In all three texts there is clear evidence that love is the cause of destruction or destructive behavior on the part of its characters. The protagonists of these texts are all affected by the destruction brought by love. For example, Cathy and Heathcliff get hurt when they are forced apart, Ophelia goes mad, and Stanley uses her destructive behavior as a way to control Stella and Blanche. In Wuthering Heights, Cathy's behavior becomes destructive when Linton, her husband, forces her to do so. choose between himself and Heathcliff. Cathy is starving and after finally eating she exclaims to Nelly "I will die - she will be happy - she doesn't love me at all", here she is trying to show how Edgar doesn't love her like he didn't. come to his aid again. This suggests how love caused Cathy to exhibit self-destructive behavior. The point is then further deepened by the events of chapter 11, when Cathy has an incredibly heated argument with Heathcliff and Edgar, when she is described as acting erratically and mentally unstable, Nelly Dean describes how "She rang the doorbell until it broke." with a metallic sound... it was enough to experience the character of a saint, such senseless and evil furies! There he lay, banging his head against the arm of the sofa and gnashing his teeth, so much so that it looked like he was going to shatter them into splinters! This excerpt shows how extreme Cathy's self-destructive behavior is and she is shown to physically harm herself by hitting her head and grinding her teeth, so much so that blood drips onto her lips. This self-destructive behavior was caused by Cathy becoming so distraught after Heathcliff's return and they had an argument in which Heathcliff claims that Cathy wronged him by marrying Edgar, then... middle of paper... thriving on arousal of dangerous or violent behavior in the relationship between Heathcliff and Isabella, as seen in Heathcliff hanging Isabella's dog. He suggests that Isabella, in some way, appreciates his behavior as he interprets it as a sign of jealousy and love for her. Evidence of this is seen in Heathcliff's statement "she would thank no one for dividing us - if she wanted to go she could - the annoyance of her presence outweighs the gratification that would come from tormenting her". This same opposition to change seen in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is also present in the play 'Hamlet' as Hamlet is angry at his mother, Gertrude, for marrying his uncle, Claudius, so soon after his father's death. Hamlet shows his feelings about his mother's remarriage quite clearly in Act 3, Scene 4, in which he mistakenly kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius..