Eternal Love Triangles

             Mark Anthony, Cleopatra, and Caesar. King Arthur, Guinevere, and Launcellot. Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, and Don Johnson. Heathcliff, Catherine, Edgar. These four groups of people all represent the eternal love triangle. The eternal love triangle has existed for thousands of years. It always exists either between 2 guys and 1 woman, or between 2 women and 1 guy. These triangles usually end in pain or sometimes in happiness. The eternal love triangle always seems to add to the content of the book as well as adding friction to the plot of the story. This is also the case in the book Wuthering Heights. Up till the point of Catherine's death, there is a large conflicting love triangle between Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar. Emily Bronte has done a good job of showing this classical harlequin plot, by also adding a number of other love triangles to the story line. These other love triangles include: Heathcliff, Isabella, and Edgar. Linton, young Catherine, and Hareton Earnshaw. These types of relationships have always interested people and will continue to do so.
             When Wuthering Heights starts out, we are introduced to Heathcliff, and Hindley Earnshaw. They are brothers because their father has adopted Heathcliff. They are both fighting for the love of Hindley's father Mr. Earnshaw. This is one of the first love triangles in the book. Later we see that Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw are doing activities together and they seem to enjoy each others company. Anybody who looks at this relationship will say that it is healthy. But when Catherine meets Edgar Linton, she decides that looks, and money are better than a personality. Catherine does not really decide this until Heathcliff leaves for London, in order to be educated.
             It has been said that women go after the type of man that; lives on the edge, he may or may not have a lot of money and he looks good. They go after this kind of person in order to repr...

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