becomes tenant later on
0	Moor Because the story is set in the harsh, isolated Yorkshire moors in Northern England
0	Mr. Green A lawyer in the novel
0	Liverpool The distant port city associated with Heathcliff
0	Heathcliff The dark, foreign, brooding gypsy child and main character; antihero
0	Lockwood Heathcliff's tenant and the impetus for Nelly's narration
0	Wuthering After the novel's title and the house called Wuthering Heights, where Heathcliff meets Catherine, the love of his life
0	Grange After Thrushcross Grange, of which the acquisition implied a certain social status
0	Edgar After Edgar Linton, Catherine's husband and Heathcliff's rival
0	Linton Heathcliff and Isabella's son
0	Hareton Catherine's nephew, born of Hindley; uneducated and unrefined, thanks to Heathcliff
0	Hindley Catherine's brother; jealous of Heathcliff, he tries to get revenge, but loses his son and family's home in the process
0	Joseph Servant at Wuthering Heights; religious fanatic
0	Earnshaw Catherine and Hindley's last name; Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw adopt Heathcliff
0	Gypsy How most would describe Heathcliff
0	Oak After the terrifying oak-panelled bed that once belonged to Catherine Earnshaw
0	Ghost Because Catherine haunts after her death, and so does Heathcliff
0	Rage Because that's what fuels Heathcliff's actions
0	Revenge Because that's what Heathcliff gets
0	Mad Because when Heathcliff begs Catherine to haunt him, he says "Drive me mad!"
0	Ellis Ellis Bell was the pseudonym used by Emily Brontë for publication of the novel
0	Branwell Emily Jane Brontë's brother
0	Yorkshire Where the author was born, as well as the setting for the story
0	Haworth Where the author died at the young age of 30
0	Patrick Emily's father, an Irish priest and author
0	Ireland Where Emily's father, Patrick, was from
0	Animal Because Emily was a great animal lover, noted for befriending stray dogs

Female Wuthering Heights Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
1	Brontë After the author, Emily Brontë
0	Emily After Emily Brontë, the author of the novel
0	Charlotte After Emily's sister, and the author of Jane Eyre
0	Catherine The love of Heathcliff's life; wife of Edgar Linton
0	Cathy Daughter of Catherine and Edgar Linton
0	Ellen Ellen Dean, the primary narrator and Catherine's servant
0	Nelly Ellen Dean's nickname
0	Frances Hindley's wife who dies after Hareton is born
0	Isabella Edgar Linton's sister; wife of Heathcliff
0	Zillah Heathcliff's housekeeper; saves Lockwood from a pack of dogs
0	Love One of the main themes of the novel
0	Duality Because everyone has sides to them, especially Catherine Earnshaw
0	Victoria After Queen Victoria, who was in rule at the time the novel was written; Victorian Era
0	Heart Heathcliff calls Catherine his "heart's darling" at one point in the novel
0	Ice After Catherine's ghostly hand, described as "ice-cold"
0	Anne Anne Brontë, Emily and Charlotte's sister
0	Agnes Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë's debut novel
0	Vamp After the literary view of Wuthering Heights as a proto vampire novel
0	Withens After Top Withens, a ruined farmhouse which is suspected to be an inspiration for Wuthering Heights
0	Halifax Where High Sunderland Hall once resided; it was also cited as inspiration for Wuthering Heights
0	Ponden After Ponden Hall, which has been cited as being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange
0	Merle Merle Oberon, the actress from the 1939 film adaptation of the novel
0	Angela Angela Scoular, the actress from the 1967 BBC dramatisation of the novel
0	Juliette Juliette Binoche, the actress from the 1992 film adaptation
0	Sarah Sarah Lancashire, the actress from the 2009 TV adaptation
0	Kaya Kaya Scodelario, the actress from the 2011 film adaptation
0	Andrea Andrea Arnold, the director of the 2011 film adaptation
0	Classical Classical Comics published a graphic novel version in 2011
0	Kate Kate Bush has a song inspired by Catherine Brontë titled "Wuthering Heights"
0	Pat Pat Benatar also wrote a song about the novel in 1980