Heathcliff and Edgar

• point

  • characterised by contrast
  • competition
  • animosity
  • jealousy
  • social class
  • revenge
• context

  • class divisions
  • racism and ostracism
• explain

  • Edgar realises social gap and humiliates Heathcliff in front of Catherine causing initial competition
  • Edgar threatened by relationship causing rivalry
  • exert their pain of Catherine’s death on eachother
• reader

  • social class destructs relationships
  • chance to navigate complex emotions driven by hatred, jealousy and competition
• quotes

  • ‘He’ll be cramming his fingers in the tarts and stealing the fruit.’
  • ‘Will you give up Heathcliff hereafter, or will you give up me?’
  • ‘Promising that I should be Edgar’s proxy in suffering, till he could get hold of him.’