The Undying Love in Wuthering Heights


I have watched the movie couple of months back actually and now, reading the novel. Very interesting gothic romance I have ever seen and read before. To me, the story is full of vengeance and woe. The anger and bitterness that was built in Heathcliff has made him to marry Cathy’s sister-in-law, Isabella Linton. Emotionally wounded upon knowing the fact that his childhood lover is married to someone else instead of him, Heathcliff marries Isabella merely for revenge and for her wealth. He doesn’t love the poor lady; his heart still yearns for Cathy.

It is undeniable that Cathy is also and has always been in love with Heathcliff. She has this kind of “wild” attitude that matches well with her gypsy lover’s personality. They share the same wild, romantic passion and by spending their time at the moor, they seem to be lost in their own world, drifting away in their sea of love. The moor gives them a new hope and a new life. The scenery is simply captivating and exquisite in beauty. Anyone can be "lost" here especially when you have your special someone by your side. Put me there, I'll be trapped for the rest of my life! The setting here seems to indicate a complete contrast of what they experienced in their home, Wuthering Heights where it is dark and gloomy and full of misery.

What interest me the most about Wuthering Heights is the undying love that Heathcliff has for Cathy. His love for her is an everlasting love. . He can’t even let go when he knows that he has nothing left to hold on to. The love they have for each other, Heathcliff and Cathy, is the kind of love that refuses to die. It sounds a ‘lil morbid though, when he actually wants Cathy to haunt him after she dies. Wow, that was really something, huh? One cannot live without the other and when the other half is gone, life is meaningless. Humm…sounds familiar…

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"the traveller"

Image
for i am only a traveller finding my way among the streets of your new town, i have other places to go to. i shall someday work out a map of this city and traverse it on foot, someday. for i am only a traveller, and cannot stay longer where there is no home. take my love while you can, take my hatred, take my weathered hand if you will, for i shall have no home here, among the dull buildings where the heart cannot stay. for i am only a traveller on my way, to somewhere further than here. this is the city that broke my heart, that stole my feelings from me; this is the city that took away my love, that told me i must go away. i must go somewhere. somewhere, where they can know me; can recognise that i am a man. some night when the city is asleep i’ll walk out quietly along your cruel streets through the suburban edge and into the dawn forests. somewhere, perhaps near where the sun rises, i can sit down, and sometimes perhaps, i can tell myself, here i am a man. ~Muhammad Haji Salleh~ Mu
Read more

Malaysian Heritage

Image
Dr Jaya was absolutely right. Staying in Melaka is definitely not boring at all. There are a lot of things to do, many things to see and many historical places to visit. I had a great time spending my weekends there. Since I decided not to go back to KL during weekends, I made plans with Zurina and Wazir to visit some of the beautiful places here. Melaka is a nice place to visit. I love watching the sunset at Klebang beach, window shopping at Mahkota Parade, eating “mee hoon basah” at the RR stall near our home, driving round the Melaka city at night with my friends, dinner at Anjung Batu…simply love the “ikan bakar”…ohhh so many things to tell and to share with. During one of the weekends, my friends and I visited one of the most popular attractions in Melaka that is the Taman Mini Malaysia. It is situated approximately 16 killometres from the city. The complex displays the actual size of the beautiful traditional crafted house from the 13 states in Malaysia. What is unique about Tama
Read more