#1: Heart aches

"'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. 30)

In the first chapters,Mr. Lockwood gives the impression that Heathcliff character is a rude and unemotional character. However, when the presence of Catherine's ghost comes into play, I myself began seeing Healthcliff in a different light. That is because it makes Heathcliff vulnerable, his heart aches and he feels pain of a lost one. In the quote, I was intrigued that Healthcliff chose the words "once" and "this" that is because it gives the impression that Heathcliff new that Catherine's ghost was there and it leaves the reader to question if Heathcliff has felt the need to contact her as well as it hints to the reader of some unresolved conflict with Catherine.

#2: The gypsie

"'Frightful thing! put him in the cellar, Papa. He's exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole  my tame pheasant. Isn't he, Edgar?'" (pg. 53)

As a reader through the first chapters I notice a dislike for Heathcliff for his appearance. However, this was made more clearly when the Lintons talk as if Heathcliff is a nobody. Which leads me to think that during that time period there was a racist view in part of the Bronte perspective as well as all the setting of the book. Furthermore, the way they refer to Heathcliff is as a frightful creature and a person without manners and undignified to even be in their presence, which in my point of view is a rude and kind of racist to the gypsies because one did something wrong and one judges the others because they are of the same race.

#3: Marriage proposal

"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how i love him" (pg. 87)

By Catherine choosing Edgar Linton, it tells the reader how the society views marriage. That is because she deliberately refuses Heathcliff because it would degrade her and therefore cannot marry him. Therefore, she chooses Linton which has wealth and power and Heathcliff on the other hand he is treated as a servant. Also this is a sacrifice of Catherine because after all her love for Heathcliff never changes. However, by choosing Edgar her reputation is saved. Although, this bring the wrath of Heathcliff even more to the society. Although, from the beginning the reader was given the impression that Heathcliff and Catherine would not be together because he longs for her forgiveness and in truth Heathcliff and Catherine are not together in life.

#4: cousin marriage

"That the two cousins may fall in love, and get married." pg.235

Heathcliff motives in my perspective to want Catherine to marry his son Linton, is wrong. That is because they are cousins although it may have been normal during that time period i find it in the same footing as incest. Also Heathcliff forces her to marry him by punishing her as well as made her guilty of Linton's sickness. I personally feel that Heathcliff should not take his anger out on the children, but there is other means by doing it and not force them to commit incest.

#5: The end....

For me the ending of the book offer me a confusion of feelings, that is because i did not dislike Heathcliff but on the other hand i wanted him to suffer and die and leave Catherine and Haerton alone and at peace. Heathcliff in my perspective is and interesting character because at the beginning of the book we are clearly told that he has been hardened even before meeting the Earnshaws. However, the rudeness and cold indifference toward him prove to make him even more thirst for vengeance and therefore punished Haerton and Catherine. By not allowing a proper education for Haerton and making Catherine marry Linton by forcing her. The plot overall is sad but at the end i am thrilled that finally Cathy and Haerton are able to leave Heathcliff claws. However, i am not pleased that Cathy and Haerton may marry because they are like cousins, and in my mind is taboo.