Now that her master is dead, Nelly hopes to stay at the Grange. Heathcliff has other plans, storming into the house as its new master. He announces immediately his intention of bringing Cathy home to the Heights despite her desire to stay at the Grange with Nelly.
Ever since Linton helped Cathy escape, Heathcliff has punished him with his very presence. Heathcliff has a plan to rent out the Grange and needs Cathy at Wuthering Heights to help around the house.
Heathcliff and Cathy argue over Linton: she claims he is all she loves in the world; Heathcliff announces Linton's intentions to be an abusive husband.
In his sorrow and rage, Heathcliff briefly takes over the narrative. Heathcliff tells Nelly that he persuaded the sexton to dig up Catherine's grave. He stares at her dusty corpse and bribes the sexton to put his body next to hers when he dies.
QOC :
“However miserable you make us we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty arises from your greater misery”
Cathy’s response shows that she recognizes that Heathciff’s quest for revenge has corrupted him. What he always wanted to be was with Catherine and revenge didn’t get him that.
“I bribed the sexton to pull it away, when I’m lair there and slide mine out too. I’ll have it made so, and then by the time Linton gets to us, He’ll not know which is which”
Cathy’s comment is clearly right and hits a spot with Heathcliff. Heathcliff’s love for Catherine remains the sole important thing for him, It is so important that he is willing to disturb her grave in order to find a way to be close to her if no in life in death.
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