It is no longer an innocent love, but a poignant need to be together, regardless of the social implications. Their initial friendship, before the messiness of romantic love enters the equation, seems to be Montaigne's exemplary "...perfect friendship...[which] is indivisible: each gives himself so totally to his friend that has nothing left to distribute" (67). However, in the way they deal with each other, it remains throughout the novel that the dynamics of the relationship are unequal. Catherine is very dull and selfish in her feelings and attitude towards Heathcliff, and the heat and cold leave him confused, frustrated and reluctant to move on. The inequity that reigns in their relationship can be seen as a relationship of utility, according to which, as Aristotle says, "those who love for the sake of utility love for what is good for themselves... therefore, these friendships are only accessory...Such friendships, therefore, are easily dissolved, if the parties do not remain as themselves; for if one party is no longer pleasant or useful, the other ceases to love him" (129). a facade. Borrows concepts and themes from both Aristotle and Montaigne but fails to put them into practice