Although there are several relationships in the book, cathy
and Heathcliff’s deeply passionate relationship is the one people remember.
They are not just lovers, they are soulmates. However, their relationship is
not particularly healthy. They are drawn together by their mutual infatuation-
Heathcliff constantly refers to cathy as his ‘soul’ and at one point, cathy
screams ‘ I am Heathcliff’. I think the way C.Day Lewis describes Cathy and
Heathcliff is perfect "represent the essential isolation of the soul, the
agony of two souls–or rather, shall we say? two halves of a single soul–forever
sundered and struggling to unite." In my opinion, this kind of love is not
fortunate and will not result in happiness. It is as if neither lovers can give
the other enough, they are so infatuated with each other that they are always
wanting, never satisfied.
Although they are not together all the way through the
novel, their on-going passion means that they always gravitate back to each
other. Their love is an addiction.
‘Addiction; An addiction exists when a person's attachment
to a sensation, an object, or another person is such as to lessen his
appreciation of and ability to deal with other things in his environment, or in
himself, so that he has become increasingly dependent on that experience as his
only source of gratification.’ Someone who is emotionally unstable, or lacks in
interests and direction is more likely to have an addiction. Cathy and
Heathcliff’s childhood was pretty isolated, they were restricted to Wuthering
heights and its surroundings. They were forced together from a young age.
Perhaps this is an explanation for their passionate and explosive relationship.
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http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/love.html
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