The Tenant of Wildfell Hall/Characters

Helen Huntingdon

 * All Girls Want Bad Boys... but grow to regret it.
 * Broken Bird
 * Does Not Like Men: Natural result of Domestic Abuse.
 * False Widow
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest
 * Honor Before Reason: Gone Horribly Right for her, by the end.
 * Loved I Not Honor More
 * Lysistrata Gambit
 * Malicious Slander: Victim thereof.
 * Mama Bear
 * My God, What Have I Done?
 * Narrator for most of the book via her diary.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Statuesque Stunner: She is mentioned to be tall in the books, and while too thin, attractive.
 * Stoic Woobie
 * You Go Girl: The heroine of "the First Feminist Novel," after all.

Gilbert Markham

 * Anguished Declaration of Love
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * The Dutiful Son
 * Farm Boy
 * Honor Before Reason, post-Character Development
 * I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * Momma's Boy
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Who'd have thought a Relative Error could have such disastrous consequences?
 * Narrator of the Framing Device of a letter to his brother-in-law.
 * Pet the Dog: In typical Bronte tradition.
 * Ron the Death Eater
 * Second Love
 * Unreliable Narrator
 * What an Idiot!
 * What the Hell, Hero?

Frederick Lawrence

 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Knight in Shining Armor: For both Helen and.
 * My Sister Is Off Limits
 * The Quiet One
 * Relative Error

Arthur Huntingdon

 * Alas, Poor Villain
 * All Take and No Give
 * The Alcoholic
 * Complete Monster
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Death Equals Redemption
 * Evil Is Sexy
 * The Hedonist
 * Hoist By His Own Petard: Kills himself with his drinking and self-indulgence.
 * I'm a Man, I Can't Help It
 * It's All About Me.
 * Jerkass
 * Man Child
 * Your Cheating Heart

Walter Hargrave

 * Big Brother Instinct: Helen expects Hargrave to pull this when Hattersley is bullying Millicent. He tries, but not very hard.
 * Hypocrite
 * Prince Charming Wannabe
 * Stalker With a Crush

Annabella Lowborough (née Wilmot)

 * Gold Digger
 * Rich Bitch
 * The Vamp
 * Your Cheating Heart

Millicent Hattersley (née Hargrave)

 * Accidental Marriage
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Stockholm Syndrome
 * Yamato Nadeshiko