Wuthering Heights, Chapter 27 summary
Chapter 27 of 34 · 19 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 27, Heathcliff uses Linton’s fear to bring Catherine and Ellen into Wuthering Heights, where he imprisons them to force a marriage before Edgar dies. Catherine offers to marry immediately if she can return to her father, but Heathcliff refuses, removes her the next morning, and keeps Ellen confined.
What happens
- As Edgar rapidly weakens, Catherine reluctantly leaves his bedside to visit Linton with Ellen.
- Linton shows extreme fear of his father and begs Catherine to accompany him into Wuthering Heights.
- Heathcliff locks the visitors inside and violently strikes Catherine when she tries to take his key.
- Linton reveals that Heathcliff demands their marriage the next morning because he fears his son may die.
- Heathcliff rejects Catherine’s pleas to return to Edgar, and servants searching for the visitors leave without finding them.
- The next morning Heathcliff removes Catherine, while Ellen remains imprisoned for five nights and four days, receiving food from Hareton.
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Heathcliff makes Catherine’s freedom conditional on marriage. The demand turns her visit into imprisonment and uses her longing to reach Edgar against her.
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Why does Heathcliff insist that Catherine and Linton marry immediately?
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