2/ In the voice of Heathcliffe, tell the world that you are not a destructive demon but that you embody the force of the daemon who could bring positive change to the world.
“I have neither a worse spirit than a good one inside myself. How dare you insult me like that Nelly! It is only the actions of which you have been witness that you cast the judgement of my character. If only you understood the conditions that Catherine and I have endured, my anguish for her passing and undeniable vengeance for Mr Egdar Linton as a result for him killing Catherine. Oh – He could never attain the love for Catherine as I do. Our souls stand the test of time and I’ve mourned her every day since!”
“As have I, Heathcliff. But the ill-treatment of your wife, and the hatred towards your son and daughter-in-law — not to mention the injustice you presented for Hareton by un-educating him. How can you be excused for such atrocious acts?”
“Nay Nelly! You have not seen inside my soul. It is unfathomable that you could understand the benevolence that is my nature. It has been concealed by your constant misjudgement of me – for it is my actions that have allowed young Cathy to experience the world outside of Thrushcross Grange and it is the resilience I have made Linton build up in the days before his death that allowed him to experience the truth of humanity. As for Hareton… he needn’t know the complexities of his family history and thus by keeping him uneducated saved him! It is I, Heathcliff, who have brought the connection between Thrushgrove Grange and Wuthering Heights when the Linton’s forbade it.”
“Oh you are fierce, pitiless, wolfish man Heathcliff. (pg 103) For it was not your responsibility to rearrange the wishes of others around you like that. You ought to have minded your own business — now the falsehoods of your wishes for young Cathy and Hareton are diminished by your egotistical love of her mother.”
“Hush Nelly, after all these years, you would be most acquainted of my heart. It is your duty to understand my nature as you grew up alongside me. Nelly you must understand that it is I that has experienced the injustice. Do not speak ill of my name again, for although my actions may be harsh, they are for good reasons!”
Caitlin McCartney 
Thank you, Caitlin for your blog post! To be able to see how other readers would impersonate Heathcliff has added a lot of value to my experience as a reader of Wuthering Heights. I found this blog post not only fascinating, but very entertaining as well. Personally, I agree with you in the sense that this is a very realistic conversation that could have existed between Heathcliff and Nelly. Because of all of the harm Heathcliff has caused everyone around him, the only thing he can use to convince others that he is a Daemon rather than a Demon is the obvious fact that he is absolutely infatuated with Catherine. Heathcliff would be one to blame all of his wrongdoings on the one good thing about him: his deep passion and care for the ones that he loves.
I greatly appreciated that you included counter arguments from Nelly within your blog post. Not only within this post were you able to express your knowledge of Heathcliff, but your knowledge of Nelly as well. For example, I found it entertaining and realistic when you had Nelly retort “how can you be excused for such atrocious acts?” and describe Heathcliff’s love as “egotistical.”
Your ending lines from Heathcliff I found to be absolutely brilliant. I believe that you were extremely accurate to have Heathcliff attempt to make a fool out of Nelly for not seeing him as a Daemon, “It is your duty to understand my nature as you grew up alongside me.”
Cheers,
Jaime
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G’day Caitlin,
This is such a fantastic post! I love how your writing style suits the style of Wuthering Heights itself its as though I’m reading the text! If it hadn’t have been for your (pg 103) reference, I wouldn’t have picked it! Your ability to add so much context ranging from Heathcliff’s love for Catherine, anguish for Edgar and treatment of Hareton with such little word count lee way is next to nothing. To do this and wrap it up with such an empowering concluding sentence has made it an absolute pleasure to read.
Thanks,
Hamish.
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Excellent Caitlin- you capture his experience and HIS sense of injustice really well!
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