Wuthering Heights: Last Post

"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and [Edgar's] is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire? (80).

I think this quote about sums up all of Catherine's feeling toward Heathcliff. Since the two grew up together, they formed an inseparable bond and the two became one of the same, according to Catherine. This quote really shows the complexity of their relationship. It's almost like the two are so similar that they are destined to be together, yet that prevents them from being together at the same time. Catherine even goes on to say that she is Heathcliff. She uses a simile to compare her love for Heathcliff as opposed to her love for Edgar--"My love for Linton is like foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary" (82). Basically, her love for Heathcliff is true and everlasting whereas her love for Edgar is not rooted in anything stable like the eternal rocks.
My feelings for this book can be described as indifferent. It was slow to start off but it eventually somewhat picked up. The language was sometimes too descriptive and it was tiresome to read but overall, the book was decent. It was still really annoying how they called one character by about 5 different names: ie Catherine-aka Catherine Linton, Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine Heathcliff, Mrs. Linton, Mrs. Earnshaw. Super confusing. Definitely haven't read a book quite like this one.