Cathy’s Feelings for Edgar and Heathcliff

Cathy’s Feelings for Edgar and Heathcliff

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In this essay I am going to explain Cathy’s feelings for both Edgar

Linton and Heathcliff. She had complex relationships with both Edgar

and Heathcliff starting from when she was young.

In her youth Cathy spent a lot of time with Heathcliff. This is the

time when she first fell in love with him. She used to spend a lot of

time running out to the moors with him. They would never be apart and

shared everything with each other.

The first time she met Edgar was when she went to Thrushcross grange.

She stayed there for 5 weeks and came back cleaner and more

sophisticated. The reason she went there was because Heathcliff

herself snuck out to the moors. They went to thrushcross grange. But

they were noticed through a window, by Edgar and his sister Isabelle.

They took Cathy into the house, but not Heathcliff.

When she came back from the grange, Cathy’s feelings hadn’t changed

for Heathcliff but she felt that she was now in a higher social class

to him and that she was distanced from him because of it. He thought

that he was dirty. She said to him, “ If you wash your face and brush

your hair you will be alright.” This hurts Heathcliff. She hates it

when Heathcliff is treated badly. She often expresses this.

As Cathy gets older she starts to spend a lot more time with Edgar.

After several visits to Wuthering Heights Edgar asks her to marry her

and she accepts. She talks to Nelly (a housekeeper) about his proposal

and she asks why she wants to marry him. She says it is because “ he

is handsome, young and cheerful, and rich and loves me.” Nelly

doesn’t agree with her decision because she thinks the reasons aren’t

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to either Heathcliff or Edgar.

Both Edgar and Heathcliff are very upset. Heathcliff was angry that

she died because they had began to show their love for each other

again. He didn’t want to live in a world where he couldn’t find her.

Heathcliff would rather be haunted by her. He says “ you said I killed

you- Haunt me then! The murdered do haunt their murderers.” This shows

his distraught state of mind at the time of Cathy’s death.

Edgar however, was less angry about her death and grieved more

quietly. He acted very solitude. He had no communication with anyone

for hours and did not sleep or eat.

Up to her death, Catherine Linton’s feelings for Heathcliff did not

change. She always loved him, even whilst she was married to Edgar.

Her feelings for Edgar were also strong, but they were never quite as

strong as for Heathcliff and Edgar resented this.