@yesgabsstuff said: Yeah, so some context:
Heathcliff actually reminds me of Griffith in the way that I think he
sees his personal ambition as a way to help correct a corrupt social
order. He’s different in that he completely embraced being a terrible,
manipulative, sadist (it is strongly implied that he rapes his wife, who
he manipulated and married purely for her attachment to the other
nearby estate) before he loses Cathy for the last time. Cathy and
Heathcliff are both extremely emotionally volatile;
Cathy more so because
she is put in a physically impossible position of loving someone who is
not her social equal who is also toxic to her. And Heathcliff because he
wants to gain social legitimacy. It could be argued that he pursued
this so that he could win Cathy as a wife but if felt more to me like
she was the only person he was human for. His ambition while caught up
in his anger at her for choosing the only husband available to her is
not the the source of it for me. But yeah they go
Through these really
horrible cycles of obsession and loathing of each other several times in
the book and throwing something like the Behelit into that would be
fascinating to see.
Also, if anyone wants
to hear my theory that their relationship is actually incestuous because
Heathcliff if Mr. Earnshaw’s bastard. I’m always ready to discuss.
oh wow, i see what you mean. yeah all i remembered was what i know from the kate bush song, plus like, heathcliff hanging puppies lol. I knew their relationship was messed up and tragic, but remembered none of the details. I can see how they’re the ur-example for toxic, tragic relationships.
If you wanted to write a post about your theories, behelit-wise or incest-wise, I’d read it, though I might not be able to discuss in depth since my lit knowledge is weak lol.
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