How far do you agree that their relationship is a source of "little visible delight" for either character but is instead a destructive passion far removed from the traditional love story? Response Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship changes throughout the course of the novel as they have good times and bad times and this changes the way that we perceive the characters and the way they perceive each other either bringing them closer together or pushing them further apart. ... after he threw an iron weight at Heathcliff and ˜hit him in the breast'. ... This shows that she bel...

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This parallelism extends also to the characters; the first generation of characters is comparable to the second generation. ... These two characters are different in numerous aspects of their personalities and lifestyles. ... Catherine Earnshaw was an intensely emotional character. ... The differences in the emotional character of Catherine and Cathy could be explained in the fact that Cathy did not experience a relationship like the torrential love affair Catherine had with Heathcliff. ... Much of Catherine's character was based on emotions while Cathy is much more restrained. ...

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