Ashley+Miller

Ashley Miller-Wuthering Heights 1.“We don’t in general take to foreigners here, Mr.Lockwood, unless they take to us first.”(49) 2.“I wish I had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed and behaved as well, and had a chance of being as rich as he will be!”(59) 3.“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He’s always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. So don’t talk of our separation again it is impracticable, and”(84) 4.“Nelly, I see now, you think me a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married we should be beggars? whereas, if I marry Linton, I can aid Heathcliff to rise, and place him out of my brother’s power?”(84) 5.“ He’s not a rough diamond---a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he’s a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man”(103) 6.”Whatever he may pretend, he wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation; he says he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him; and he shan’t obtain it--I’ll die first!”(149) 7.“He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle, and dance in a glorious jubilee.I said his heaven would be only half alive, and he said mine would be drunk; I said I should fall asleep in his, and he said he could not breathe in mine.”(237) 8.“Linton is all I have to love in the world, and though you have done what you could to make him hateful to me, and me to him, you cannot make us hate each other. And I defy you to hurt him when I am by, and I defy you to frighten me.”(273) 9.“My old enemies have not beaten me; now would be the precise time to revenge myself on their representatives---I could do it, and none could hinder me. But where is the use? I don’t care for striking, I can’t take the trouble to raise my hand!”(306) 10.“I sought, and soon discovered, the three head-stones on the slope next the moorthe middle one grey, and half buried in heath; Edgar Linton’s only harmonized by the turf, and moss creeping up its foot; Heathcliff’s still bare.”(320)
 * This quote is important because it shows how much the Earnshaws and the Lintons isolated themselves. It shows how unwelcoming their society is.
 * Heathcliff makes this statement because he envies Linton. He wants to be financially successful, like Linton, and even have similar physical features as him so he isn’t rejected from society. This quote shows an emotional moment for Heathcliff, which is rare.
 * Catherine makes a connection between nature and feelings. She describes her love for Linton temporary, whereas she describes her love for Heathcliff as never-ending.
 * Catherine reveals to Nelly what she believes will happen if she marries Heathcliff and what she believes would happen if she marries Linton. This shows she wouldn’t be marrying Linton for love, but she would be marrying him to help Heathcliff become powerful.
 * Catherine recommends to Isabella that she should not get involved with Heathcliff because she knows how much trouble he his. She nature to describe that he is not a good guy, he is actually a rather bad guy.
 * Isabella seems upset after learning the truth about why Heathcliff married her and is explaining it to Nelly. She tells Nelly that she’ll die so Heathcliff can’t obtain power.
 * This quote shows how different young Linton and young Catherine’s are. Linton wants everything calm and peaceful and Cathy wants everything alive and joyful. They both have negative responses to each other.
 * Cathy Linton stands up to Heathcliff’s controlling, fearful nature. Cathy has passion and determination for loving Linton. This correlates to one of the themes in the book, which is love.
 * This quote is important because Heathcliff has finally stopped trying to get revenge and he is able to see Catherine again.
 * The description in this quote is peaceful. Heathcliff was the last to die and when he did, he took the chaos with him.