This week we begin Wuthering Heights!
Type out one quotation from the assigned readings for this week (include the page number). Tell us where the quotation came from and any other information we might need to know. Tell us why you picked the quotation and what you think it suggests. Analyze it, question it, comment on it, etc.
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"'Wait till I get hold of those elegant locks-see if I won't pull them a bit longer!'" Pg. 57
Hindley says this quote to the young Heathcliffe after he sees him looking decent once Nelly cleans him up.
I thought this quote was funny in that Hindley refers to Heathcliffe's hair as elegant. Even if he was just being sarcatic, there are plenty of other adjective he could have used. Hindley has always felt threatened by the much younger Heathcliffe and seeing him looking halfway decent reinstills that old jealousy. Uhm he's an adult and he needs to grow up.
“I’m trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don’t care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” p.56
Heathcliff's vengeful desire came as no surprise due to his poor treatment by Hindley. After being essentially rescued by the family, then treated affectionately by Hindley's father, it is preposterous for Heathcliff to be treated so lowly. I picked this quote because I believe it foreshadows vengeful and secretive plots that will unfold throughout the novel.
“A perfect misanthropist’s heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us.” (p. 3)
The story begins by establishing Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Heathcliff as being extremely anti-social, and Mr. Heathcliff definitely displays this characterization perfectly after his introduction and details Nelly provides about him. However, Mr. Lockwood doesn’t seem to fit this title. He goes out of his way to venture out to Wuthering Heights, and he seeks Nelly out for companionship.
"Whatever our souls are made out of his and mine are made the same, and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire." pg.98
Catherine is telling Nelly that she loves Heathcliff, however she can't marry him.
I thought this qoute was so sweet! It shows just how much Catherine really cares for Heathcliff and that she truely believes them to be soulmates. However, it is so sad because she won't marry him because they would be beggars. This reminded me of starcrossed lovers, I think eventually they will be together!
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p. 11 "...erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me, from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us."
This scene, like many others, is very demonic in nature. Hareton, standing before the fire, seems representative of the Devil. He looks out of the corner of his eye at Lockwood- is he unable to look him fully in the face, much like the Devil has difficulty gazing upon the face of Christ? The "feud unavenged" could represent the timeless battle of good and evil, Heaven and Hell, before Armageddon finally settles it.
"not yet Edgar Linton: sit down; you shall not leave me in that temper. I should be miserable all night, and i won't be miserable for you."
I think that this quote really shows Catherine's personality. She is pretty dramatic and is just throwing a fit because she is not getting her way. I think she is pretty childish and naive too. She expects to get Edgar to stay if she complains and makes him feel like everything is his fault. She is also a very demanding person who wants her way no matter what and later in the novel we learn that she cannot have everything that she wants.
i forgot to put the page number, it is from page 67
"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be...I am Heathcliff!" P. 77
In this quote, Catherine confesses to Nelly her undying love for Heathcliff. She says that he is the key to her existence. She is admitting that her life revolves around him and only him. On the opposite page, she says that she will marry Linton in order to use his money to help Heathcliff. I think that Catherine's ultimate struggle is dealing with her "being Heathcliff," because she is upset when he is upset, or happy when he is happy. But Heathcliff seems to always be distressed because he cannot have Catherine, so Catherine is struggling with his sadness. I think this quote, along with the majority of the conversation that it came from, between Catherine and Nelly, is a representation of the passion versus reason theme in the novel. Heathcliff is Catherine's passion, but Linton is the more reasonable choice.
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary." 77
Here Catherine is confessing her love for Heathcliff to Nelly and comparing the way she feels about Edgar and about Heathcliff. This is probably one of my favorite quotes so far. It reveals that Catherine doesn't think she can live without Heathcliff; he's "necessary." She does love them both, but in her heart she knows who she truly wants to be with and it hurts her to know that he's not the best match for her on bases other than love.
"With your husband's money, Miss Catherine? You'll find him not so pliable as you calculate upon: and though I'm hardly a judge, I think that's the worst motive you've given yet for being the wife of young Linton." Page 69
Catherine is defining her reasons for deciding to marry Edgar, and all her points relate back to helping Heathcliff in some way.
Although we see Catherine's reasons for marriage as ridiculous, I do see her point behind her argument. She does love Heathcliff, and she is willing to go to great depths to make a better life for him. I am confused with whether her intentions were really for Heathcliff or if they were actually spoken only to cover up her real reasons of marrying for wealth. In either choice, I think it is truly sad that Catherine doesn't feel like she can marry the man she really does love simply because of money.
"I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched; and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit tomorrow." Page 6
This quote comes from the beginning of the novel when Lockwood first meets Heathcliff. The funniest part about this quote is that Heathcliff is very rude to Lockwood from the minute he meets him yet Lockwood wants to go back to see him. The two men are polar opposites and yet Lockwood admires him and is willing to put up with his verbal abuse to be in Heathcliff's home again.
"Terror made me cruel; and, finding useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist...till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes." p.22
This quote come from the scene when Lockwood spends a night a Wuthering Heights, has nightmares and encounters a ghost [Catherine].
During this scene, we really get to see the story from another aspect. Until then, only descriptions portray the evil and ominous nature of the house. This action scene somewhat opens the story up and foreshadows evil and secrecy throughout the novel. Afterward, when Heathcliff yells out to the ghost to come back, it really shows how Lockwood is practically like the reader because he gains knowledge as we do.
"It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn." pg. 89
Mrs. Dean says this when she is describing the event when she and Catherine move to Thrushcross Grange when Catherine marries Edgar.
I liked this quote because it describes Catherine as a thorn, and that hits it right on the nose. I think Edgar is too good for her, and the fact that he loves her so much and will bend to her every will is sad. Mrs. Dean, her nurse, even calls her a thorn. Even people closest to her see her for what she really is.
"His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delightto provoke him; she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once." p.46
Nelly's description of Cathy is a good characterization of her. She is definitely set apart from the other girls of her time. However, I believe there is a deeper reason behind this mischief than pure naughtiness. I believe she is already struggling with much deeper conflicts such as a subconscious realization of her unrealistic dreams. This conflicts manifest themselves in rebellion.
"Nonsense, I do--that's sufficient." pg. 60
Nelly is asking Catherine why she loves Edgar and this is her answer.
It is obvious she doesn't really love Edgar, and definitely not like she loves Heathcliff. She chooses Edgar because it is comfortable and accepted. She can feel safe with Edgar knowing that he will never have enough of her heart to break it.
p. 73 "You love Mr. Edgar, because he is handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you... you would love him without that... unless he possessed the four former attractions."
This quote comes from the scene between Nelly and Catherine as they discuss Catherine's choice to marry Mr. Edgar. I personlly liked the quote because it pointed to Catherine's indecisiveness towards her love. She chooses material and social status over her own passion. It exemplifies the struggle that is ever occuring in Catherine's heart and mind. I don't know really what to think of this decision. I think she should not even have this problem between passion vs. reason. I understand the problem, however, I think that there should not be that much of an issue to decide.
pg. 82-"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same..."
Catherine is telling Nelly why she accpeted Edgar's marriage proposal.
At first this quote was troubling because I could tell how much Catherine loved Heathcliff. But, after I thouhgt about it a little more I understood it. She can't marry him because of status reasons. However, she has a true connection with Heathcliff and feels as if they are the same soul in two bodies. They are so alike that she can't help but love him.
“I’ve fought through a bitter life since I last heard your voice; and you must forgive me, for I struggled only for you!” (pg. 91)
Heathcliff says this to Catherine when he comes back after his three year absence.
Heathcliff's character is portrayed as not caring about things in life such as love, yet he goes away and changes his entire personality in attempt to fullfil the requirements to be truly accepted into Catherine's heart. The quote shows that true love can change anyone despite the outer shell of the character. Heathcliff is willing to struggle with Catherine instead of taking the easy road and settling with someone of a much more even temperature. He is a man that is living for passion and true love that refuses to take the easy way out of any situation.
pg. 77 "My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be."
Catherine tells this to Nelly when she is telling her her true feelings toward Heathcliff.
Awww! This is so sweet and kind of sad at the same time. She loves him so much, he has become a part of her--and yet they are forced to be apart! She says how she has "watched and felt each [of his miseries] from the beginning." They grew up together, and were much alike as kids, getting into trouble together, growing to love one another. Even if she could love Edgar at all, she cannot let go of her deep-rooted connection with Heathcliff. Heathcliff was her first love, and I think he will be her only love.
"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves." pg. 51
Nelly describes Heathcliff perfectly with this quote. People with excessive pride carry an immense burden with themselves. If they could let pride go, their hearts would be less hardened, nd they could open themselves up to others. Prideful people put their interests first and foremost in their lives. They crave no social relationship.
"No! I tell you, I have such faith in Linton's love, that I believe I might kill him, and he wouldn't wish to retaliate" p. 84
This is in Catherine's discussion with Nelly, shortly after Heathcliff arrived again at Thrushcross Grange.
After reading this, I realized just how selfish and immature Catherine really is; she is completely taking her husvand's love for grarnted, assuming the world will revolve around her and Heathcliff. Personally, with this attitude, I don't even see how Heathcliff stuck around.
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary." 77
This quote is from the part when Catherine's explaining her love for Heathcliff to Nelly. I picked this quote because it really shows the two different kinds of love she feels, and the choice she has to make. Edgar would be safe, comfortable, and more socially acceptable to be with. However, she could only hope for a fraction of the kind of love she has for Heathcliff. But still, life on the rocks would be hard.
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary." Pg. 77
I like this quote because there is more than one way to look at it. She talks of her love for Linton being like 'foliage', which is a temporary thing. However, although it always comes back. Or it could be that her love is basic and natural. Next, she compares her love of Heathcliff to the rocks beneath her. While this sounds romantic, calling him her 'foundation', she could also mean that loving him isn't easy all the time.
"I require to be let alone!" exclaimed Catherine, furiously. "I demand it! Don't you see I can scarcely stand? Edgar, you--you leave me!" (111)
Catherine says this towards the end of Chapter 11 when she has locked herself in a room after being forced to make a decision.
This quote really shows her childishness and how she deals with pressure.
I really like the fact that she locks herself in her room because it shows that she likes Heathcliff after all but she doesn't want to admit it. The way she tells Edgar to leave her alone demonstrates the fact that she doesn't want to be with him anymore. She'd rather be alone and she's making herself sick in the process. Also, it shows that she has personality and that's something that Edgar can't handle as well as Heathcliff can.
Heathcliff and Catherine are meant to be and it seems that she'd rather make herself sick than admit it.
Page 92, but I have the Barnes and Noble copy. "I believe I may assert that they were really in possession of deep and growing happiness. It ended. Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run: the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering; and it ended when circumstances caused each other to feel that the one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts."
This is something Nelly says after Cathy and Edgar get married. They are happy for a time, but it dies down.
I think it basically suggests that ultimately, humans are selfish. Cathy was only attracted to Linton for what he could give her. I like this quote because I suppose I mostly agree with the assertion that humans are selfish deep down. But this is particularly true when you have to live with someone you don't love. Unless you truly love them, it's hard to constantly keep putting their needs before or even at the same level as yours.
"And if you flatter yourself that I don't perceive it, you are a fool; and if you think I can be consoled by sweet words, you are an idiot: and if you fancy I'll suffer unrevenged, I'll convince you of the contrary, in a very little while!" p.112
Heathcliff states this to Catherine and Nelly after he is discovered kissing Miss Linton. He assumes Catherine's reaction is out of jealousy, and takes this opportunity to express his bitterness concerning her sudden marriage to Edgar.
Heathcliff's enraged outburst consequently reveals his sinister plan to seek revenge on all those that have hurt him. I think Heathcliff is a jerk to Catherine during this scene and it is obvious that he only wants to cause her pain. Why does she adore him? If they ever do end up together, I predict that their relationship will eventually destroy itself.
"Oh, I will die," she exclaimed, "since no one cares anything about me. I wish I had not taken that" (p. 113).
I laughed when i read this because Catherine is being such an overdramatic Brat. She is exclaiming this to Nelly because Edgar never came to check on her to see if she was okay when she locked herself in her room for three days. I really do not like Catherine. She is overdramatic, loves too many men, and is just plain selfish. If she loves Heathcliff then she should have married him and not Edgar. All i want to do is slap her! She makes me so angry sometimes with the way she acts. She just needs a reality check that she cannot eat her cake and have it, too.
"How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me." p.120
I thought that in this quote that Bronte reveals two very interesting things. The first is how icreadably conceited and selfish Catherine really is. She obviously is vain enough to think that everyone automatically has to love her. The second thing is that what she says, in a way, is true. FOr example, Heathcliff and Edgar both love her and yet no matter what she does, they hate each other in stead of her.
"Should the meanest think alive slap me on the cheek, I'd not only turn the other, but i'd ask pardon for provokng it; and,as proof, I'll go make my peace with Edgar instantly. Good night. I am an angel!" pg. 94
So I thought this quote was hilarious because cathy believes that she has changed for the better after her talk with nelly. Just by her calling herself an angel is just ridiculous because of her recent actions to heathcliff.
"He many a time spoke sternly to me about my pertness; and averred that the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pang than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed"
Nelly is speaking about Edgar here. I feel like it's important show that Edgar isn't all wimp and powerless. To me it seems a pretty strong feeling to want to risk death for someone else. He truly, foolishly loves Cathy and as she dosn't seem to be getting him anywhere he is learning how to separate himself. Which in my opinion is very important for people who grow up as brats. i yet to understand why he would rather die than see cathy in any pain. although his character seems wimpy and unsure,m hes still someone i sort of feel compassion for.
"Set two tables here, Ellen: one for your master and miss Isabella, being gentry; the other for Heathcliff and myself being of the lower orders... I'll run down and secure my guest. I'm afraid the joy is too great to be real!"
This quote reveals Catherine's desperate need to see Heathcliff. It seems almost dangerous (her love for him). Three years earlier, she nearly died searching for him. This quote foreshadows an upcoming disaster.
"Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmosphereic tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather" Pg. 2
The description of Wuthering Heights is parallel to the characters who have lived or are currently living in it. The storms that brew in it brew in the lives of each character. The negative energy builds till it causes destruction.
I picked the quotation because right off the bat, it is setting the scene for things to come. It's an important detail that Emily wants us to know.
"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire." Pg. 82
This quote shows how much her time at the Grange changed Catherine. While she was there she became more aware of social class and that made her see a difference between her and Heathcliff. She thinks she is better than him and can't marry him cause he is a servant, even though she loves him. She is basically settling for Edgar b/c he gives her security and she believes she can learn to love him.
"'She went of her own accord', answered the master, 'she had a right to go if she pleased. Trouble me no more about her. Hereafter she is only my sister in name: not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me'" (pg. 130)
Edgar is talking about how he feels after he found out that Heathcliff eloped with Isabella. He originally told her that he would disown her, but now he is saying that she has disowned him by her actions. I picked this quote because I could not believe that Edgar would be so obstinate to his sister when he knows how Catherine feels about Heathcliff and has married him instead. Also, it upset me that Heathcliff could do that to Catherine even though, it was somewhat expected because he has been on a vengence since he has gotten back after three years. This quote can show how people change over time and the differences between people.
"Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric timult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather." Pg.2
This quote is from chapter one, before we really know very much about Wuthering Heights and its residents. I think this description foreshadows the atmosphere in which the family lives. Looking back, it gives an insight into their lives and how they were affected by past events. I picked it because I thought it gave an good description of how the novel was going to play out. I think that this quote was one that really brought me into the novel and got my attention.
“How strange! I thought, though everyone hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.” p.115
Catherine says this when she sees how Heathcliff and Edgar do not get along.
I thin that this was funny because it shows how full of herslef Catherine really is. As she says this to Nelly, Nelly instantly realizes how horrible a person Catherine is, but Catherine thinks that it is completely normal to think so highly about herself. This one quote pretty much sums up Catherine's motives behind all her emotions: she is in love with herself.
"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am."
p. 75
I was pretty mad at Catherine for not marrying Heathcliff, but I understand that she can't ever truly be happy with him because she is controlled by society. I felt bad for Heathcliff because he can't do anything to change who he is. Even when he returns, he is still considered beneath Catherine although he has a lot of money. I've got to say, this book is really depressing.
"The other, I felt certain, recalled it often during the course of the evening. I saw him smile to himself - grin rather - and lapse into ominous musing whenever Mrs. Linton had occasion to be absent from the apartment" (101).
I think that Heathcliff's cunning smiles towards the idea of Isabella's love provides an insight into his true motives. It also partially introduces the idea of love vs. revenge. It seems that Heathcliff may use Isabella for "love," for the purpose of gaining his revenge upon either Catherine or Edgar Linton, or both.
"..He'd crush you like a sparrow's egg, Isabella, if he found you a troublesome charge. I know he couldn't love a Linton; and yet he'd be quite capable of marrying your fortune and expectations.." pg. 96.
This is where Edgar is demanding the Isabella stay away from Heathcliffe because he believes his "love" is not real.
I thought this quote showed how Edgar could have such a love for his sister to try and protect her. Even if it consisted of a grudege against Heathcliffe. Also, I believe that it shows how oblivious Isabella is, but Edgar is capable of paying attention.
"Should the meanest thing alive slap me on the cheek, I'd not only turn the other, but I'd ask pardon for provoking it; and, as proof, I'll go make my peace with Edgar instantly. Good night! I'm an angel!" ch 10 pg 94. Catherine says this to Nelly after Heathcliff comes back. Catherine gets all excited and that makes Edgar jealous. I think it shows a lot about Catherine's character. She is a vindictive, hypocritical jerk who thinks very highly of herself and doesn't realize what a jerk she really is.
"This writing, howeever, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small- Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton"(16).
Lockwood says this after he has been admitted to the strange bedroom while at Wuthering Heights. This hints at the possible source of Heathcliff's bitterness and also suspicion about the bedroom. It reveals that there is some quarrel or dispute over Catherine's choice of love, that could possibly end with Heathcliff being hurt(you should have gotten to this part in the book so if im spoiling it for you, it's your own fault). Confused and lost love always leads to some tragedy.
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary." pg.77
This quote reminded me of the saying "a diamond is forever," when it say that Catherine's love is like the eternal rocks beneath them. It also sort of reminded me of how their relationship is so unstable and rough just like a rock. When she say that her love for Linton is like a foliage in a forest it reveals that she is unsure if she truly love him. It is like she loves him a times, but as situations change in the novel she doesn't, and tends to lean towards Heathcliff.
"Will you give up Heathcliff hereafter, or will you give up me? It is impossible for you to be my friend and his at the same time; and I absolutely require to know which you choose." pg. 142
After Edgar and Heathcliff throw down, Edgar finally stands up to his suspicians and wife and asks Catherine this. It shows that he's sick of being in the dark and being a good husband by trusting that all her love is with him. It finally shows that Edgar can stand up and be a man, but he doesn't exactly get the outcome he hopes for. Catherine says leave her alone and locks herself in her room. So this quote shows he's not soft all the time, but perhaps has trouble following through on things.
"His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him; she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once." p. 46
Catherine receives a disturbing delight from being reproofed by her father and siblings. I feel as if this is the first evidence of a desire within her to be rebellious and different than the others. She feels as if she deserves all the love in the household and manipulates her father to get it. This quote stood out to me because it seemed almost sadistic, that she would want people to denounce her. Her later actions make this seem less out of place, however, as her estrangement displayed outwardly confirm oddities inwardly. She is a very strange girl.
"Your cold blood can not be worked into a fever- your veins are full of ice-water- but mine are boiling, and the sight of such chilliness makes them dance." pg.144
Catherine literally screams this at poor Edgar when he confronts her about her relationship with Heathcliff. I picked this quote because it reveals how childish and vindictive Catherine is. Bronte parallels herself with Edgar, ice with fire. Once again, Catherine places herself on the side with Heathcliff and against her husband. It makes me question how long she will make Edgar pay for their marriage.
"I felt that God had forsaken the stray sheep there to its own wicked wanderings, and an evil beast prowled between it and the fold, waiting his time to spring and destroy." pg. 101
Nelly says this to Lockwood during her narrative about the history of Healthcliff and Catherine. This is after Catherine is married to Edgar, and Healthcliff has returned a changed man.
I believe that Nelly can see that Heathcliff's intentions are not pure, juxtaposes him to a sheep. She realizes that Heathcliff is only back to show Catherine that he has made something of himself and make her jealous for picking Edgar. I liked that Nelly compared Heathcliff to a evil beast, adding to the characterisitcs of him being a Bronic hero. However, mostly this quote forshadows the trouble Heathcliff will cause with Edgar, fighting him and then running away with his sister.
p.125: "they can't keep me from my narrow home out yonder: my resting-place, where I'm bound before spring is over! . . . my soul will be on that hill-top before you lay hands on me again. I don't want you Edgar: I'm past wanting you."
Catherine is in a delirim after Edgar says that Heathcliff cannot come over anymore and they fought. She is speaking to Edgar and angry becaus he seems to be doing fine when she is "sick."
This quote demonstrates that now that Heathcliff is back and is rich, strong, and educated, she is through with Edgar. She longs for the past and her home of Wuthering Heights. She says it's her resting place and she'll always be bound to it, which seems to allude to her ghost self in the beginning begging to enter her beloved home.It also seems to indicate that she could die soon and return to her home or leave Edgar. Her being "past wanting Edgar" indicates her selfish nature because it is a childish thing to say. Her crazy temper and her foreboding words begin to show the audience why exactly she appears at that window, longing to come in and join Heathcliff, but it doesn't explain why she can't enter and the circumstances. There is a mystery surrounding it that the audience must still figure out.
Pg 76 "Every Linton on the face of the earth might melt into nothing, before I could consent to forsake Heathcliff"
This quote is said during the conversation between Nelly and Catherine. Catherine goes to Nelly for advice after she consents to marry Edgar. This quote says very well how Catherine feels about Heathcliff. She clearly values Heathcliff as a person more than she values Linton. She only marries Linton for his money and status. This quote also forshadows the outcome of her and Edgar's marriage, for she says she will dispose of any Linton for Heathcliff's sake.
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods. Time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees - my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath - a source of little visible delight, but necessary."
this quote is talking about how catherine will not love edgar forever. He is unable to protect her because she relates him to foilage, which is weak and small. It will decompose to nothing. She says that Heathcliff resembles an eternal rock beneth, which is like she is saying that he will always be in her heart and she will always love him. By describing him as a rock, she is saying how he is strong and sturdy and will be able to protect from anything that comes she comes in contact with.
"Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that I don't feel pain." Pg. 56
This quote is from Heathcliff after Hindley yells at him when the Linton's come over for christmas and he and Cathy have a reunion during the carols. It is after Heathcliff states his intentions to get revenge on Hindley and Nelly chides him for it. I chose this quote because it shows part of the reason that Heathcliff is the way that he is. Because he is so badly treated by Hindley, he becomes hardened by a desire for revenge in order to protect himself from the pain it causes. It's sad that Heathcliff is so badly treated even when he tries to be good and that he becomes so vengeful. If only he had been treated better, he might have been a happier person.
"'You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself?' 'You are an impertinent little monkey!'" - pg. 95
This quote in within an argument between Catherine and Isabella. Isabella accuses Catherine of caring about no one but herself and not caring about anyone else being in love. Isabella really likes Heathcliff, and even though Catherine cannot be with him because she is with Edgar, she does not want him to be with anyone else. Because of this, it is apparent that Catherine is really quite selfish and should realize that Heathcliff deserves happiness too.
I picked this quote because I think Isabella's insult of Catherine is actually quite truthfully telling of Catherine's character, how she feels about Heathcliff, and how she deals with her love for Heathcliff and Edgar.
"He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. No, I'm running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him." Pg.5
I love this quote just because it totally cracked me up when I was reading this!! :) It just shows Lockwood's funny personality. When describing Heathcliff, Lockwood compares himself to many of his landlord's character traits. It's ironic because Lockwood barely knows Heathcliff in reality, especially at this point.. And even later on, Lockwood truly only knows what he learned from Nelly. When he talks to Heathcliff his landlord does not treat him with much respect or hospitality. It's just pretty funny how Lockwood thinks that he and Heathcliff are pretty much bff's/long lost twins or something ;)
"he had room in his heart only for two idols--his wife and himself he doted on both and adored one, and i couldnt conceive how he wold bare the loss." p. 59. she could not even imagine him loving anyone but him or his wife and none trhe less barely loving her but mistly himself
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire" (p. 75)
This quote is said by Catherine to Nelly--about Heathcliff. Catherine has just been proposed to by Edgar and realizes she loves him, but not in the same way she loves Heathcliff. She knows that she and Heathcliff will never be able to be together as they are from different social classes, but still loves him all the same. It is interesting how she relates her and Heathcliff as one person; their souls are exactly the same--they are the same person. She shares affection and happiness with Edgar, and she is not unhappy. But with Heathcliff, it is a completely different story...she cannot live without him. I personally think she should just go for Heathcliff at this point because both of them seem to be madly in love with one another, and i was disappointed that she chose Edgar, even though he is a respectable and wealthy person. I think Heathcliff is much more romantic and their love is more deep and profound; they share something very deep and rare.
"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am."
-Page 92
This is what really causes me to dislike the character of Catherine. She says that it would "degrade" her to marry Heathcliff. This is partially because Hindley as belittled Heathcliff for a long time. It is also because Heathcliff would not even be a choice of marriage compared to Edward, the epitomy of excellence in the Victorian social stratosphere. However, if Catherine truly loved him, this degradation she might face marrying Heathcliff would not be a problem. She would be content and most likely happier being with him if she truly loved him. *cough* Catherine is a heffer *cough*
p. 2: "Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric timult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather."
We do not know very much about Wuthering Heights other than this. This is an obvious foreshadowing to the setting of the book overall (due to the title of the book of course). I picked this quote because I believe that every book has an explanation of the name within the text. I believe this is the explanation of the name of the book.
pg. 4 "Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio."
This part is honestly just hilarious. I can't understand what is going through this guy's head. He arrives at this house for the first time learns of the dogs hostility yet he does this anyway. There is a real reason I chose this though. Being the narrator, this provides some insight into his reliability as such. He is obviously not the most intelligent man, and is quick to make assumptions and draw conclusions. Not only that, but he blames the incident on the dogs which Heathcliff explains that they do not attack without reason. This causes me to even question the integrity of Lockwood.
"But they are very much alike-they are spoiled children and fancy the world was made for their accomodation."-pg.107
Catherine says this about Isabella and Edgar Linton.
I thought it was ironic how Cathy can't see this in herself. She causes so much drama in this book. If marrying Edgar, as she claims, was the right decision, then she just needs to live with her choice and stop causing a scene.
pg.90 "A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued; and his manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though too stern for grace."
I particularly liked this quote because it showed how Heathcliff was somewhat deceiving Catherine and the others. He changed his appearance to make him look as if he was a changed man, yet Catherine can see beyond his new appearance to see the true fire that still lies within Heathcliff.
"'Come in! Come in!'" he sobbed. 'Cathy, do come. Oh do--once more! Oh! My heart's darling! Hear me this time, Catherine; at last!'" pg. 26
When I first read this quote I thought that Heathcliff was crazy or Catherine had been a dead love of his. I found out that she was a dead love. Reading the quote now is so sad, because although they were mean and crazy, I loved them together. It is strange to see him so emotion but not at the same time because Cathy was the only one who could get these emotions out of him.
My 1st favorite quote from the novel and my first thoughts on it follow.
"Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the roken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes." Pg. 22
--If it is a ghost, how is it bleeding? Ghosts don't have blood because they are just spirits. I think Lockwood is insane and he was probably cutting his own rist and he only thouth he was cutting te ghost's wrist. This must be only 1 of many hauntings to come or why else would she have not come in when Heathcliff called for her but she would when Lockwood wasn't even trying to let her in? Wuthering Heights is full of mysteries and twists behind every corner and this is only the beginning of the novel.
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