wuthering heights-Catherines rage
...er the top and demanding. Also the description of Catherine’s action seems very much ‘wild’ and unpredictable. This irrationality continues as Catherine begins to say that she’s ‘in danger of being seriously ill’ because Edgar has ‘startled and distressed’ her ‘shockingly!’ Catherine over exaggerates the situation at hand by using powerful language, such as ‘shockingly!’ and ‘seriously’ which is bought across by the exclamation marks used throughout Catherine’s speech in this passage. We also get a glimpse of her self-righteous attitude as she says ‘I am in no way blamable in this matter’, by saying this Catherine is trying to convince everyone into thinking that something that is completely her fault has nothing to do with her. instead we get the impression that she feels she could never do anything wrong. Catherine also embellishes in this passage by announcing that the confusion and stress caused by her choice between Heathcliff and Edgar is in fact what is making her ill. It appears to the reader that Catherine is playing on her illness to ease out of the situation at hand. This impression is again given by the persuasion of the narrator. Nelly puts this view of hers across simply in saying; ‘There is nothing in the world the matter’ although she ‘whispered’, showing that Nelly’s feelings towards Catherine were obviously better kept hidden and that Nelly was intimidated by Catherine, as we saw earlier in the passage as Nelly shares that she was ‘anxious to keep her in ignorance’, of her wrong doings that had upset Catherine. Nelly’s scarcity towards Catherine seems well deserved, as, she quotes Catherine to saying;’ if I cannot keep Heathcliff for my friend – if Edgar will be mean and jealous, I’ll try to break their hearts by breaking my own. That will be a prompt way of finishing all, when I am pushed to extremity!’ This statement seems spiteful and Catherine’s illness based on this again comes across as put on. Catherine’s language here is again very strong and heightens the intensity and seriousness of Catherine’s threat when faced with this situation. Another intense speech given by Catherine, in the midst of her madness, is when describing the cause of the argument; she says, ‘all is dashed wrong; by the fool’s craving to hear evil of self, that haunts some people like a demon!’ These hellish references to what is occurring brings across the seriousness of the argument as well as Catherine’s over dramatic persona again. It is this argument where Catherine describes Edgar as a ‘fool’, that we as the reader get a good impression as to what Edgar is like. Edgar comes across as calm and collected, even when a little wounded by Catherine’s refusal to make a choice between himself and Heathcliff. Edgar is described as talking to Catherine ‘without any anger in his voice, but with much sorrowful despondency’. Showing his calm nature and upset by the situation. Edgar comes across as a very patient man for his time, as he is still quite nice to Catherine even though she refuses to choose her own husband over another man, this would be seen as a disgrace at this time. Although in this position Edgar still loves Catherine all the same as we see his reaction to Catherine’s ill state; ‘”she has blood on her lips!” he sad shuddering’. Edgar was obviously very scared at the thought of hi...