Emily Bronte’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights, is a riveting story comprised of intricate relationships, complicated love triangles and endless reprisal. During the course of the novel, Bronte introduces many significant characters including, Catherine Earnshaw Linton and her daughter, Cathy Linton. Although Catherine dies while giving birth to her daughter and never has the opportunity to raise her, Cathy still resembles her mother in more ways than just her beautiful appearance. Nevertheless, Cathy Linton’s character contradicts her mother’s character at the same time.
The similarities between mother and daughter are emphasized in their childhoods. For example, both display curious, adventurous minds as young girls. Catherine Earnshaw …show more content…
Heathcliff finds himself emotionally attached to Catherine Earnshaw Linton from a very young age up until his last breathe. He holds Catherine very close to his heart, therefore when he finally receives news of her death, he yells, “…Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” (169). Catherine is the essence of his life. Although this is true, Heathcliff disregards the feelings he has towards Catherine when interacting with her daughter later in the novel. Ironically, Heathcliff treats Cathy very poorly and manipulates her despite the fact that she is the daughter of the love of his life. Unfortunately, Heathcliff’s intense hatred against Edgar, Cathy’s father, is primarily what drives him to be cruel towards Cathy. Hate and vengeance are the two things Heathcliff is controlled by. However, one evening Heathcliff attempts to strike Cathy for frustrating him but stops abruptly after gazing at her for a moment. He becomes vulnerable when looking into her eyes because she resembles the one person he is most fond of even though he may not want to admit it to himself. Overall, the idea of selflessness vs selfishness is evident when comparing the two closely related women. Cathy is an extension of her mother to a certain extent, but the differences between the two outweigh
The similarities between mother and daughter are emphasized in their childhoods. For example, both display curious, adventurous minds as young girls. Catherine Earnshaw …show more content…
Heathcliff finds himself emotionally attached to Catherine Earnshaw Linton from a very young age up until his last breathe. He holds Catherine very close to his heart, therefore when he finally receives news of her death, he yells, “…Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” (169). Catherine is the essence of his life. Although this is true, Heathcliff disregards the feelings he has towards Catherine when interacting with her daughter later in the novel. Ironically, Heathcliff treats Cathy very poorly and manipulates her despite the fact that she is the daughter of the love of his life. Unfortunately, Heathcliff’s intense hatred against Edgar, Cathy’s father, is primarily what drives him to be cruel towards Cathy. Hate and vengeance are the two things Heathcliff is controlled by. However, one evening Heathcliff attempts to strike Cathy for frustrating him but stops abruptly after gazing at her for a moment. He becomes vulnerable when looking into her eyes because she resembles the one person he is most fond of even though he may not want to admit it to himself. Overall, the idea of selflessness vs selfishness is evident when comparing the two closely related women. Cathy is an extension of her mother to a certain extent, but the differences between the two outweigh