Dealing with Unresolved Grief
Heathcliff sees Cathy and Hareton laugh over primroses and starts as if at a ghost. He tells Nelly he was on hell's threshold yesterday and is within sight of heaven today. He refuses food. The grief has finally crowded out revenge because it has crowded out appetite itself.
Key Insight
Unresolved grief can look like purpose for years, then suddenly look like starvation. When the only remaining project is reunion with the dead, ordinary hunger, work, and company become insults.
