Cathy does love Edgar Linton but it’s a funny type of love. Her love for him is based on his wealth and looks instead of mutual love for each other. She tells Nelly, “ . . . he is handsome and pleasant to be with . . . he is young and cheerful.” (80). She also says, “… he will be rich, and I shall like to be the great woman of the neighborhood, and I shall be proud of having such a husband.” (80). We see from her reaso

This love triangle is truly unconventional and contrary to English beliefs during the time period. Love is an interesting yet painful experience and to be caught between two potential people to love it can rip you apart. Catherine must have been going through a gut wrenching feeling when forced to choose whom she should give her heart to. Her marriage to Edgar is the ideal choice but when your heart competes with your heart it is a battle crushing to the carrier. I applaud Cathy’s endurance and loyalty to Heathcliff even though she marries Edgar instead of waiting for Heathcliff to return for her. She still knows her love for Heathcliff is strong and living within her heart no matter whom she goes to sleep next to each night. As the saying goes, when you love something or someone enough and let it go it will return. Catherine let Heathcliff go on his way but he did return and that reassured her of their spiritual bond.

Catherine’s love for Heathcliff is one that is true to the meaning of the word love. She couldn’t live without him even with his animalistic ways. She says to Nelly, ‘ “Who is to separate us, pray? They’ll meet the fate of Milo! Not as long as I live, Ellen, for no mortal creature.”’ (83). The two share a bond that is disapproved by society because love is not meant to overcome all. Its purpose in the 17th and 18th century English culture is to

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