Wuthering Heights, sammanfattning av Chapter 16

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1. Catherine’s daughter is born around midnight, and Catherine dies two hours afterward without recovering awareness.
2. Mrs. Dean watches Edgar beside Catherine’s body and reflects on death, peace, and the uncertainty of Catherine’s afterlife.
3. Outside, Heathcliff asks about Catherine’s death, begs her to haunt him, and strikes his head against a tree.
4. Mrs. Dean opens a window so Heathcliff can visit the body while Edgar rests.
5. Heathcliff replaces the light hair in Catherine’s locket with his own, and Mrs. Dean combines both locks.
6. Mr. Earnshaw misses the funeral, Isabella receives no invitation, and Catherine is buried beside the moor rather than among family tombs.

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Heathcliff prefers even torment to separation from Catherine. His plea directly opposes Mrs. Dean’s hope that Catherine rests peacefully.

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