The murdered do haunt the murderers. I believe – I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always take any form drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you! Oh God! It is unutterable I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!
Here, Heathcliff says that the person who is murdered searchest the murderers. He is hopeful of Catherine. He believes that she must be on look out for him after her death. She must make a pretty search of him. He requests her to take any shape. He will be pleased to see her in the shape of a ghost. This world is an abyss for him, where he can’t find any solace. He says that his feelings for Catherine can’t be expressed. His soul was inside her. So he can’t live without her. He addresses catherine as ‘life’ and ‘soul’. He means to say that his existence can’t be imagined without that life and soul.
Thus these lines project platonic love of Heathcliff of Catherine. Emily Bronte has proved here that spiritual love begins from the point nowhere physical or sensual attraction ends.
I am going to her, and you, darling child shall come to us, and never, stirred or spoke again, but continued that rapt, radiant gaze, till his pulse imperceptibly stopped and his soul departed.
These lines have been taken out from Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights”. That work proved a swan song for her. She continued to bask the mild sun- shine of admiration to write this novel not only during her life time but also after her death. She was awarded Nobel prize for this master piece work.
Here Edgar Linton is expressing his grief to her daughter Catherine Linton. Edgar remained separated from his daughter for four days. He lays an image of sadness and resignation awaiting his death. Finally Catherin Linton arrived at the Grange. Edgar was alive by that time. He died blissfully. He saw his daughter before his death and got satisfied. He kissed his daughter’s check and murmured “I am going to her”. He wanted to say that he was going to his beloved wife. He further also told her for follow him after this. He continued to stare in her face till his soul departed from his body.
These lines project Edgar’s love for his wife Catherine. She also loved her but not like Heathcliff. Catherine herself once spoke. Her love for Linton is like a foliage, It will be changed as the cycle of seasons is changed.
“I have no pity! I have no pity! The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething; and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain.”
These lines have been taken out from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights”. That work proves a swan song for her. She continued to bask the mild sun-shine of admiration to write this novel not only during his lifetime but also after death. She was awarded Nobel prize for this masterpiece work.
These lines project Heathcliff’s revengeful attitude. It is only on account of frustration in love. Heathcliff’s personality couldn’t grow because he was not imparted chance to adjust in so called cultured society of Victorian era. He was discarded by one and all. His hope was centred on Catherine but that ray of light also vanished after her marriage with Edgar. He meditates upon taking revenge. He succeeds. He grows wealthy. He gradually captures everything. He marries Edgar’s sister. He does it only to wreak his vengeance on Edgar. He has become devoid of pity. He is getting ruthless day by day. The more he is reminded of the cruelty heaped upon his by Hindley the more he wants to crush everyone who proved an obstacle in the way of his love. It is a moral teething in other words a gradual erosion of moral sense which he commits by perpetrating crimes after crimes.
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Thus, these lines show that how love is distorted; becomes violent, the love which was flowing in streamline, becomes turbulent, it is distorted or misdirected.
‘I shall be dirty as I please and I like to be dirty and I will be dirty.” These lines have been taken out from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights’. That work proved a swan song for her. She continued to bask the mild sun-shine of admiration to write this novel not only during her life time but also after her death. She was awarded Nobel prize for this masterpiece work.
These lines explain the emotional upsurge of Heathcliff. Heathcliff had great love for Catherine. He couldn’t live without her-observing a sudden change in her behaviour. Heathcliff is emotionally charged. He didn’t expect such a change. He reminded of her Jolly-Jockund company. He had been to moor and Cathy was with him. She at that time did not show any mental reservation with him. Observing such a drastic change in her. Heathcliff gets irritated and he speaks with utter disgust and anger that he is dirty and he will be dirty. Behind it his frustration in love is hidden. He thinks that Cathy never noticed any dirtiness in him. Her behaviour was natural and plain. Such an abrupt change in her outlook makes Heathcliff aggrieved and angry. But the following morning he tells Nelly to make him decent and good so that he could be acceptable to Catherine.
Thus, these lines project that how love is made to turn in negative direction and it is expected to be violent in future.
You remind me of the manner that I desire to be buried in, it is to be carrued to the churchyard, in the evening. No minister need come; nor need anything be said over me. I tell you, I have nearly attained my heaven; and that of others is altogether unvalued and uncovered by me. These lines have been taken out from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.
That work proved a swan song for her. She continued to bask the mild sun- shine of admiration to write this novel not only during her life time but also after her death. She was awarded Novel prize for this master-piece work.
In response to Nelly’s question, Heathcliff is expressing his desire, how he should be cremated. He has lost his mental balance. His behaviour has become abnormal. It shows that he is gradually approaching death. He says that his dead body should be carried in the churchyard in the evening. No song should be sung. He doesn’t like any pump and show. He says that he has attained his heaven for which he was. He wants to lie near the coffin box of Catherine. Everything is insignificant for him. He has achieved his desire. So nothing holds any importance for him.
Thus these lines show that Heathcliff had spiritual love for Catherine. It was not the attraction of the body..
No, God won’t have the satisfaction that I shall I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone and I’ll plan it out. While I am thinking of that I don’t feel pain.
These lines have been taken from the famous novel ‘Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. After the death of Earnshaw, Hindley became the master of the house. Hindley started to ill- treat with Heathcliff. Hindley started to treat Heathcliff as a domestic servant. So these ill-treatment aroused in Heathcliff a spirit of revenge. When Nelly said that it was the business to Punish the wrongdoer, Heathcliff replied that he was the only man that could punish Hindley. Only Heathcliff knew the way of punishment not God. So, Heathcliff requested Nelly that he wanted to be alone for planning of average. He said that he would have not pain for punishment a little bit.
My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it. I’m well aware as winter changes the tree.
These lines have been taken from the famous novel Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte. Catherine’s marriage with Linton is more a marriage of convenience than of love. She herself says to Nelly that her love for Linton is like the foliage in the wood which time will change. She knows the difference between her love for Heathcliff and her love for Linton. The former is firm as rock and is unchangeable: time will have no effect on it. The latter is more a living than love.
Misery and degradation and death are nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us.
These lines have been taken from the famous novel ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte. These lines show extraordinary intensity and spiritual unity between Heathcliff and catherine. In the Conventional sense Heathcliff calls Catherine the woman, he loves, his wife. Just as Cathy says that she is Heathcliff. Heathcliff regards Cathy as his own life. Her death therefore is the end of griefs for him and if he survives her, it is not living but mere existence. Perhaps existence in the hope that after his death he would meet her, never to be seperated from her again. Heathcliff says that death can not part these lovers, for after death they are spiritually united to each other.
If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much as is eighty years as I could is a day. And Catherine has a heart as deep as I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-through as her whole affection be monopolized by him.
These lines have been taken from the famous novel ‘Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Bronte has not presented love at first sight. Neither Heathcliff and Catherine nor Linton and Catherine fall in love at first sight. The love of Heathcliff and Catherine is characterised by an extraordinary intensity of their love. Lintons is hardly any love at all. Their love differs from Linton’s as moon beams from lightning or frost from fire. Heathcliff claims that the love of Linton of eighty years can be equal to the love of his of one day. Both he and Catherine have deep love for each other.
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