Lockwood's first dream begins when he and Joseph "wrestle" in the snow, with Joseph "wearing him out" with constant reproaches for not bringing a pilgrim's staff, telling him he could never enter the house without it, and proudly waving a heavy-headed stick” (18). The logic of the dream merges the cane and staff into one, although one is a tool to aid walking while the other is a weapon. The inconsistency is supposed to point out that Lockwood is actually in a dream – and "for a moment [he] thought it absurd that [he] needed a gun to gain admittance into [his] residence" (18). However, Lockwood instead realizes that he and Joseph "[are] traveling to hear the famous... Branderham sermon" (18). The gap in logic and then “[throws the key] into the hottest part of the fire, whereupon Mr. Edgar was seized with a nervous tremor… [full of] mingled anguish and humiliation” (99). The symbol of the dream comes to construct the symbols of the narrative of Wuthering Heights, mixing the real world with the dream. This once again creates a sense of mixing and ambiguity that highlights the uncanny. ADD ANOTHER IMPLICATION. When Lockwood enters the church, "the famous Jabes Branderham [preaches] from..." Seventy Times Seven." When the preacher discusses 490 sins and moves on to 491, Lockwood denounces the preacher as the "sinner of the sin of which no Christian has need forgiveness", only to have the assembly oppose it. The existence of an unforgivable sin implies the cessation of forgiveness, suggesting revenge as the response. This revenge defines the actions of the characters in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights to get revenge for past actions Hindley had done to him. He cheats Hindley out of money and takes the property as his own. Hindley does not forgive Heathcliff for this: instead he tries to kill him with a gun with daggers attached. Heathcliff also tries to get revenge on the Lintons for having took Catherine by taking Isabella, the youngest of the Lintons, as his bride. The biblical passage provides a moral framework that models the attitude of revenge versus forgiveness not only for Catherine and Heathcliff, but also for Isabella, Hindley, and others. Most of the characters believe that a sin committed upon them cannot be forgiven: it is the 491st