... , Edgar, Isabella, Zillah. At times, indeed, the novel invites its readers to become advocates for behavior (that of Catherine and Heathcliff) which probably almost everything in our socialized psyche (or superego) would normally reject almost as emphatically as Nelly does. Nelly may be properly read as embodying moral averageness rather than villainy, but that very averageness pushes us towards endorsement of ... ...

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