WUTHERING HEIGHTS Part 8

part VIII

[@corcaighrebel]

Heathcliff is a brute, but it was they who brutalised him, think this aspect of Bronte's remarkable book deserves to be highlighted more. It is a perceptive depiction of violence and the abused becoming abuser. They twisted Heathcliff and they ended reaping what they sowed. Karma. It does not excuse Heathcliff's dreadful violence but it goes a little way to explaining. I have always loved his return, both in the book and the film, will always stay with me, he conquered his poverty.

[@corcaighrebel]

Nellie is the one female character who challenges Heathcliff and she also called him out in an earlier scene. She is not afraid of him and of all the characters she is the one with the best inner eye. Think this may reflect some social commentary on Bronte's behalf. Ultimately, obsession and hatred consume. The book has some very memorable passages but this line was always my favourite: "We'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another with the same wind to twist it". Tremendous writing.

[@debrasaunders7200]

Read her one published book of poetry Emily Bronte

[@diahreea2022]

The fact Catherine didn't marry the man she loved because she wanted to marry someone who had money instead also is a social commentary 😂

[@MoonLitBunny]

The end of this scene when Heathcliff breaks into The Grange is so heartwrenching. The music is haunting too...

[@gowrishankari89]

And I pray one prayer--I repeat it till my tongue stiffens--Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you--haunt me, then! The murdered DO haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts HAVE wandered on earth. Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad! only DO not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I CANNOT live without my life! I CANNOT live without my soul

[@GabbyWolfN]

this is the best version of wuthering heights and this is also the best part in the whole movie.

[@mdnaeemuddin7987]

"I love my murderer - but yours! How can I?"

[@12classics39]

one of the best lines in any book, ever, IMO.

[@jonlocke2003]

That's the agony depicted in this book. They're both screwed up with passion for each other (Cathy and Heathcliff) .. it is a love story, believe it or not.. I used to live in that part of England, brings back memories of how beautiful it was and the events that happen..

[@lilpainter11]

"I pray one prayer, I repeat it until my tounge stiffens. Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you, haunt me then! I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always. Take any form, drive me mad. But do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! I cannot live without my life, I cannot live without my soul" Thats probably the best speech of all time. I still cry when I hear it. -tear- Poor Heathcliff...

[@lukasmiller486]

Poor Isabella. I wish they had shown the part from the book where she resists her husband and escapes Wuthering Heights.

[@geengengena]

7:56 "be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where i cannot find you!" - i love that line :)

[@Tsuki04wolf]

Rewinding this scene over and over. Fiennes does it so well

[@cherylhulting1301]

Oh yes he does! I.also liked Tom Hardy's emotional take on the cursing scene in the 2009 version but Ralph's presentation is my favorite. It's so intense and he seems already to be staring into the abyss without Cathy. It's the beginning of the haunting of Heathcliff and he signals it so well. Gorgeous rendition. 👍

[@blckbooty]

i agree. scares the crap outta me sometimes...he just has this INTENSITY about him, your eyes get pulled towards him and he looks straight into your soul.... electrifying acting

[@abby495]

Heathcliff is really a great character because he is more realistic than prince charming. At least he doesn't pretend to be good he shows you who he is from the very beginning. Men who do that are really the ones who deserve love. They do not intentionally deceive do they? And though they put you through hell because they have conflicts, emotional problems and are damamged they are more passionate. And how much more do they appreciate the love of a good woman. The eyes don't lie.

[@LuvJewels7]

So many tears with the coffin scene- perfection 💝🙏🏻

[@jessicaluna3752]

The part where he breaks into the room holding her wake always makes me cry

[@go4aneclaire]

This is another example of what a love can do. "Drive me mad. Only do not leave me, at least some place I cannot find you" My heart breaks everytime I hear that. They had a great complex love.

[@debrasaunders7200]

I can not live without my life

[@wyrewytch]

I cannot live without my soul.

[@AnaIsabell]

Actually, in the book the only resemblance between Catherine and her daughter resided in the eyes and a bit of the nose. The one that really looked like Catherine was Hareton

[@MarvelGirl100]

The Best Film done for Wuthering Heights.

[@Observationfreak]

This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie, actually- so much passion and despair~

[@KekoaOnorati]

I love the symbolism in this part. Think back to when Cathy told Heathcliff "The surest way to kill me is for you to kiss me again." And how, just after he makes his declaration, Heathcliff clutches the tree that he willed Cathy's spirit into at the beginning of the movie.

[@GirlRepublican]

If you notice, when Heathcliff talks in his quiet wisper while he's crying, he sounds JUST like how Ralph plays voldemort! hahaha. When he talks regular in this, its not quite the same, but there's always a hint of voldy.

[@takaono7243]

"Oh God... I cannot live without my life... I cannot live without my soul..."

[@Omnicient.]

Both actors in this scene are very good indeed.

[@thebrokenhearted231]

Ralph Fiennes is the best Heathcliff ever!! I love him!!!

[@AucklandNZ1]

Healthcliff was orphaned as a child and brought from the city of Liverpool to the bleak North English moors. The one love of his life was Cathy Earnshaw and although they agreed that they were soul mates-she wished to improve herself socially & married Edgar Linton. As a result of this betrayal-Heathcliff spends the majority of his life seeking revenge on those that have wronged him-Cathy’s ghost is instrumental in bringing about Heathcliff’s madness and death towards the end of the book.

[@camerenbirch-ghose6523]

I find Isabella's story sadder than Cathy and Heathcliff's. Heathcliff is an abusive, manipulative villain! His actions as a child are somewhat forgivable due to Hindley's cruelty towards him, but as an adult I find him unbearably horrible, and his brooding sexiness in no way makes up for it! Although Isabella is foolish and spolit she doesn't deserve this physical and emotional abuse!

[@camilap.1638]

I think every character is sad in the book, that's why it's a tragedy.

[@MarleanSweden]

Totally! He is NOT a nice man in any way.

[@springday5679]

this version looks depressing.

[@kana0kitsune]

This is a very shallow interpretation of the character.

[@Zestofsoleil]

Completely agree!!! This is my only commentary on the whole film. I pity Isabella more than anyone!! A prisoner in this horrible love triangle to a monster embittered by betrayal!

[@vrbrno]

the part he cursed himself is my favorite part of all the books I've ever read: "and I pray one prayer, I repeat it till my tongue stiffens. Catherine earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living...." I can read it over and over and still be inpressed and speechless. tough it was hard to read because I've only had three years of english lessons :p (I probably made huge mistakes by writting this )

[@seastorm2194]

Heathcliff was truly evil in this adaptation

[@90210parisfy]

so many beautiful quotes from this book, it truely is timeless

[@dindin4683]

"Why did you betray your own heart,Cathy".....thats exactly how Heathcliff became a monster.

[@Schoolgirl325]

Heathcliff was an abusive psychopath! Yeah, he was kind of charming as a kid before he ran off, if only because of his and Cathy’s sweet friendship, but after he left and came back all tall, dark, and handsome, he became a total monster! Poor Isabella!

[@liveforlife2494]

Something I find fascinating is the symbolic link between Catherine and trees--for example, the beginning scene when the tree branches turn into Ghost Catherine's hands, the moor scene where Heathcliff says something like "I send your spirit into that tree" and they pretend that the tree has come alive and is saying Catherine's name--and in Heathcliff's "I cannot live without my life, I cannot live without my soul" scene, he's sitting exactly where he and Catherine had sat a few years ago, and ends up holding the tree next to him that had witnessed their conversation then. I can't find any literary scholarship discussing the link between Catherine and trees, but I find it really interesting that a) Lockwood's nightmare scene sets up an undeniable connection between the trees of Wuthering Heights and Catherine's lingering spirit, and b) at least two memorable scenes that include or mention Catherine also include trees. (Other literature nerds may disagree, knowing Edgar is compared to foliage/trees a few times in the novel and also that Catherine is much more like Heathcliff than Edgar, but I personally find it hard to argue against the prominent inclusion of both Catherine and trees in the first and third scenes that provoke such emotion!)

[@ayeshawindsong6823]

Bravo. Interesting and wonderful observation. And Cathy's response is, "My love for Heathcliff is like the eternal rock BENEATH. A source of visible delight, but necessary. Nelly I am Heatcliff." Which may be a reference to Heathcliff and where he is seated beside and under the tree where he sent her spirit! The 'rock' representing a solid foundation. Nelly, I AM Heathcliff." Heathcliff representing his love for her and their eternal love for each other. (Also if you want to get more intricate) Heath is a purple flower that grows on the moors. Purple representing the highest form of spirit. Cliff representing ROCK. Eternal Rock= Twin Flame. :)

[@notebook116]

the music in this is so beautiful...

[@organzarose]

that is my favourite part of the movie, Cathy is the only one that makes him human. haunt me, take any form , drive me mad, only do not leave me in this abyss, where i cant find you. What is more powerful than that???!!!

[@getlost0204]

How could anyone DARE to compare Wuthering Heights, a masterpiece, with the Twilight Saga, a foolish vampire tale? I love Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff. Though, I have to agree that this adaptation is not one of the best.

[@Sunnhia]

Because Stephanie Meyer likes Wuthering Heights and used it as a template for the first Twilight book. I’m not saying she did that well, but that’s the connection between the two.

[@DarkBerry06]

Heathcliff's speech omg its so mean and romantic in a twisted way D:

[@astrid930]

omg, the way he treats that woman!!! there is no excuses!!!

[@xnewtime]

There are so many versions of that book...so many. It's incredible.

[@Shadowkiss1]

I would just like to point out that despite the difference of status in the society, men and women did fall in love then just as much as they do now. They even discovered ancient egyptian love poems, thousands of years old.

[@saraluna4908]

this is my best version of wuthering heights film 1992... there's no love like this ❤💔

[@23.Capricorn.23]

Its very effective the way while this film does not show Heathcliff physically abuse Hindley, you can see the man's a shadow of himself and cowering away when Heathcliff enters. You then look at what he's done to Isabella and you can kinda imagine what his previous tormentor must be going through...

[@elinal.4625]

When you finally realize that Wuthering Heights isn't merely a love story, but rather a portrayal of the cyclical nature of generational drama and abuse.

[@Gojira_Sama]

Everything heathcliff became was forced upon him. He was plucked off the streets and tormented his whole childhood and then fell in love and had to watch her love someone else which is another torment added on. It's hard not to sympathize with him even though I the books he like everyone else is a monster. It's just he is the monster they created.

[@Anyu31]

7:59 / 9:56 These lines and words break my heart. How I pity Heathcliff and Catherine.

[@mrgirlfucker1140]

Ralph Fiennes is so HOT!!!

[@megangrimes7172]

He plays the bad guy too well, he was mean in the movie the duchess

[@seastorm2194]

He's brilliant as an actor.

[@christa510]

Nellie is the saddest character in the novel. The others were not as innocent. Such a tragic character

[@sarahneedler]

There is kind of a beauty to the symbolism of the trees that grow up from the stone. In the hardness of Heathcliff the only good thing is love, but like the trees, even his love is a twisted ugly thing.

[@nirmalan5590]

Fantastic story, wonderful acting, this is what I like about this movie.

[@dairymoostache]

Heathcliff is a mad man.

[@Vero_la_fea]

These words didn't let me sleep.

[@LittleMissActing]

I really wish that Juliette Bionche's Catherine was up to par with Ralph Fienne's Heathcliff. He's so amazing and she just falls short.

[@LUCII3R3]

ralph fiennes you genius

[@bruhjustaja]

This is so touching! When I first time read the book I cried in this part so much!

[@WMsandKFCisBackMOFOs]

Nelly seems to be the only one with any sense. I think she is pretty too :)

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Nelly is the only one with any remote sense.

[@sweetbitter2]

The part where he broke the glass doesn't appear in the book but it's so amazing in the movie. Kudos to the director.

[@siancroberts]

This is my favourite part!

[@booklvr44]

I really wish the women on this site who go on and on about how sexy and misunderstood Heathcliff is could spend a week in his house. See how attracted they are to him then.

[@marichristian1072]

Excellent answer! These days Cathy would be in a women's shelter seeking refuge from an obsessed and abusive man.

[@marichristian1072]

@buttercup baby That's an interesting take. Cathy certainly knew how to stand up to him although his temper was a force to be reckoned with.

[@marichristian1072]

PS. Try not to call people "moron" when they don't agree with your point of view. It's immature.

[@alblove1820]

If you'd read the book, you'd find that there is much to pity in Heathcliff! he was unloved, uncared for, beaten and constantly humiliated, and simply for being a gypsy! - Cathy was the only person that made him feel human and important, she was his only friend and companion. Unkindness breeds unkindness (and hatred).... The hell he caused others, was only a small fraction of what he himself received. Yes, I pity him!...(especially when even Cathy rejected him in her conversation w/ nelly... )

[@cruisematt8585]

I think the comparison is interesting. I believe both men loved her, but I think Heathcliff’s love was more passionate and powerful. At her casket, Edgar calmly walked up, rubbed her hand and gently kissed her veiled forehead and walked away. In comparison, Heathcliff feverishly breaks in, yanks away the veil and deeply cries as he grasps her body and holds it tightly to his. His sorrow is palpable.

[@bronteteri]

wow that music in background and heathcliff grabbing onto Cathy and holding her dead body w/such love...is showing how much he would go to love her..even to her coffin and later to her grave. now that 's love.

[@missmartine7139]

Cathy has quite a mullet

[@chobitstheoneforme]

god... i canot live without my life..... i canot live without my soul... :( i do think its the best version and ralph you can see how mush he loved her, how mush pain in his face without crying. and yes he became bitter and cruel when she saed that she wanted to get married to the rich guy. he lost every thing that matter in his life. I can understan the hate.

[@laurakiddy5405]

love heathcliffe best character eva

[@CoryTrusty]

I love the last scene, best part of the whole movie but I hate that it is cut off!

[@susanchapman7506]

this breaks my heart

[@mensahcarrelle]

Isn't Ralph Fiennes an amazing actor?That's why Spielberg cast him in SCHINDLER'S LIST.He can be so warm and the next minute turn sooo cold!He has an wonderfull body language!And those green eyes?You can read a lot of emtions and feelings in them.He's so talented.Juliette is fabulous as well.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1992) rocks and is the best adaptation ever!

[@7Nevermore9]

i loved this scene....

[@Luvablenlovenit]

looks like someone needs a hug

[@oyetitutuo]

Hummm....no matter how hot or how passionate Heathcliff is...a man who beats an innocent woman to me = possessed by a devil...

[@EWAMILENAP]

Very well said.

[@elizabeth_g2236]

Linton's love was true yet distant & cold Heathcliff love was powerful & passionate - a love of heart + soul

[@Tonyadu]

filim and literature and quite different we cant expect both to be same

[@WakandaBabe]

I have to say although I have watched this a number of times (I own the dvd) and this version is closer to the book...nothing beats the 1934 version with Laurence Olivier IMO.

[@miguelcamacho8997]

Laurence is ugly.

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

1939. And I totally agree.

[@kats.9832]

gorgeous. so is it safe to say that Heathcliff appears to have somewhat of an obsession with Catherine?

[@Vero_la_fea]

Jeremy is here so sweet, isn't he?!!

[@29kathy93]

dat little hareton is so cute!!!

[@scarletnijinsky]

finally some spirit in heathcliff :) but its the most intense part of the story..

[@paulahidalgo2063]

the music....oooooh..beautiful......Una pelicula Maravillosa.....

[@elizabeth_g2236]

Best version of this movie!

[@charlieadams2084]

i am so sad right now, been watching loads of versions of Wuthering Heights, this one the 2009 and the 2011 are my favorite

[@debe7752]

Heathcliff very respectable character. İn this love story broken, twisted, toxic and certainly raw.

[@anapaulabender1844]

Ralph Fiennes is beautiful 😍

[@corrinjade3973]

I feel sorry for Isabella that he beat her face pretty bad

[@teengalz127]

I know that Heathcliff and Catherine's love is passionate but doesn't anyone feel even just a bit sorry for Edgar? I know it's Heathcliff and Catherine forever and all but Edgar loved Catherine. It's just a shame she only used him to pull up her social status. :(

[@ayeshawindsong6823]

I hear ya. I felt the same way. As excellent as Ralph is in this film, Andrew Lincoln in the 2009 version played an equally excellent version of Edgar. You couldn't but help feel pity for him and how he suffered the love and loss of Catherine. He loved her too and suffered a similar torment with her. After all, they had a child together! So yeah! Definitely relatable.

[@morosophie]

Arrgh! It's not the same in the novel! Isabella is not beaten by Heathcliff! She just becomes aware of the difference between the Grange and Wuthering and dislikes the way she's welcomed. Fienes plays good his role but Binoche seems too weak to play Cathy. And in the novel there is no mention of a kiss.... This film looks like a melodrama instead of a Tragedy....

[@eternosunshine]

@eva77733777 She is Isabella Linton, sister of Edgar. She was beaten because she was part of the revenge of Heathcliff. He only married to her because of her inheritance and revenge.

[@bronZeamaZon]

Heathcliff threw a knife at Isabella in the book and cut her across her cheek or ear. She ran from the Heights in the dead of winter to the Grange to escape. He was a bitter, abusive jerk so the Ike and Tina Turner scene from 0:01-1:44 is somewhat valid - not 100% accurate but what adaptation is 100% accurate?

[@wildcatste]

it's the wuthering heights theme. I forget the name of the composer, but its the same guy who did Babel.

[@laurenlfc48]

@k1ttykat01 She didn't die in child birth. She more or less killed herself, she made herself ill.

[@carolinaserra6963]

9:56 Amo a mi verdugo

[@abby495]

Don't mean to justify what he does but he never loved Isabella or claimed to love her she was a Linton he hated those. She could only be a pawn.Not to mention he was ill used and humiliated too but not so much after he aquires capital. What I don't like about Healthcliff is if he loved Cathy how he could mistreat her daughter who looks like her.That makes him an asshole and rather not spiritually devloped but then men like him rarely are w/out aid of a woman they depend on as moral compass.

[@Lile79Nia]

how i can live without my life...how i can live without my soul.........

[@lovinglaurie0]

voldemort is beautiful!!

[@bsangel93]

@CrackedRendtionMedia duh! thats the whole appeal !!! Cathy and Heathcliff r both selfish characters who fall in love-if they would hav just acted a little selfless then maybe they would hav had a happy ending

[@kalarr1389]

@squarepeg89 he just beat the living daylights out of poor isabella!??! u crazyyyyy :P

[@Rosamorrable]

if we have to detest heathcliff, we cannot love any character in the novel. They are all full of vice. And they pay for it!Edgar lives after Catherine.Hindley becomes a drunkard when he wife dies. Heathcliff suffers the most bitter life without Catherine.The latter despite unhappiness finds peace before everybody.Bronte didn't want us to despise her characters(who would we love still?) but she wanted to show that as much as much as we can suffer, we can also cause suffering.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Poor Isabella. I feel the most sorry for her. As for Heathcliff and Catherine, they should have dumped each other and moved on without each other.

[@cousiwa09]

chapter 15 is the highlight of the novel!! so beautiful.....

[@chobitstheoneforme]

i love my murderer..... but yours how can i..... how can i .... last words he sed to her.... saying he loved her.

[@chipmunkkk3]

this is what happens when 2 crazy's fall in love T_T

[@RipleyNgr]

he loved er so much....