Everybody in
Wuthering Heights is afflicted with either a mortal disease or crabs. As in, a crabby personality. Especially Linton, who has both. He loses the entirety of his stamina traversing a distance of six feet.
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| Linton is worthless. |
I imagine this seventeen year old man writhing on the ground pitifully and I begin to cringe at how undeserving he is of education in Hareton's place. It strikes me odd that Catherine still clings to him even when he establishes his stance against her after they are married and after the way he has treated her like a possession and a servant. This guy reminds me of Caren Hortensia from
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia.
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| Caren is malevolent for no reason. |
Both of them are fragile as glass and derive pleasure from others' sufferings. They also have their brief, single moments of goodness, like how Caren as a priestess is obligated to provide sanctuary for the defeated while Linton lets Catherine out of the Heights out of guilt. Both of them are horrible, horrible people that are loved for no palpable reason. Linton is something to cling to rather than something to be actually loved. In this respect, Catherine resembles Isabella in the way that they refuse to acknowledge reality and favor delusions instead. Caren at least has some redeeming qualities in that A. She doesn't explode upon walking halfway up the stairs and B. She like Catherine can find love loving someone equally as malevolent as her.
I have to say, Cathy (the younger) is one of the few characters that I don't detest in this novel. With that being said, I agree with you in the fact that I completely hate the way that she clings to Linton, even after he treats her like crap. It makes me think of how some people, in modern times, stick with someone who abuses them (verbally or physically), which makes me really upset. Maybe accepting him is just her way of coping, since she now can't get out of the relationship with Linton, but it still upsets me.
ReplyDeleteSo, you compared Linton to Caren, and then said Caren is more like Isabella? Why not just compare Isabella to Caren from the start? Then the last sentence you compared Caren to Catherine. You list the basic surface similarities between these characters, but I feel it would be more of an interesting read if you went in depth of theses comparisons, rather than listing them out.
ReplyDeleteHow did you decide that he had sickle cell anemia (if that's what you really thought)? All of Bronte's mystery illnesses really bug me because they feel to much like cop outs. I'd love to hear proper diagnoses for them.
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