In this book Catherine Earnshaw is a wild, impetuous, arrogant girl. Catherine?s has problems choosing which feelings are most important to her. Her feelings for Heathcliff, an adopted member of the Earnshaw family, or Edgar Linton , a devoted suitor of hers. Catherine has feelings for both men, but for two different reasons. Despite Catherine?s feelings for Heathcliff, she decides to marry Linton, knowing full well ? I am Heathcliff?s , He?s always on my mind.? Catherine is fitting companion for arrogant and vindictive Heathcliff . Her love for Heathcliff is the ruling passion of her life. While she seems heartless when she chooses to marry Linton , she naive enough to think that by doing this she will be able to lift Heathcliff from the degraded in which he had been thrust by Hindley. Catherine has many reasons why she marries Linton. One of her choices to marry Linton was based on the fact that she and Heathcliff are one in the same. While Linton is different, something new.Another was because Catherine felt that if she married Linton, she could take care of Heathcliff meaning she could use Linton?s money to help Heathcliff . Catherine said that if she married Heathcliff they would be beggars and I think Catherine is only in love and is just using Linton. The real reason why she doesn?t marry Heathcliff is because Hindley has degraded him so much she thinks she?s to good to marry him. The reason for Catherine?s marriage to Linton is solely to help herself and Heathcliff not because she loves Linton. Catherine seems to be confused on the definition of love at that?s why she marries Linton instead of Heathcliff.
The Essay on Love For Heathcliff Linton Hareton Son
A) Catherine's love for Heathcliff is torn between both Heathcliff and Edgar Linton - conflicting loyalties. Her love for Heathcliff is prompted by impulses to disregard social conventions. Her love for Heathcliff causes her to throw tantrums and to run around the moor. She considers Heathcliff her soul mate: their life growing up together, their enjoyable times on the moor, and her freedom and ...
