... she lies must affect our reading of her moral judgments. At the same time we encounter deeper problems still: one is that as a reflecting moral agent, breaking her own strict codes, Nelly is more guilty than Heathcliff as an impulsive natural force. Another is that Nelly, though closer to events, may understand her story as little as Lockwood does. Indeed it ... ...

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