Zilah brings Lockwood to a room that Heathcliff usually doesn’t allow anyone stay in. Left alone Lockwood notices three names scratched into the paint of the bed “Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine Heathcliff and Catherine Linton”. Lockwood also finds a 25 year old diary, written by Catherine Earnshaw. He reads an entry from a time just after her father died in which older brother Hindely makes Catherine and Heathcliff were close. Also during that night Lockwood has a nightmare in which he breaks a window to get some air and a child grabs his hand. She says her name is Catherine Linton and begs to enter, claiming she’s been trying to get in for twenty years. Lockwood fights her and frees himself. She continues to beg and he cries out. His yell carries into the real world , Heathcliff hears it and comes running , upset to find him in the room , Lockwood then explains his nightmare , then Heathcliff sobbing opens the window and shouts for Catherine to come in.
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“Catherine Earnshaw here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff and then again Catherine Linton.”
The variations of Catherine’s name; highlight and foreshadows the perplexed issues she goes through not know which path to follow, and which love to have. The fact that its scratched in wood represents the ability to mould wood, but the fact wood is still strong and cannot always be moulded perfectly to what you want.
This chapter represents the gothic element within the play beginning to blossom, as the spiritual world beings to surface through the appearance of Cathy this shows that this novel has many layers to it , and not only exists in the real world. Also Lockwood decides to hurt the woman because he sees himself as civilized and therefore does not like to show his feelings, his passion
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