Pivotal Points

When the father made the awful statement to Catherine on the mountain, I think from that point she stopped really caring what her father thought. It seemed to me that particular statement then drove her to refuse to allow Morris to ask for her father's blessing and was a first step towards bitterness. Morris was so adamant in the parlor about approaching Dr. Sloper again after the European trip - to me, it was then that he revealed his true intentions.

So, when Dr. Sloper was dying and it was the last scene with Catherine and she refused to promise she would not marry Morris, do you think she did that just to torment and punish him?

And, after the reading of the will, why was she delighted?

At the end, even though she smiles, I see her as embittered and rightfully so.

Frankly, I thought the Dr. Ludlow suitor towards the end was handsome.