Wuthering Heights ? 2

Wuthering Heights is a novel that deals with the dark side of romance. The conflict is that Catherine Earnshaw married Edgar Linton but was truly in love with Heathcliff. Catherine did love Edgar because "he is handsome, and pleasant to be with" and "he is young and cheerful." (Bronte 77) She loves Edgar with all her heart, but Catherine loves Heathcliff with her heart and soul. She states "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever are souls are made of, his and mine are the same." (Bronte 80) Heathcliff and Catherine are so alike in many ways that they are practically the same person. They are not meant to be and true love is pushing them away from each other. When Catherine married Edgar it came with some gains. Edgar cared for Catherine even more than he cared for himself, and also he was handsome and rich. The only problem with marrying Edgar was that he was not Catherine's true love. She was deeply in love with someone she could not have, which was the strong and handsome Heathcliff. Fate kept them apart but eventually brought them together.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.