Totally true Rodrigo, sometimes I even feel like Bronte got herself confused with her story and prolonged it a little more to find the path to revealing the message of the novel. I have now passed the middle of the story and I am really interested in knowing how the story will go on for another hundred pages since the supposed most important event has happened in these pages.
By these chapters, one of the most important events of the novel happens....Catherine Linton dies after days of struggle. However, she leaves behind a little baby girl named after her.
These chapters were very intense because it is when Heathcliff and Hindley confront each other but are seperated by the inconvinient death of Catherine. The passage in which Heathcliff is talking secretly with Catherine in her bed, kissing and embracing ardently, reminded me a lot of the final scene of Primo Basílio. Heathcliff forgives Catherine for having abondoned him and says he will do whatever she wants as long as she lives. In Primo Basílio, the lady is also very sick, almost dying and her husband forgives her act of cheating on him and also promisses to do anything for her as long as she does not leave him for heaven.
Before this scene, which revealed the true Heathcliff true emotions and feeling for Catherine, I was thinking of Heathcliff's love for her more of an obsession than heartly passion. The way he talked about her wanting to visit her frequently and demanding responses, made me think he was obsessed by her and was sort of stalking Catherine. However this scene was really passionate and almost evoked tears, because Heathcliff was really concerned about her and even promissed to die with her, proving his true love. And according to page185 he does die and is buried right next to Cathy's tomb.
Now about the baby girl, either I missed the part or did not read it attentively I did not see before Chapter 17 a note or a single reference to Catherine's pregnancy! Did it mention that she was pregnant?? and now I am sturck with the doubt of if the baby is Hindley's or Heathcliff's daughter??? Although I know it would be difficult for the baby to be Heathcliff's, however since I did not see Nelly mentioning the pregnancy it could be a possibility right??
After quarreling about how could Bronte continue continue writing for a lot more of pages after the main character has died, I remembered of the beginning of the novel. Lockwood present a diary in the beginning and it is from this diary that the narration of the story begins. However Lockwood never finished reading the diary since he was sent out of the room, hence I start to believe that now the story will transition its narration to the present and Lockwood will continue the story by telling the reader about Catherine's diary, which holds all the secrets of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
Bye everyone!!!!!
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