His obsession with Catherine and idealization of her as heaven is made most clear after she has been dead for years. Heathcliff claims, after Catherine's dead body and sees her for the first time in seventeen years, "" Today, I am within my sight of heaven"". This truly illustrates how being with Catherine is the only thing Heathcliff has ever wanted. He lives his life for Catherine and when he is with her is the only time he is content. When Heathcliff is without Catherine, he feels his life is nothing. When Catherine impending death is evident, Heathcliff proclaims ""Two words would comprehend my future - death and hell. Existence after losing her would be hell"". There is nothing for Heathcliff to live for without Catherine. He cares about her more than himself and his life is terrible without her. Heathcliff says that when Catherine is dead, he will be in hell, ""I shall writhe in the torments of hell"". Heathcliff doesn't find happiness in anything after Catherine passes away. Heathcliff has lived his life for Catherine and when she is dead, his life loses all meaning and Heathcliff sees no point in living. Heathcliff feels he has no life without Catherine, he says, ""I cannot live without my life""(164). With Catherine dead, Heathcliff can only seek revenge on those who in life kept him from her. His life is still focused on Catherine even after her death. He tries to make up for her absence by making others" life as bad as his but fails in the end because Catherine is the only way he can truly be happy. Heathcliff knows this and tries to coax Catherine's spirit into haunting him, saying, ""Be with me always-take any form-drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you"". Heathcliff's one wish in life is to be with Catherine and after losing her he has nothing but her memory to live for. Heathcliff lives his whole life for Catherine and when he is not with her he may as while be in hell.