; (Goodlett 120) Heathcliff’s sole source of self-esteem and power comes from Catherine. (Berg 59) Catherine provides Heathcliff with love, support, a sense of right and wrong, and a feeling of self-esteem. Heathcliff is addicted to the emotions that Catherine provides for him, that he is unable to provide for himself. Catherine cannot, at first, decide whom to marry. Catherine wonders if she should marry the man she loves or the man that can provide her with material security. Catherine tells Nelly that “I’ve no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven: and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn’t have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now” (Bronte 120) Catherine also states that “Whatever our souls are made of, his {Heathcliff’s} and mine are the same, and Linton’s {Edgar} is as different as moonbeam from lightening, or frost from fire.” (Bronte 121) Catherine wants to be with Heathcliff even though she knows all about him. But Catherine’s need for psychological security and material comforts out weighs her desire to be with Heathcliff. (Goodlett 124) Catherine marries Edgar Linton and moves to Thrushcross Grange and is separated from Heathcliff. Heathcliff begins to lead Hindley to destruction, and courts Isabella in order to hurt Edgar. When he finds out that Catherine married Edgar in his absence. During Heathcliff’s marriage to Isabella his obsessive and destructive addiction to Catherine is evident. (Benvenuto 90) Isabella asks Nelly “Is Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?” (Tytler 104) Isabella comes to realize that Heathcliff believes that his soul mate is Catherine. Heathcliff believes that he cannot live without her. Edgar asks Catherine, “Will you give up Heathcliff hereafter, or will you give up me? It is impossible for you to be my frie...
