HUMA 1170 Study Guide - Pessimism, Love Connection, Life Matters
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Strong love connection between the main characters, cathy and. Heathcliff: catherine feels as it would degrade me to marry heathcliff (59) he doesn"t have much to offer and they would be beggars (60) if they tried having a life. Catherine is selfish because she wants to be with a. Linton, a guy that can provide her some sort of security and stability. Within linton; she believes she will be the greatest woman of the neighborhood, (57). She does not believe that heathcliff can provide that stability nor security since he does not have much to survive on his own. As dwyer said, modernity is ambiguous and therefore we do not have a clear picture of what is right and wrong. Everything is grey, there is no black nor white and we have to make our own meanings out of our own experiences. Modern age nothing can be on the basis of only love.
