This is the second time that I have read this novel and this time around it was a bit easier. I still have trouble wrapping my head around the fact that Heathcliff plotted against his family (some he didn't like and even the people he loved). I can not even imagine the amount of plotting, planning, and time that Heathcliff put into to achieving both properties. I can almost see him in my mind sitting by the fire staring off just thinking about his plan.
Towards the end there is a scene that I even remember from the first time I read this novel. It is the scene where Heathcliff and Catherine are arguing over her inheritance. Heathcliff almost hits her but something stops him. I think that he see his one true love in the face of this young girl. I also think that he then begins to see his Catherine is every aspect of young Catherine. Because of this he no longer wants revenge. Not only does this novel show readers that love can overcome revenge, dead Catherine's love for Heathcliff eventually saved young Catherine, but it shows that good things and love can come from very broken places. In the end everything works out. It is the way of life
Heathcliff does a lot of preparation work for his plans against those who have wronged him. He uses the children and belittles them just because of their parents. It is really sad how he uses the children, but it is necessary to pull off his scheme. I wonder how long it took him to conjure it up? Do you think he thought about it as a child and when he finally became of age he did everything he could to execute it? Or he could have went as time progressed with his plans by using each situation to work for his advantage.
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