Desperation and Longing: Chapter 12 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

📚 In Chapter 12 of Wuthering Heights, Cathy and Edgar continue to avoid each other after their fight over Heathcliff.

🍽️ Cathy refuses to eat, fearing that Edgar doesn't care about her. She desperately asks Mrs. Dean to convince Edgar of her dire situation.

💔 Feeling desperate and overlooked, Cathy pulls feathers out of her pillow with her teeth, reminiscing about a childhood memory with Heathcliff.

💭 Cathy recounts losing seven years of her life due to separation from Heathcliff and waking up as the wife of a stranger and outcast.

🏞️ Cathy longs to run on the moors and be a child again.

💔 Cathy's deteriorating health raises concerns, Edgar blames Mrs. Dean for Cathy's condition, and Cathy feels betrayed.

Isabella's dog is found hanged from a tree, signaling Heathcliff's violent revenge.

Rumors circulate that Isabella and Heathcliff plan to run away together.

Kathy longs for a sense of belonging and struggles with her forbidden love.