Symbol:Property and Ownership (Reading Logs 2)

Reading Logs

1. Section 7:Chapter XVII:Page 177:Isabella smashes and burns her ring, which is symbolic of her cutting ties with Heathcliff and moving on with her life. Isabella has "run the whole way from Wuthering Heights" to escape the abusive brute. In an act of passion and self liberation she smashes and burns her "ring" as a final stand against her oppressor as she moves on to Gimmerton. This marks an important transition in the novel, as Isabella has finally taken her first steps to escape from Wuthering Heights physically and figuratively. With her "wound" bounded and her "garments" changed by Nelly, Isabella has destroyed the last thing that connects her to Heathcliff symbolically...the only thing left connecting them being their child.
2. Section 9:Chapter XXV:Page 266-267: In the last passage of page 266 which carries on to page 267, Edgar shows that he is willing to sacrifice the Grange for the love of his daughter. This moment in the novel seals the fate of the Grange and allows Heathcliff's plan to reach one of its greatest heights. While Edgar has been resistant to Catherine and Linton being together in the end he concedes the idea of keeping them apart stating that the only way she could gain the property that was rightfully her's "was by union with his heir". Edgar has reached a point where he is willing to loose the Grange to Heathcliff for the sake of his daughter.