Cathy and Hareton's relationship progresses. Cathy teaches Hareton read, and then spend the better part of thier days together. However when Cathy provokes Heathcliff one afternoon during dinner, he threatens to hit her, and she says if he [Heathcliff] hits her, then Hareton will hit him. She puts Hareton in an awkward situation, becaus ehe would not defy Heathcliff (his father figure) even to protect her. Later Cathy apologizes to Hareton, and promises not to speak ill of Heathcliff around him. Soon Heathcliff begins to act strange, he appears happy and excited. He disapears during nightime and comes back late the next morning. He also wants everyone to leave him alone. When Nelly asks him if he is sick he says know, and he can never make eye contact with anyone while he speaks, because he is to focused on something that is not there (he is seeing Catherine Earnshaw, her ghost or just a very realistic memory personified). Heathcliff is driven insane, and cannot sleep or eat. When Nelly ask him where he was the previous night he answers "Last night I was on the threshold of hell. To-day I am within sight of my heaven".
Heathcliff dies a few days later. He is buried on a small hill, next to Catheirne's grave. His tombstone simply reads "Heathcliff - 1802". There are three graves on the top of this small hill. Catherine Earnshaw Linton, and Edgar and Heathcliff are buried on either side of her. I love how the author describes their gravsites at the end of the story. It really shows the love triangle present in the story.
Also, there are superstitions in the story, that Heathcliff remains on earth as a ghost. And his ghost is usually seen by passersby accompanying a lady on the moors at night. I like this ending because it wraps the story, and the reader can believe (if they want) that finally, Catherine and Heathcliff get their happily ever after together.
Heathcliff dies a few days later. He is buried on a small hill, next to Catheirne's grave. His tombstone simply reads "Heathcliff - 1802". There are three graves on the top of this small hill. Catherine Earnshaw Linton, and Edgar and Heathcliff are buried on either side of her. I love how the author describes their gravsites at the end of the story. It really shows the love triangle present in the story.
Also, there are superstitions in the story, that Heathcliff remains on earth as a ghost. And his ghost is usually seen by passersby accompanying a lady on the moors at night. I like this ending because it wraps the story, and the reader can believe (if they want) that finally, Catherine and Heathcliff get their happily ever after together.
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