Popular Culture
Heathcliff is mentioned repeatedly in the chorus of the song "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush, which appears on her 1978 debut album, The Kick Inside, and which was also released as her debut single.
The late Australian actor Heath Ledger and his sister were named after Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
In July 2008 then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown compared himself to the character, saying he was "Maybe an older Heathcliff, a wiser Heathcliff." The comparison was mocked by some, Andrew McCarthy, acting director of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, said that "Heathcliff is a man prone to domestic violence, kidnapping, possible murder and digging up his dead lover. He is moody and unkind to animals. Is this really a good role model for the prime minister?".
Heathcliff is also mentioned in the Michael Penn song, "No Myth": "What if I were Romeo in black jeans? What if I were Heathcliff, it's no myth."
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