Blog 2

Mrs. Dean's story continues focusing on four main characters: Mrs. Dean (herself), Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar. While reading, Catherine’s disposition intrigued me greatly; her temperamental feelings towards Heathcliff and Edgar are very interesting.
One first senses this abnormal relationship between Catherine, Heathcliff, and Edgar when Mrs. Dean states, "for when Heathcliff expressed contempt of Linton in his presence, she could not half coincide, as she did in his absence; and when Linton evinced disgust and antipathy to Heathcliff, she dared not treat his sentiments with indifference..." Catherine, distraught that he two best friends despise one another, is in an awkward situation. She is the mediator between two men who both are fighting for her affection. This quote epitomizes the antipathy of Heathcliff and Edgar towards one another.
The relationship between the three escalates more when Edgar Linton asks Catherine to marry him. Catherine first states [speaking about Edgar], "I love the ground under his feet, the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says." Notwithstanding this, Catherine later states, "In my soul and in my heart, I'm convince I'm wrong!" Catherine is conflicted, first stating that she loves Edgar, and then earnestly convinced that she is making the wrong move - this illustrates Catherine's changing disposition towards her vexing situation. Catherine states later in the chapter, "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!" While Catherine's love for Linton fluctuates, her love for Heathcliff is infinite. During this soliloquy, however, Catherine also states, "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now." Frustrated by hearing this, Heathcliff leaves the house, not to be seen again for a very long time, in which Catherine and Linton get married.
Soon after the marriage, Catherine gets extremely ill.  Mrs. Dean states, "Mr. Kenneth, as soon as he saw her, pronounced her dangerously ill; she had a fever. He bled her, and he told him to let her live on whey and water gruel." At this point Catherine realizes that she rather be with Heathcliff, and her malady signifies that that. Catherine is sickened by knowing that she has to stay with Edgar the rest of his life. 

Catherine’s feelings towards Edgar and Heathcliff are ever changing, but she seems to finally find her true love. Nevertheless, Catherine is still confined to the little authority she has in her marriage with Edgar.  Hopefully, in the upcoming chapters, Catherine can transcend the bond that holds her to Edgar, and have a relationship with the man her heart desires.