Our lives as human beings are evidently formed through both individual and global values that help guide our personal beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. Volume one of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights reveals, through the plotline and character relationships, that values are essential to forming personal ideas including perceptions of love, jealousy, and revenge.
Love throughout volume one of Wuthering Heights takes multiple forms, and is a central value in which characters hold dear to their lives. Two characters in particular that demonstrate romantic love and how it can lead to issues such as dysfunctional relationships are Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. The relationship that the two protagonists hold is both extremely flawed and unsustainable …show more content…
After this incident, Heathcliff states that “the murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” In this quotation, Heathcliff expresses his insanity and despair that he holds after Catherine dies. The character throughout the quote begs Catherine’s ghost to haunt him, even going as far as to state that her death was his fault, so that he could have the chance to see her again. His sorrow is expressed through Emily Bronte’s use of repetition of the phrase “I cannot live without…”, which indicates that Heathcliff feels as though he cannot bear to live whilst Catherine is not with him. The deliberate comparison of Catherine to Heathcliff’s soul further depicts Heathcliff’s hysteria, and portrays the spiritual and romantic connection the two characters share. The use of hyphens accompanied by short syntax represents Heathcliff’s inability to utilise complete sentences as his mind races
Love throughout volume one of Wuthering Heights takes multiple forms, and is a central value in which characters hold dear to their lives. Two characters in particular that demonstrate romantic love and how it can lead to issues such as dysfunctional relationships are Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. The relationship that the two protagonists hold is both extremely flawed and unsustainable …show more content…
After this incident, Heathcliff states that “the murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” In this quotation, Heathcliff expresses his insanity and despair that he holds after Catherine dies. The character throughout the quote begs Catherine’s ghost to haunt him, even going as far as to state that her death was his fault, so that he could have the chance to see her again. His sorrow is expressed through Emily Bronte’s use of repetition of the phrase “I cannot live without…”, which indicates that Heathcliff feels as though he cannot bear to live whilst Catherine is not with him. The deliberate comparison of Catherine to Heathcliff’s soul further depicts Heathcliff’s hysteria, and portrays the spiritual and romantic connection the two characters share. The use of hyphens accompanied by short syntax represents Heathcliff’s inability to utilise complete sentences as his mind races