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would be only half alive; and he says [said] mine would be drunk; I say [said] I should fall asleep in his; and he says [said] he cannot [could not] breathe in mine.” (189)
In this idyllic passage, we read of Linton and Catherine’s choices and inclinations while, at the same time, singing to their distinctive natures. Each draws his and her own breath from a different spiritual energy: each a perfect essence. On the other hand, Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw breathe from the same spiritual immanessence: theirs is a metaphysical bond in immanent dwelling. With such metaphysical bond and immanent understanding, and to further criticize Victorian values and morality, Brontë creates the manifold incidents, tragedies and transgressions in her poignant novel in order to fuse the tensions between the real and the ideal, the tensions between nature, class, culture, passion and reason.
The characters belonging to the stormy world of Wuthering Heights are not only created so that they may experience life and suffering within their warring selves but are also created so that they may be driven to tolerantly co-exist with beings of opposing natures: those dwelling in the calm universe of Thrushcross Grange. Thus, Bronte’s microcosm becomes a macrocosm reflecting two main characters whose wills, natural impetus and intuitive forces are so elemental to their survival and well-being and yet, sadly 3⁄4 because of strict and severe codes of behavior imposed by Victorian morality including class and racial discrimination 3⁄4 become frustrated,
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