... him without that, probably; and with it you wouldn't, unless he possessed the four former attractions" (Bronte 79). Nelly knew that without Edgar's wealth he would be nothing to Catherine. Property and possession are the only reason for their marriage. Cathy does enjoy the company of Edgar but does not truly love him. She only hopes that their love will grow ... as time passes and that they will be able to live comfortably together. "My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I"m well aware, as winter changes ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... last. I hope he will not die before I do!" (136). He is able to turn the tables on Hindley and makes him his slave. When Hindley is drunk he gambles his property to Heathcliff leaving him broke and Heathcliff holding all the cards. He even tries steeling away Hindley's son, who he later ends up raising. He again tries to get back ... told her housekeeper that she has made up her mind to marry Edgar Linton, although she is well aware that her love for him is bound to change as time passes, and that she hopes to learn to love him. She still is obsessed by her love for Heathcliff and by sa...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... (through his marriage to Isabella) may jeopardize her own eventual claim on it. Edgar Linton, however, painfully aware of this threat, searches for a way to prevent Heathcliff from taking the property. These events underscore the symbolic importance of the two houses. Wuthering Heights represents wildness, ungoverned passion, extremity, and doom. The fiery behavior of the characters associated with this house " ... Heathcliff's death, his influence has become an ever less menacing one in the preceding days, and thus his demise does not constitute a dramatic reversal of the book's tr...

• Word Count: 3960
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate