Over a span of one year, Lockwood discovers thirty years of history between the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Numerous people and places double in quantity and connotation. In retrospect, Emily Bronte’s novel comes to completion in regard to a mirrored occurrence. Lockwood’s dream of Catherine “a waif” (25) triggers Heathcliff’s sobbs into the dark, stormy night and reflects Heathcliff’s death on the sill of a window, in pursuance of “[his] heaven” (333). The fulfillment of the story specifically relates to Catherine and Heathcliff’s predestined end. The display of minor doubles connects to the overarching presence of character replication. Throughout Wuthering Heights, Bronte depicts a mirror between Heathcliff and
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Yet again, the two argue before Catherine’s death over forgiveness and love and cannot find a way to reconcile in the midst of their own chaos. After Catherine’s death, Heathcliff continues to seek revenge on the Linton line; however, he claims he could not walk a day on this earth without her. Instead of suicide, Heathcliff seeks for more power and land from Cathy and Linton’s marriage, yet, in the end, he is not satisfied (333) without Catherine. Heathcliff is “more [Catherine] than [she is]. Whatever [their] souls are made of, [Heathcliff and Catherine’s] are the same” (81). Catherine and Heathcliff have the same souls that succumb to selfishness, and they allow their particular situations to shape their destiny, instead of their love. Their passion overcame them, in lieu of driving them. The two ended up as “sleepers in [the] quiet earth” (337) in contraposition to Hareton and …show more content…
The selfish aspects of the four characters either overcome or sustain their love for one another. Heathcliff and Catherine’s passion is overwhelming because their circumstances manipulated their actions, and thus, their destiny lies in the grave. Hareton and Cathy mirror both Heathcliff and Catherine in nature, but their underprivileged socioeconomic statuses and Linton’s death grew their love and lives together. Just as these characters mirror each other, their personas reflect common human nature in that they maintain their carnality, never becoming spotless heroes. The challenges people face throughout their lives contribute to the way they react, and people are forced to act on either their selfless natures or their contradictory dark desires, just like these individuals. Wuthering Heights interpreted the fates of those who struggled with the same nature but chose to behave differently. The entirety of these thirty years came to completion on a withered window sill, and the lives and relationships of those in between fulfilled their
Yet again, the two argue before Catherine’s death over forgiveness and love and cannot find a way to reconcile in the midst of their own chaos. After Catherine’s death, Heathcliff continues to seek revenge on the Linton line; however, he claims he could not walk a day on this earth without her. Instead of suicide, Heathcliff seeks for more power and land from Cathy and Linton’s marriage, yet, in the end, he is not satisfied (333) without Catherine. Heathcliff is “more [Catherine] than [she is]. Whatever [their] souls are made of, [Heathcliff and Catherine’s] are the same” (81). Catherine and Heathcliff have the same souls that succumb to selfishness, and they allow their particular situations to shape their destiny, instead of their love. Their passion overcame them, in lieu of driving them. The two ended up as “sleepers in [the] quiet earth” (337) in contraposition to Hareton and …show more content…
The selfish aspects of the four characters either overcome or sustain their love for one another. Heathcliff and Catherine’s passion is overwhelming because their circumstances manipulated their actions, and thus, their destiny lies in the grave. Hareton and Cathy mirror both Heathcliff and Catherine in nature, but their underprivileged socioeconomic statuses and Linton’s death grew their love and lives together. Just as these characters mirror each other, their personas reflect common human nature in that they maintain their carnality, never becoming spotless heroes. The challenges people face throughout their lives contribute to the way they react, and people are forced to act on either their selfless natures or their contradictory dark desires, just like these individuals. Wuthering Heights interpreted the fates of those who struggled with the same nature but chose to behave differently. The entirety of these thirty years came to completion on a withered window sill, and the lives and relationships of those in between fulfilled their