Both Uses of
Hercules
in
Wuthering Heights
- A positive labour of Hercules, I assure you!†
p. 109.9 *
- I get levers and mattocks to demolish the two houses, and train myself to be capable of working like Hercules, and when everything is ready and in my power, I find the will to lift a slate off either roof has vanished!†
p. 234.8
Definition:
mythological Roman hero famous for his strength and for performing 12 immense labors to gain immortality