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“Why do you love him ， Miss Cathy?”
“Nonsense， I do—that’s sufficient.”
“By no means; you must say why?”
“Well， he is handsome， and pleasant to be with.”
“Bad!” was my commentary.
“And because he
is young and cheerful.”
“Bad ， still.”
“And because he loves me.”
“Indifferent ，coming there.”
“And he will be rich ， and I shall like to be the greatest woman of the neighbourhood ， and I shall be proud of having a husband.” (Emily，2004: 91-92)
Catherine couldn’t find the reasonable explanations and answere
d why she loved Edgar . In fact ， she didn’t love him at all ， and her vanity drove herself to accept Edgar ，whereas who she loved all the same was Heathcliff . However ， at the Victorian Period ， a person was only judged by his economic status and social background . Influenced by the current society ， Catherine was occupied by the vanity and married Edgar ， regardless of the past passion for Heathcliff . From the latter plots ， we can see who she really loved was Heathcliff， however ， she couldn’t calm down at that time because she lacked of the sense .
When Heathcliff knew Catherine would like to marry Edgar ， he left her . After three years ， he appeared again and became a rich gentleman . Since Catherine became Edgar’s wife ， her life seemed to be happy and harmonious . But when she met Heathcliff again ， she was particularly excited and forgot her identity ， even wanted Edgar to accept him . As Edgar’s wife ， I think ， she ought to respect his husband and care for his feelings . Just because of her strong sensibility ， she ignored everything and still loved Heathcliff insanely . When she was ill， she yearned for Heathcliff and the life in Wuthering Heights . Even when she was dying ， who she wanted to meet was still Heathcliff ， on the contrary ， she didn’t remember Edgar clearly.
From these unreasonable plots ， we can see that Catherine is an emotional person . She preferred her sensibility to her sense . If she could calm down and choose to marry the person who she really loved ， I think ， for her sensibility ， she would not regret her choice .
Little Cathy was Catherine’s daughter . She had a good looking just like her mother . Unlike her mother， she had a kind heart and the genteel behavior . Edgar took “Cathy’s e
ducation entirely on himself ”(Emily， 2004: 220 ) when she was very young . So Cathy studied very hard and eagerly . She grew up under the surroundings of the adults ， so she was always considerate to others . In fact ， she was well educated under the surroundings of sense from childrenhood . Little Linton was her little cousin . The reason why she fell in love with him was that she thought she was elder and wiser than he ， and she wanted to protect her little brother who was coward and frail . When Linton had a bad temper ， she was always patient with him ， told stories and shared jokes with him . She thought that he had the poor health ， so she had the right to help him and give him her love .When she was prohibited to meet little Linton ， she was very sad and seemed to make a mistake herself .
During the time that her servant Nelly was ill ， Cathy “behaved like an angl
e”(Emily， 2004:284) and kept Nelly company and took care of her .Unfortunately ， her father was ill at the same time . So she was b