It is no longer about innocent love, but an all-consuming need to be together, whatever the social implications. Their early friendship, before the disorder of romantic love came into play, seems to be Montaigne's example of "...the perfect friendship...[which] is indivisible: each gives himself so entirely to his friend that he has nothing left to distribute” (67). However, in their treatment of each other, it remains throughout the novel that the relational dynamics are unequal. Catherine is very callous and selfish in her feelings and attitude towards Heathcliff, and the hot and cold leaves him confused, frustrated, and unwilling to move on. The inequity that reigns in their relationship can be seen as a relationship of utility which, as Aristotle says, "those who love for utility love for what is good for themselves...thus, these friendships are only 'accessory... friendships therefore dissolve easily if the parties do not remain as themselves; for if one is no longer pleasant or useful, the other ceases to be loved” (129). is nothing more than a facade. It borrows concepts and themes from Aristotle and Montaigne but fails to implement them.