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Wuthering Heights


            "That, however, which you may suppose the most potent to arrest my imagination is actually the least, for what is not connected with her to me? And what does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped on the flags! In every cloud, in every tree "filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object by day, I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women "my own features "mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!- (Bronte 334).
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             This paragraph from chapter XXXIII of Wuthering Heights is, what I feel to be, the most important piece of writing in the book. This passage reveals the connection that existed between Catherine and Heathcliff, and, at the same time, gives the reader insight into Heathcliff's frustration after Catherine is gone. This passage also describes the final stage of Heathcliff's monomania toward Catherine. The basis of Heathcliff's personality is his affection towards Catherine, which is paraphrased in this passage, making it a very important paragraph in Wuthering Heights. .
             Heathcliff asks the question, "For what is not connected with her to me? And what does not recall her?- (Bronte 334). Heathcliff lived his life for Catherine. While growing up, he spent the majority of his time with her. During this time, he admired her and fell in love with her. From then on, Catherine and her actions affected his decisions. Catherine was the one object of his affection and, therefore, every surrounding, every event, and every person that he encountered in his lifetime was, in some way, associated with her. This passage does a good job revealing the connection that Heathcliff had with Catherine, which is a crucial part of the story in Wuthering Heights. .
             This passage also reveals the fact that even after Heathcliff had dug up Catherine's grave and gotten the chance to see her corpse, he could still not let her go, or get her image out of his head.


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