In an effort to stir Hindley against Heathcliff, Isabella says to Hindley, "Every one knows your sister would have been living now, had it not been for Mr. Heathcliff. After all, it is preferable to be hated than loved by him."
Thinking about the novel as a whole (well, at least what we've read so far), which is the more powerful force: love or hate?
Or maybe something else?
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Dang I'm the first comment...That's a first. Love is definitely the strongest. Love is what is making her die because she is in love with him but she will not let herself be with him and it is tearing her apart. She knows that they are perfect for each but their circumstances are too different and this causes her to be too scared to try to make it work. However, anyone can tell that her choice is what is leadng to her condition (that and self-pity). Hate is never stronger than love, because TRUE hatred is born from LOVE.
Love is more powerful simply b/c most hate comes from something you love. In Heathcliff's case he ends up hating Catherine b/c to him it didn't appear she returned his love. In return Catherine dies hating Heathcliff for causing her to be so conflicted her whole life. Hindley hates Heathcliff from the start b/c his father loved Heathcliff more than Hindley. In this particular novel love always breeds hatred. Even though Catherine and Heathcliff hate each other for making the other feel like they do, in the end they love each other to death (in Catherine's case literally).
I would definitely say that love is a much more powerful force than hate within this novel and in everyday life. Hate is born from jealousy and love, and we see this a lot in the novel. Hindley hates Heathcliff because he was jealous that his father loved Heathcliff more. Heathcliff hates Edgar because he is jealous of Edgar being with Catherine, and so on and so forth. Love is such a powerful force that it can even end in one's demise, as it did for Catherine.
As the cliche goes, Love conquers all.
I think that love is more powerful, because Heathcliff's love for Cathy is the main motivation behind his hatred for everyone else. In this novel it is hard to tell whether love or hatred is stronger because Heathcliff is so relentless and hateful, to the point of near insanity. But I still believe that although his nature is somewhat corrupt and evil, that the root of his actions derive from his hatred of all who stood in the way of he and Cathy being together. He hates Edgar because he is with Cathy, and he blames him for her death. Heathcliff also hates Hindley because he is part of the reason that Cathy shunned him. Once again, Heathcliffs rage and revenge all stem from his grief and loss of his LOVE, Catherine.
I agree with my fellow bloggers that love is very influential in the novel but I believe that the force of hate is stronger. Heathcliff hates everyone in the novel including himself which leads to Catherine's demise and also the deterioration of himself. He let Catherine leave him which was out of love yet in turn he now hates himself and almost everyone else around him. He is bitter and full of hate in order to keep everyone away from him.
In the novel, as well as in most cases, love is the more influential of the two as it subtly demands more from the ones it controls. For example, while Heathcliff loathes Edgar (among others), he targets his vengeance towards the one and only person he loves: Catherine. It is much easier to dismiss hateful desires than those desires that originate from love, whether these ambitions be good or evil. The original quotation supports the idea of Heathcliff's being a Byronic hero, as it suggests he is "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
I think that love is definitely the more powerful force! It is Catherine and Heathcliff's love for one another that makes them one person--that's powerful! No matter how much Heathcliff despises Hindley or anyone else, nothing can keep him from passionately loving Catherine. And like others have said, it's because of a lack of love that anyone hates at all! He hates Edgar simply because he keeps Catherine from him. Similarly, Hindley hates Heathcliff because he stole his fathers love and affection when they were young. It is Heathcliff's love for Catherine that keeps him alive at all! And it is surely this love that will drive his actions throughout the rest of the novel!
So I think I'm just going to find reasons why hate is stronger than love in this novel, just to be different.
I don't really think that Heathcliff fully understands love, and that's why there is so much turmoil in the book. In a way, he loves to hate and hates to love. I really couldn't see him and Cathy actually having a loving relationship together and having a family with kids who aren't messed up, and I think Cathy saw this too, hence why she went to Edgar. Heathcliff grew up around hate and really didn't have any other emotions around him.
I think that love is a lot stronger because if someone you love hurts you, you will forgive them easier than if you hate them. Like in the novel, she would almost rather be fighting with Heathcliff than being content with Edgar. Also, Heathcliff develops a hatred and curses Catherine for leaving him. So love is definitely stronger.
Ok kudos to Jessica for taking the words out of my mouth. Not cool by the way but shows I'm not the only one who feels that way which is good. Love conquers all and no I don't care that it's clique. It does and I'm proud to say I'm in love, but this is about Wuthering Heights not my personal life. Love keeps them going. Yes, hatred is strong and some people love to hate each other, but that's just thier cup of tea.
Kudos to CJ for being different.
Right on!
Oh and I also wanted to add this comment to her quote. She says "its preferable to hate him than love him," yes its true in his case, but its also easier to hate someone than love them.
I believe that hate is the strongest force. The real love present in the story really revolves around Catherine, and when she dies, the love is lost. Yet, the story continues on with Heathcliff instilling hate in everyone around him and attempting to get his revenge. Hate is able to corrupt the innocent Lintons, and it is present in Heathcliff's every move. He turns Hareton into a brute to spite Hindley and is attempting to persuade Cathy to marry Linton in order to control both houses. His violent love has caused him to hate others even more. So, I would say that hate really is what controls the story. Even his love leads to hate. In this story love isn't powerful enough to keep Heathcliff and Catherine together, yet his intense hate is powerful enough to control everyone.
I think that love is stronger. In the novel, love is the force behind all of Heathcliff's actions, even those that are hateful. His love for Catherine is so strong that it drives him to hate everything and everyone that stands between Catherine and himself. After Catherine's death, Heathcliff's love for her forces him to hate, becuase he no longer has what he loves.
I really believe that love is stronger not only in Wuthering Heights but in life in general. I think it is Catherine's passionate love for Heathcliff that ends up being the death of her. Her love took so much out of her that there came a point when she couldn't fight it anymore. Not only does her and Heathcliff's love destroy her life, but it corrupts her and Edgar's marriage, along with Heathcliff and Isabella's marriage. The love simply seems to overcome the hatred.
I think that love is stronger than hate in this novel mainly because Heathcliff's love for Catherine drives him to hate everything that keeps him from her. It is the underlying motive behind everything he does. Even his cruel plan for revenge is driven by his love for Catherine and the frustration that she can't return his love. Catherine dies because of love not hate, and everyone that dies because of Heathcliff, dies because of his passionate love for Catherine. I think that normal love is weaker than hate (like Cathy and Linton's "love"), but the crazy, passionate, and fierce love that Heathcliff has is ten times more powerful than hate.
Love is the strongest force in the novel because of the same reasons that everyone else has said. I am gonna go out on a limb and say that revenge comes to a close second though. After Catherine dies, Heathcliff goes on a rampage to make everyone else suffer as he has. He drags Harenton to the dirt by tarnishing the respect and dignity that he should have. Also, he forces Cathy to see Linton. Cathy deserves better! He just wants to make it where he owns everything. Heathcliff cares little for the feelings of others. He acts to bring himself first.
I'm going to agree with the majority of the people that have already posted and say that love is the stronger force when compared with hate. Hatred often evolves from love, but can be disreguarded more easily than love can. Heathcliff's sinister actions are the direct result from his enduring love for Catherine. Also, I just wanted to add that I believe fear to be a tremendous force, and can easily be compared to the intensity of love and hate. After all, Catherine settles with Edgar primarily because she is fearful of what society will think of her and her uneasiness of living without the comfort she had been accustomed to.
I, along with most, agree that love is the more powerful force in the novel. Catherine and Heathcliff's love is so strong that it eventually kills her. She is heartbroken over not being able to be with him, and the power that it has over her leads to her demise. Heathcliff's love for Catherine is what makes him become such a hateful person. He always had harsh tendencies, but they were accelerated when their love couldn't be fulfilled. So, yes, hate is very strong and influenial to the characters, but most of the time, their hate is spawned from loving someone else.
This is such a hard question to answer because depending on which side you take there are many examples of love being powerful and hate being powerful. However, like many other I will say that love is the more powerful force. In a majority of the acts of passion in the novel, love plays the main role. When Heathcliff can't stay away from Catherine it is because of his intense love for her. Even though he hates Edgar,he still visits the Grange because his love for Catherine is more powerful.
I think hate is more powerful in the novel. Heathcliff is obviously hurt because he fell in love with the wrong person (at least in my opinion). Love has driven him to hate because he now lives for what seems like revenge. He is full of hatred and bitterness, but do you blame him? Love is definitely a strong force that acts on him but its this same love that fills him with hatred. Over all i think in general hatred is more powerful. It's easy to say that love is the stronger force because that sounds nice and innocent. but seriously have you looked around lately. the world is full of and runs off of hatred and jealousy. Its what makes us the greedy people we are, and causes wars and divides us. Love is shared between two people while hatred is shared between nations.
"Love does conquer all." Catherine fights with Heathcliff and hates him for awhile but because she "loves" him she forgives him and that love never fades away. She marries Edgar and up to the point in which she dies she still loves Heathcliff. Love is what causes Catherine to die but at least she does not die hating. I agree with everyone that hate is caused by loving something or someone and becoming jealous or angry at it. Heathcliff hates Edgar and Hindley but his love for Catherine is so much stronger and that is what he feeds on in order to keep himself desiring to live.
I believe that hate is the most driving force in the novel. While love is the source of passion at first between Heathcliff and Catherine, when she dies, there doesn't seem to be any other love left in anyone within the novel, save the childish love Cathy has for Linton, and only for a short while. Heathcliff's hate is teh only consistant force in the novel, becuase he is constantly seeking revenge against someone: Hindley at first, then Hareton because he is Hindley's son. He also hates and seeks revenge against Edgar for marrying Catherine, Isabella because she is related to Edgar, and he even hates his own son Linton because he is also Isabella's son! Sounds like Heathcliff has a lot more to hate than love.
Without a doubt, love is the strongest force. Love for Catherine is what drove Heathcliff to such lengths as to try and win her back even though she was married. His expression when he held Catherine before she died ("like a beast" according to Nelly), proves that he has almost gone mad with love for her. Love is also what caused the hate in the novel to begin with: Heathcliff and Edgar hate each other because of their mutual love for Catherine; Hindley and Heathcliff hate each other because of Hindley's father's love for Heathcliff as a child; and Isabella hates Heathcliff, even though she loved him to begin with. Love seems to precede hate in this novel, making it the starting force, as well as the more powerful.
I think love and hate have an equal amount of power in this novel. Heathcliff is driven by both love for Catherine and pure hatred towards Edgar. Once Catherine dies, Heathcliff can't find anything else in his life that he has a true passion for. But as young Catherine grows up, she and Linton spark up some romance.
People generally pour just as much energy into a romantic relationship as in their hate for someone. Just as cold is simply the absence of heat, hate is the absence of love. One is no more powerful because neither could exist without the other. So, overall, it's a give and take. The novel is pretty evenly divided between furious energy and passion.
I think it's a combination of love and mysteriousness that is more powerful than hate and knowledge, at least when it comes to relationships. That is why Catherine was always wanting Heathcliff was she could never completely figure him out and left much to be desired. However, with Edgar, he was very predictable and boring. Love is definitely more powerful because most other emotions seem to stem from it too. Heathcliff's harshness stems from his love for Catherine, Edgar hates Heathcliff because Catherine loves him more, etc. So pretty much everything comes from love so it comes out the champ on this one.
In this novel, and in general, love is definitely more powerful. As others have said, hate comes from the lack of love. Heathcliff's love for Catherine cannot fade, despite the hateful treatment he recieves from others treating him as unsuitable for her marriage. Heathcliff doesn't even surrender his love after she marries Edgar over him. Although his hate for Edgar is strong, it does not take over the love that he has for Catherine. Plus, the reason he hates Heathcliff is because he is married to his soulmate. Heathcliff almost tries to make hate the more powerful source by seeking revenge after Catherine's death, but his love for one person leads him to hate many, therefore proving once more that true love is more powerful than hate.
I think the most powerful force here is love. I think it was Catherine's broken heart over her love for Heatcliff that kills her. If Catherine hadn't loved Heathcliff she'd still be alive today. She tells Nelly that she and Heathcliff have the same soul and soulmates have the strongest type of love.
I think the most powerful force here is love. I think it was Catherine's broken heart over her love for Heatcliff that kills her. If Catherine hadn't loved Heathcliff she'd still be alive today. She tells Nelly that she and Heathcliff have the same soul and soulmates have the strongest type of love.
I believe love is the more powerful emotion because of its rarity in the novel. Heathcliff finds it easy to hate, therefore he finds fault and flaws in those around him. However, that rare emotion he feels for Catherine stands out the most, like a rose among weeds. He cares for her, despite his ruthless actions and harbors a jealous rage because of it. His hatred remains stagnant, but his love grows and develops other emotions as a result.
hate is the strongest in the novel. everything happens out of hate. people die (a lot) out of hate, people are even born out of it. love only hinders the people in the story. like with Isabella, she thinks she's in love and look what happens to her. but when she realizes how much she truly hates heathcliff, she can live her own life and have a child. it catalyzes every instance of conflict.
I think the most powerful force in the novel is love. Heathcliff's love for Catherine is the driving force behind a lot of their actions. Edgar takes care of Linton when Isabella dies because of his love for her. He also takes care of Catherine and Cathy no matter what they do to him. His love for them is unconditional. Also, Catherine's love for Heathcliff is ultimately what kills her.
I agree with pretty much everybody else. I think that love is much stronger than hate in this novel mainly because Heathcliff's love for Catherine is what drives him to hate. It seems that all of his actions are because of his love for her. For example, he constantly visits the Grange even when no one wants him there, just because he loves her so passionately.
I think that love is the strongest force in the novel, bu thate is a very close second. Love does push Heathcliff to revenge on many other characters, he loves Catherine even years after her death, cathy and Linton disobey Edgar for love, or what they think is love, etc. On the other hand, hate drives Heathcliff to be such a cold, cruel character who so few people true like. It leads to th splti between the two households and, as Isabella insinuates, possibly to Catherines death. It also changes Cathy once she goes to live at Wuthering Heights. So, while hate is a driving force for many events in the novel, loves is still the most important, because, through it all, Heathcliff and Edgar remain in love with Catherine, even through Heathcliff's typically cruel character.
I hate to side with the majority (thus far), but I will say that love is more powerful than hate. Love in Heathcliff is very powerful. Although he hates Catherine(more really her marriage), his admiration for her still carries as seen in the opening "ghost" scene in the novel. He pleas openly with her for her. When he makes his return to Wuthering Heights, he tells Nelly and the others that plans to revenge his heart against Catherine. However, after Catherine's death, it becomes obvious that his love for her is still there. This is explicitly given to us when he begs to her spirit to haunt him so long as she is with him.
Like most other people, I think that love is a more powerful force than hate. I believe hate is, in fact, derived from love. For example, in the novel, Heathcliff is full of hatred and bitterness. This is because he constantly was denied love as a child. Also, he believes that the one person who did love him no longer does. His hate is the result of not receiving love. No person hates another for no reason; hate is essentially inspired by one not receiving the love of others.
I really think that hate is a more powerful force in the novel so far. The full plan of Heathcliff comes from his failed love of Catherine, and the hatred for Hindley from his childhood and Edgar for taking Catherine drives Heathcliff on. After Catherine dies, his love dies. So how can he still be pressing on in his plot if love is dead. Only a deep dark hatred can force a person to attempt to tear numerous people's lives apart by using them against each other. There is no love in that. I don't even see love existing in the novel anymore. That may be just me.
I think that love is the more powerful force. Although the hatred between Heathcliff and Edgar, Linton and Haerton, and Heathcliff and Hindley is strong. However, each of these disputes is driven by love. Catherine motivates the arguements between Heathcliff and Edgar, and Heathcliff and Hindley. Linton and Haerton's turmoil is also spawned from Catherine, this timethe young one. I like to think that love is the stronger force anyways, but this book just further proves my point.
Like nearly everyone else, I believe love is the stronger of the two. Heathchliff's hate is due to his love for Catherine. He basically hates everything and anyone who gets in the way of him and Catherine being together like Edgar and at one point it seems as if even Catherine herself. When she dies, it's as if the love in him dies as well.
I think love is the strongest. We see in Wuthering Heights that Catherine loves Heathcliff so much that it eventually takes her to death. But the love she shows is difficult because she will not allow herself to be with him, she chooses the money of Edgar instead. Throughout the entire novel we find that love is stronger, and this is seen by the fact that love is derived from the passion of hate.
I think love is the more powerful force because it is what the whole novel has revolved around. The reason Catherine and Heathcliff end up not together is because of hate which came from their love. And the reason she died was to prove that you should choose the one you love over petty things like money otherwise you cannot be truly happy. In the end though they both love eachother despite what has happened even though their lives changed b/c of Catherine's decision. But love is clearly more powerful than hate because it is what centers all the conflict.
Love. It can drive you to hate. It's easy to hate. Anger doesn't make you strong. It's just an effect of hurt. Love is stronger becomes it comes in many forms. Courage is the foundation of love. Insecurity is the foundation of hate. Love is putting yourself out there and throwing caution to the wind. Hate is the ex girlfriend of Love. Yeah... that sounds about right.
I believe that hate is the more powerful force, because hate itself is much more difficult to obtain, in its true form. Think about it: How often do you hear someone say 'I love you,' whether it is true love or simply in passing? And, how often is this love simply lust? To hate requires a true combination of both passion and reason (yes, I said it). Passion to create and drive the hate. Reason to control and harness the hate to mold it into the powerful force that it is. This hate can often be created through love lost, thus making it more powerful than love.
This quotes reminds me of why I dislike Isabella so much. She is the source of so many problems that lead up to the death of Catherine. She uses Hindley's love of his sister, as a tool to manipulate Hindley and fuel his hatred towards Heathcliff. I think that love is more powerful because if Hindley and Heathcliff had not loved Catherine,Heathcliff would not have pursued her and the who dramatic confrontation would have never escalated to this extent. After Catherine's death Heathcliff tries to make Linton and Cathy fall in love in order to seek his revenge on Mr. Linton. This just shows how powerful love can truely be.
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I'm going to take the opposite view of mr.jones. Love is more powerful than hate. How often do you simply say "Ugh I hate ____!" Many people, including me, find it much harder to say "I love you" to someone, especially when they really mean it. Sure, people do say "Aw I love you girl!" and such, but for the most part that's true too--love doesn't always have to be romantic, it can be friendly too. A lost love doesn't make you hate someone; if anything, it makes you cherish the other loves in your life even more (after a period of mourning or bitterness). Humans naturally would rather love than hate. A sense of hate may come from a competitive nature, but many times that hate is just a jealous or aggressive reaction to a challenge. Love, on the other hand, can manifest itself in many forms, each as precious as the next.
Hate is obviously more powerful! Although I disagree with Ryan's view that hate requires passion and reason; passion will suffice for both love and hate, as strong feelings many times are irrational. A trained soldier knows to never go on a mission when he's furious or his thoughts are distant, because he will make careless errors--on the battlefield, that can make death. Anyways,I think in the case of Wuthering Heights proves much stronger than love because it is hate, not love, that drives the plot. Also, people are not naturally attracted to 'hate' someone, so it takes more willpower to fuel hate. Thus, the person is usually more passionate. Yay, hate! :D
I believe love is the more powerful emotion here. The entire novel is pretty much centered around Heathcliff and the drama he causes. He loves Catherine, and because of his love he becomes jealous when she marries Linton. If it weren't for his love, he would not have run away, then come back trying to make her want him again. If it weren't for his love, Catherine would not have become so ill from missing him and then died. And his love for Catherine creates his hate for Linton and Hindley, which causes Heathcliff to take ahold of the estate to get back at them. I've noticed that some people are saying that hate stems from love, which may be true. But I believe that all of Heathcliff's actions arise from his love for Catherine.
I think that hate is the more powerful force due to the fact that we know that Mr. Heathcliff is the one who owns the Grange and Wuthering Heights in the end. While it is true that Mr. Heathcliff is a passionate lover, he, in my opinion, is filled with hate more than love. I'd say mainly due to the bitterness of Mr. Heathcliff and his overall win in the book, hate wins.
I think love is more powerful because when Heathcliff finally shows Catherine how muchh he loves her, she is so overwhelmed by it that it kills her. Heathcliff's love for catherine is also what causes his hatred toward everyone else. Catherine and Heathcliff love eachother but Catherine won't let herself be with him which drives Heathcliff crazy and causes his bitterness toward everyone else. Love is also what allows cathy to put up with Linton.
I think love is the more powerful force in this novel. It's Catherine's love for Heathcliff that kills her (in essence), and it is the same love that drives Heathcliff to take revenge on both the Earnshaw and Linton families. If Heathcliff and Catherine could have been happily married, I doubt he would even attempt the monstrosities he wrecks on these innocent offspring.
well, you know what they say, love conquers all. I believe love is more powerful than hate. because she is slowly dying from his love. Love has the power to slowly drive the will of living out of a person, or can make someone truly live when then are around their love.
Love is the strongest! Catherine's inability to be with her love and experience the passion with Heathcliff leads to her downfall, if he had hated her from the beginning she would have survived been able to assimilate into the world of the Grange.
Heathcliff and Linton hate each other, yet this hate has not led to the ultimate demise of one of the characters. Also, this hate stems from the love between Heathcliff and Catherine showing that even hate is controlled by love.
Well as cliche as it might sound I do actually believe love is much stronger. There are few cases that hate is nearly as powerful as love. Love causes people to do things more extreme than any amount of hate could. Love will not only completely permeate your life but it will stary for much longer than hate could. Take heathcliff, his love for catherine outweighs his hate for hindley. He focuses far more on pursuing catherine than he does his revenge on hindley. His revenge on Hindley sort of subsides after hindley's death despite his continued actions on hareton. However, his love for catherine still plagues him after she is dead.
Although hate is very strong, love dominates hate without competition. Love is what caused all of the hate in the book. For example, Hindley hates Heathcliff because of his father's love for Heathcliff. Had Hindley's father loved him more, he would have had no problem with Heathcliff. Also, I believe that hate has its limits; love has no boundaries.
SO far in the novel, love seems to be more powerful than hate. Heathcliff's love for Catherine is the source of his hate for the other characters. hate doesn't kill anyone in the novel, but love kills Catherine. Without love, there would be no plot/storyline to this novel
It's true that hate stems from love, but as the saying goes, "Hate is easy. Love takes courage." Most of the characters in Wuthering Heights are selfish and naturally go down the path of hatred. I think the most obvious proof that in this novel hate is the stronger force is the fact that Heathcliff hates and abuses younger Cathy despite having loved her mother. In the 7th Harry Potter book, we find out that Snape protected Harry because he loved Lily, despite having hated James. JKRowling was arguing that love is stronger, but Bronte's situation goes the opposite way.
I beieve hate is definatly more powerful. Heathcliff's anger and quest for revenge, overide all of his other feelings. Even his love for Catherine is not enough to stop him from taking his revenge. He knows that marrying Isabella will hurt hwer more than anything he could do , yet he does it anyway. He is more concerned with what happened in the past than what is happening in the present.
Love. Because Love creates hate. Heathcliff loved Catherine and because Linton got her and Hindley prevented them from being closer, Heathcliff hates them both as well as everyone who is associated with them. Isabella loves Heathcliff which makes Catherine temporarily hate her. Hindley hates Heathcliff because he loved the wealth that Heathcliff stole from him. Haerton hates everyone because no one ever loved him. The hate created is the key to all of the main events but it wouldnt even be in effect if not for the love that prompted it.
I believe that both emotions are equally powerful, because both emotions exist between Catherine and Heathcliff. This relationship and emotion is the most powerful of them all. The truth is that Catherine and Heathcliff are so strong-willed and passionate that they hate each other for needing each other. This is the reason Heathcliff curses Catherine before she dies. He does hate her for loving her, and he knows he will hate the life he leads without her.
I think that love is the most powerful force in the novel. Love causes hate in the novel (and, often, in life); it is, therefore, the root of the problem, making it more powerful.
If Cathy and Heathcliff didn't love each other, there would be no hatred in the novel. Heathcliff would ostensibly have no reason to hate Edgar, and vis versa.
However, there are minor things along the side (Heathcliff hating his family -- adopted, wasn't he?) that do not stem from love, but the major hate in the novel comes from love.
Well, I'm going to have to disagree with a lot of people and say that hate is the more powerful of emotions in the novel.
Heathcliff hates Edgar for marrying Catherine. Edgar hates Heathcliff for loving Catherine. Heathcliff hates Linton for being a wuss. Isabella hates Heathcliff for making life miserable for her. Despite the initial conflict of Heathcliff and Catherine's impossible romance, most of the action is centered around either hatred or revenge, and the consequences of those actions driven by hatred. The only real "love" we see is Catherine and Heathcliff's. And that is only for a short time.
I think love becomes more powerful than hate, because Heathcliff does love Catherine but he only come to hate her when he realizes that he will never be able to have her. Even when he attempts to get revenge upon Edgar by marrying Isabella, this action is driven out of love for Catherine.
I would say love is the more powerful force in comparison to hate. When Catherine and Heathcliff talk to one another, their love for each other is extremely strong. It is very intense love they feel for each other. Catherine even says, "Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind..." Love is what conflicts Catherine in the first place. And ironically enough, Heathcliff derives all his hate from his love for Catherine.
I think that love is much more powerful. It is obviously because of her love that Catherine is dieing, but it is also because of both Heathcliff and Hindley's lack of love that cause them to be so cruel at some times. In the end I believe that love is the foundation for hatred. It can either be casued by a lack of it or too much of it. Afterall Jealousy comes from love which is a form of hatred.
I'm going to follow the crowd on this one and say that love is definitely more powerful simply because it is all consuming and it basically takes over your mind! Love is the reason why Catherine dies in the end.. Her love for Heathcliff is unbearable once he returns into her life and she dies as a result. Even though hatred is incredibly powerful as well, nobody enjoys focusing on the negative things in life if they have the option of focusing on the good (which is love in this case!). Power in this sense could be a good thing or a bad thing, and I think that Heathcliff's love had a bad outcome on Catherine's life in the end because it killed her.
I think love is a much more powerful force. In Wuthering heights, all the hatred stems from love (or lack of it). Intense love for Heathcliff practically kills Catherine. Also, Heathcliff's desire for revenge stems from Catherine's denial of his love by choosing Edgar.
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