Her most severe symptoms of anger, fear, and shame are leading her to self harming behaviors such as suicide, burning, and overdosing on prescription medication and alcohol. I believe that treating these symptoms to include fear of abandonment, rejection, and being alone would minimize her self-harming behavior.
These symptoms are complex due to her early sexual abuse and rape. Furthermore, she has many symptoms under the criteria of PTSD such as: Intrusive memories; dissociative reactions; recurrent distressing dreams; avoidance of external reminders; inability to remember parts of the traumatic event; persistent negative emotional state depression, anger, and anxiety ; feeling detached; self destructive behaviors; problems with concentration; sleep difficulties; significant distress and impairment in relationships American Psychiatric Association, The author centers her argument on the anecdote about the dying of her late mother, who spent several months in the discomfort of intensive care until the time of her death.
However, she neglected the fact that these treatments are optional, and patients are always open to spending the last part of their life away from the hospital. Suicides and the Criminal Justice System The reason why there is an elevated rate of suicides in the criminal justice system, particularly in jails and prisons is probably because the incarcerated population is dealing with some major stressors.
What make the situation worse, are a power differential between incarcerated individuals and institutional staffs, and an uncertain future. The characters that are ill are usually mentally ill, and their deaths often result from physical ailments derived from mental illness. The drive for revenge and desire for love that reigns among the characters often lands them in stressful situations that cause them to spiral downward into these mental illnesses.
The interesting thing about the novel is that the characters that die usually do so after living relatively short lives. The sickness and death starts at the beginning of the novel, and just continues from there.
First, we have the illness and death of Mr. Those who survive the story are Nelly, Joseph, Cathy, and Hearton. A kind of depressing irony comes at the end of the novel when Mr. Lockwood and Nelly are discussing the arrangements for the Wuthering Heights estate and he comments that perhaps ghosts which there should be plenty of now might come and inhabit it.
Eleven deaths. Cathy, against her own will, is forced to marry Linton if they ever wish to return home to Edgar who's health has plummeted. Cathy absolutely would not marry Linton at the moment because she clearly states to Linton, "I love papa better than you! Her love for her father is the only driving force that supports her actions. Without the last few days of her father's life, Cathy would refuse to marry Linton.
Heathcliff is also using Edgar's death and the marriage between Cathy and Linton as a diabolical plan. Once Edgar dies, Cathy owns all of Thrushcross Grange. When Cathy and Linton get married, then the property would pass on to Linton, the husband.
Finally, since Heathcliff is so manipulative and deceiving, he will ultimately own the property, ruling everything and containing a great amount of power. Linton has been punished for his actions: releasing Cathy to go back to Wuthering Heights.
Upon arrival of Wuthering Heights, Cathy runs up to her room. While at the house, she attends Linton all of the time, becoming his nurse. Linton's health rapidly decreases and when Cathy pleads with Heathcliff about getting a doctor to save him, Heathcliff replies, "his life is not worth a farthing, and I won't spend a farthing on him" Bronte Heathcliff has absolutely no compassion or affection towards his son, Linton.
Due to his decision to not get a doctor, Linton dies in the middle of the night. When Heathcliff comes into the room and sees Cathy kneeling beside him he asks how she is doing and she responds, "I should feel well--but I feel like death! Death has clearly taken its toll on Cathy because Cathy is so immune to death by this point.
She is corrupted by Death throughout this whole entire novel. Now since Linton has passed away, Catherine is left alone to live with the ones she hate most. In the closing chapters of the novel, Wuthering Heights , young Catherine and Hareton become fond of each other and forgive each other after serveral arguments and disputes.
They profess their love for each other, even in the midst of Heathcliff's rage. In the last few chapters, Heathcliff has an "appearance of joy under his black brows" Bronte It is never clear why he has this smile about him, but he tells Nelly that he has seen his heaven.
He proceeds to tell Nelly exactly how he wants himself to be buried and how the funeral ceremony should go after his death.
Heathcliff dies later on and Hareton, the most wronged, grieves the most over Heathcliff's death. All trouble is vanished within the book because Heathcliff has gone home to his love, Catherine, and young Catherine and Hareton are in love. But Heathcliff feels that his soul is already dead, and the sorrow destroyed every good part of him. He is described as a living dead with no mercy, kindness, or compassion left inside in the novel.
The character believes that he can be reunited with his lover when he dies. So he arranges to be buried next to her. Why did he not commit suicide to join Catherine in the afterlife?
Here is why: Heathcliff is captured by madness and lives on to satisfy his need for revenge. As his heart craves vengeance, he becomes cruel and abusive towards everyone in his life. But he manages to preserve his dignity and compassion. His only wish is to make them suffer. After years of emotional and physical abuse, Isabella dies, leaving her son Linton alone.
When his violent and senseless father finds him, he sees his son as a perfect instrument for his evil schemes.
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