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…

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