Why Did Nelly And Edgar View Catherine Differently?

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Nelly and Edgar view Catherine differently. Nelly grew to hate Catherine because of the way she acted. She did not like the fact that Catherine was so arrogant, She also thought that she manipulated people into doing things her way. Edgar on the other hand was head over heels for Catherine. Although he knew Catherine had her ways of handling thing he chose to look the other way. Nothing in the world would have impact the way Edgar looked at Catherine. To begin with, Nelly was obnoxiously mean to Catherine. She would tell Heathcliff that Catherine was not interested in him. Additionally, she hated Catherine so much that she did not bother helping Edgar taking care of Catherine when she was ill. She had no sympathy for her, she did not

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