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Catherine Linton does not apologize for her cruelty to Hareton even after she becomes kind to him and marries him. Hindley never shows remorse for his cruelty to Heathcliff and Heathcliff for taking revenge on Hindley and mistreating Hareton. Nelly never apologizes for her double dealings between Heatchliff and Catherine and Edgar and Heathcliff or for her ongoing Victorian prejudices. Edgar Linton never apologizes for “capturing” the wild Catherine and unconsciously caging her out of his love for propriety. Linton Heathcliff does not apologize for his cowardice and wretched deceptions to Catherine Linton. Consequently, it seems evident that Brontë’s unequivocal message of acceptance and nature does not dwell in Nelly’s biased narrative (nor in Lockwood’s “locked” adventures in storytelling) but rather in the dialogues and discourses, actions and relationships, between these ramified and complex characters. One evident example is when Linton Heathcliff tells Catherine Linton that,
“...the pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day is [was] lying from morning till evening on the bank of heath in the middle of the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the larks singing high up overhead, and the blue sky and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly. That is [was] his most perfect idea of heaven’s happiness...mine is [was] rocking in a rustling green tree, with a west wind blowing...and not only larks, but throstles, and blackbirds, and linnets...and the moors seen at a distance...he wants [wanted] to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I want [wanted] all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I say [said] his heaven
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