Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) answers “Do you think Heathcliff loved Hareton,...”

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Do you think Heathcliff loved Hareton, even though he said he didn't? Heathcliff used Hareton for his revenge, but I can't help but feel like Heathcliffe loved Hareton despite not wanting too (or maybe he loved him as much as someone like him could love the son of his sworn enemy). Not to mention that Hareton loved Heathcliff like a father and Hareton's love couldn't have come up out of nowhere.

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) Heathcliff doesn't love anyone. A child's love for its abusive father is as irrational as the abuser's need to crush anyone who is smaller or weaker t…moreHeathcliff doesn't love anyone. A child's love for its abusive father is as irrational as the abuser's need to crush anyone who is smaller or weaker than themselves. Hareton admires what he sees as Heathcliff's strength and purpose, but Heathcliff intends to use him as he uses everyone else who gets within reach--for his own ends. What Heathcliff feels for Cathy isn't love, either, but the desire to posess and dominate and own. (less)

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Selene Goberdhan Actually the only person Heathcliff ever loved was Cathy because he clearly told her something even she didn't see herself which was how she was her o ...more
Nov 20, 2016 02:06PM · flag

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) The desire to posess someone to the ultimate degree is not love. Heathcliff and Cathy's mutual desire is not a healthy one; it could only end as it di ...more
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