Chapter+13

=CHAPTER 13: Isabella's Letter= Ashley C

__EVENTS or DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CHAPTER:__

The chapter begins by talking about Catherine's illness. The doctor tells Edgar that she most likely won't ever regain her normal strength. Her illness has permanently harmed her. Her mental state seems to have returned, she is talking and acting normal again. Nelly describes Linton as a great caretaker. He completely devotes himself to her in making her well again. Nelly then transitions into Isabella and Heathcliff's escape, she tells readers that they got married. Isabella tried to contact Edgar but he refuses to answer her letter. She also sends Nelly a letter, which she shows to readers. Isabella describes all of the events that led her to where she is at the time. She confesses that she wishes she never left, and that Heathcliff is truly a monster. No one treats her with any respect; Joseph acts as if she's spoiled and Hindley is crazy. Isabella also says that Wuthering Heights is a miserable place to be, but she wants no one at the Grange to know she is living there. She concludes her letter with putting her trust in Nelly, she has no one left to turn to.

__3 IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTER (and why):__

"I do hate him-I am wretched-I have been a fool!' -Isabella (page 144) This quote shows just how Isabella feels. She admits to being naive and foolish in her actions.

"I sometimes wonder at him with an intensity that deadens my fear: yet, I assure you, a tiger or venomous serpent could not rouse terror in me equal to that which he wakens." -Isabella (page 144) This statement tells readers that Isabella thought she loved Heathcliff, but now she realizes that it was all fake. All she feels for him now is fear. His heart isn't capable of love for her, and he doesn't make any effort to hide this fact.

"How did you contrive to preserve the common sympathies of human nature when you resided here? I cannot recognise any sentiment which those around share with me." -Isabella (page 135) Isabella is asking Nelly how she stayed sane when living at Wuthering Heights. The atmosphere is completely loveless and unemotional. It's getting to a point where Isabella is being drained of her own feelings as well. She might lose her mind too, if she doesn't act fast. This also reveals how dreadful Wuthering Heights has become. It can't get any darker under Heathcliff.

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