Wuthering Heights Chapter 12- 14

Catherine becomes delirious
1. rants about her childhood with Heathcliff on the moors
  1. wished to return to the time in her life when she was most happy
2. she speaks of being buried but not at rest until she is with Heathcliff
  1. foreshadows ghostly wanderings and Heathcliff's restlessness
    1. spiritual connection
3. "the Grange had but one sensible soul in its walls, and that lodged in my body"
  1. Nelly's sense of superiority
4. "I don't want you, Edgar; I'm past wanting you."
  1. cruelty, demmandingness
Isabella and Heathcliff elope
1. Edgar claims that Isabella has disowned him
Edgar nurses Catherine
1. Catherine is pregnant
  1. Edgar hopes for a male heir to prevent Heathcliff from inheriting the Grange
Isabella's letter to Nelly
1. Heathcliff cannot punish Edgar for causing Catherine’s illness
  1. punishes Isabella in his place
2. treated cruelly by Hindley, Joseph, and Hareton
3. Heathcliff has assumed the position of power at WH
4. admits her mistake in marrying Heathcliff, begs Nelly to visit her
Nelly visits Isabella at WH
1. Edgar refuses to forgive Isabella and sends nothing with Nelly
2. Heathcliff's declaration and explanation of his love for Catherine
  1. passion and commitment
3. Heathcliff demands that Nelly arrange a meeting between Heathcliff and Catherine
  1. threatens to hold Nelly a prisoner at WH and go alone
  2. Nelly agrees to carry a letter from Heathcliff to Catherine

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