Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff's Love for Catherine Heathcliff cried vehemently, "I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" Emily Brontė distorts many common elements in Wuthering Heights to enhance the quality of her book. One of the distortions is Heathcliff's undying love for Catherine Earnshaw. Also, Brontė perverts the vindictive hatred that fills and runs Heathcliff's life after he loses Catherine. Finally, she prolongs death, making it even more distressing and insufferable. Heathcliff's love for Catherine transcends the normal physical "true love" into spiritual love. He can withstand anything ag