In chapter 15, Heathcliff and Catherine see each other for the first time since the fight between him and Edgar. In this chapter there are two parts before Catherine falls ill again. Catherine’s point of view of Heathcliff, and Heathcliff’s point of view of Catherine, and respective blame for Catherine’s Death.
“I wish I could hold you” [Catherine] continued, bitterly, “till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings, Why shouldn't you suffer when i an in the earth? Will you say twenty years hence, ‘That's the grave of Catherine Earnshaw. I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose he; but it is past. I’ve loved many others since - my children are dearer to me than she was, and, at death, I …show more content…
In her first words she emphasises that she blames him, saying “I wish I could hold you” bitterly, and then go on to say what he did to her is going to kill her, and his suffering is his fault. She then implies later that she want him to kill himself when she dies, saying “How many years do you mean to live after i'm gone?” She thinks he won't do it because he is different and only want pity from her, when she is the one suffering. She does not see this man as Heathcliff, and holds the real Heathcliff, that she loved and that loved her in her heart. This Heathcliff does not love her but instead married her sister-in-law to hurt her. In this moment, she finalizes her character, before her death, as the source and reason for all pain that she, Heathcliff, and Mr. Linton endured. And after all that she want to be with both Heathcliff and Mr. Linton for two different reasons. And that is her character, a harmful drug, that keeps drawing people …show more content…
Linton is laying next to her, and Mrs. Dean delivers some narration that gives a little about her character, and separates her from the rest of them
“I don't know if it be a peculiarity in me, but I am seldom otherwise than happy watching in the chamber of death, should no frenzied or despairing mourner share the duty with me. I see no repose that neither earth nor hell can break; and I feel an assurance of the endless and shadowless hereafter - the Eternity they have entered - where life is boundless in its duration, and love in its sympathy, and joy in its fulness. I noticed on that occasion how much selfishness there is even in a love like Mr. Linton’s, when he so regretted Catherine’s blessed release!”
In this passage Mrs. Dean show personal beliefs that develop her character past just a narrator, distinguishes herself from the rest of the main characters, and foreshadows past the end of the story, showing the real end.
Firstly, Mrs. Dean shows her beliefs about afterlife, and being a christian, she believes it's a release from mortal bindings. After Catherine dies, she will be in a place where can be happy for eternity. She also sees this as a good thing, especially for Catherine and what she went through. This moves her a little past just a
“I wish I could hold you” [Catherine] continued, bitterly, “till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings, Why shouldn't you suffer when i an in the earth? Will you say twenty years hence, ‘That's the grave of Catherine Earnshaw. I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose he; but it is past. I’ve loved many others since - my children are dearer to me than she was, and, at death, I …show more content…
In her first words she emphasises that she blames him, saying “I wish I could hold you” bitterly, and then go on to say what he did to her is going to kill her, and his suffering is his fault. She then implies later that she want him to kill himself when she dies, saying “How many years do you mean to live after i'm gone?” She thinks he won't do it because he is different and only want pity from her, when she is the one suffering. She does not see this man as Heathcliff, and holds the real Heathcliff, that she loved and that loved her in her heart. This Heathcliff does not love her but instead married her sister-in-law to hurt her. In this moment, she finalizes her character, before her death, as the source and reason for all pain that she, Heathcliff, and Mr. Linton endured. And after all that she want to be with both Heathcliff and Mr. Linton for two different reasons. And that is her character, a harmful drug, that keeps drawing people …show more content…
Linton is laying next to her, and Mrs. Dean delivers some narration that gives a little about her character, and separates her from the rest of them
“I don't know if it be a peculiarity in me, but I am seldom otherwise than happy watching in the chamber of death, should no frenzied or despairing mourner share the duty with me. I see no repose that neither earth nor hell can break; and I feel an assurance of the endless and shadowless hereafter - the Eternity they have entered - where life is boundless in its duration, and love in its sympathy, and joy in its fulness. I noticed on that occasion how much selfishness there is even in a love like Mr. Linton’s, when he so regretted Catherine’s blessed release!”
In this passage Mrs. Dean show personal beliefs that develop her character past just a narrator, distinguishes herself from the rest of the main characters, and foreshadows past the end of the story, showing the real end.
Firstly, Mrs. Dean shows her beliefs about afterlife, and being a christian, she believes it's a release from mortal bindings. After Catherine dies, she will be in a place where can be happy for eternity. She also sees this as a good thing, especially for Catherine and what she went through. This moves her a little past just a