WH - sex, passion & desire

Question 1

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a stranger” (Cathy)
Chapter 9

Answer 1

Her love for Edgar will most likely ebb & flow, but her love for Heathcliff will remain for all eternity.
Passionate, true self
He brings out her passionate sublimate feelings, her side for Edgar is subdued.

Question 2

“It was one of their chief amusements to run away in the moors in the morning and remain there all day” running “barefoot”

Answer 2

Releasing their wild and passionate sides in which they only experience together.

Question 3

“with a candle dripping over his fingers” “crushing his nails into his palms and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions” “rage” “how-how dare”
Chapter 3

Answer 3

Fury towards Lockwood - suffering on inside without her, turbulent, passionate.
Dislocated syntax -> anger, can’t think straight, inarticulate, overwhelmed by emotion.

Question 4

“Cathy do come. Oh do - once more! Oh! My heart’s darling, hear me this time - Catherine, at last!”
Chapter 3

Answer 4

Active verbs - desperation, exclamative, possession?
Pleading, haunted, tormented, begging, suffering.

Question 5

“gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode”
“It ended”
“flew upstairs, breathless and wild”