Desire, Identification, and Two Peculiar Deaths: The Long Story of Wuthering Heights

Abstract

Abstract:In Wuthering Heights, both Catherine's and Heathcliff's deaths contradict their strong character; these deaths are best explicable in relation to the early intertwining of identification and desire, as expounded by Lacan and Kristeva. Furthermore, the story of the second generation—which disappoints most readers—is shown actually to continue the first.