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Post WW1, people (men especially) developed a body detachment after experiencing body horror. Clifford downplays the importance of his body and Connie’s while worshipping the mind to mind connection, all in the name of “superior” intellectuality, except is just a veil for suppressed body anxiety. Men’s opinions towards love and sex were distorted and detached, though I believe it still is today.

It’s obvious that Heathcliff is supposed to be Romani. I don’t think Emily was hiding his possible origins from us. I’ve seen people saying the words used to describe him are merely ways to describe anyone who looked racially ambiguous at the time, but these words and descriptions are obviously pointing to Romani origins. “gypsy” and “looks like the son of the fortune teller” are not vague