Wuthering Heights, sammanfattning av Chapter 27

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1. As Edgar rapidly weakens, Catherine reluctantly leaves his bedside to visit Linton with Ellen.
2. Linton shows extreme fear of his father and begs Catherine to accompany him into Wuthering Heights.
3. Heathcliff locks the visitors inside and violently strikes Catherine when she tries to take his key.
4. Linton reveals that Heathcliff demands their marriage the next morning because he fears his son may die.
5. Heathcliff rejects Catherine’s pleas to return to Edgar, and servants searching for the visitors leave without finding them.
6. 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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