lie there by myself, they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down under me, but I won’t rest until you are with me. I never will”(108). The love between Heathcliff and Cathy is spiritual , not a physical love (289). All our striving on earth amounts to nothing. The story proclaims that when one dies, then he find his greatest satisfaction. The power of good is greater than the power of evil (279). One theme the characters portrayed was the risk in loving someone. Each must pay the strong price as he lays his heart out on the table. Love takes bloom when he risks himself. Although hurt and rejection may come and be devastating, the joy of a deep commitment and bonding of the two lives will never happen if the risk of being hurt is not taken. As expressed in the saying “It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.”Heathcliff overheard Cathy telling how she could not love him because he was not of the same social class. Heartbroken and crying, he ran out into the storm. Hoping she would be free to love someone else, he left without saying good-bye. Emily Bronte writes about each of her characters in great detail, expressing what they are like and their personalities. She can even change what the reader thinks about them as they develop throughout the story. In the beginning of the book, Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is portrayed as a “gentle man by Cathy, but to everyone else he is a monster”(148). He is described as “rough as a saw-edge and hard as whinstone”( 124). Heathcliff is constantly being reminded of his place as a outsider in the Earnshaw house. Heathcliff was a man who was torn between love and hate. Cathy loved him more than anything. She was a wild, young beautiful girl who had a mind of her own. Capable of great sympathy, Cathy is very loyal to those whom she loves. In a weak moment she made a decision about lovi...
