Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte

With Heathcliff interfering as well, Edgar is caught in between the two lovers, being used for jealousy and selfish affection. One way in which this is shown is once Edgar stands up for himself for once, tired of the deception around him, yelling at Cathy.

Edgar Linton, normally gentle, also uses physical violence when he fights with Heathcliff over Catherine Earnshaw, now his wife Catherine Linton. Like Hindley, Edgar does not realize that violence cannot produce love. His fight with Heathcliff results in Catherine’s insanity and her eventual death. Catherine, too, is not flawless. When Nelly, under Hindley’s orders, chaperones Edgar’s visit with Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine is furious and strikes Nelly. When her nephew Hareton weeps at this abusive display, Catherine seizes the child and shakes him. She then strikes Edgar when he tries to stop her. The root of Catherine’s violence is not the same as the one that plague Hindley and Edgar: she does not physically hurt her family because she wants to be loved. She feels that she is already loved by everyone, but she

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Heathcliff’s strong love for Catherine guides his transformation as a character. While Heathcliff enters the story as an innocent child, the abuse he receives at a young age and his heartbreak at Catherine’s choice to marry Edgar Linton bring about a change within him. Heathcliff’s adulthood is consequently marked by jealousy and greed due to his separation from Catherine, along with manipulation and a deep desire to seek revenge on Edgar. Although Heathcliff uses deceit and manipulation to his advantage throughout the novel, he is never entirely content in his current situation. As Heathcliff attempts to revenge Edgar Linton, he does not gain true fulfillment. Throughout Wuthering Heights, Brontë uses Heathcliff’s vengeful actions to convey the message that manipulative and revenge-seeking behaviors will not bring a person satisfaction.

When Edgar was born, his father abandoned the entire family. Then Edgar’s mother died of tuberculosis when he was only 3 years old. He was then orphaned by John Allan and Frances Keeling Valentine Allan. Edgar, as a young child, had a good stepfather-son relationship, but as Edgar

In Wuthering Heights, Edgar Linton is a minor character that serves as a foil to Heathcliff, one of the main characters. All of Edgar Linton’s attributes serve to contrast and emphasize the distinctive savagery that Heathcliff seems to possess. The contrasting characteristics and behaviors of Edgar Linton and Heathcliff serve as a cautionary tale to the potential destructive effects love can have.

After Catherine died, Heathcliff beseeched her to stay with him and haunt him. He is a self-centered human being, and desires Catherine to be with him even after death. Edgar on the other hand didn't beg for Catherine to haunt him, for he was looking forward to their time together in the afterlife. This proves Heathcliff’s selfishness to needing Catherine with him, and also confirms the fact that Edgar is the one that would unconditionally love Catherine forever. Heathcliff selfishly only wanted Catherine for himself, he visited Catherine’s coffin and removed the blond lock of hair which belongs to Edgar and threw it to the floor, then taking his own and placing it in.

Heathcliff resents her scorn. He desires to regain her approval. He attempts to be “decent” and “good” for her sake (Brontë 40). However, his attempt to be decent fails miserably. He resents the attentions that Catherine gives to Edgar. Catherine would rather wear a “silly frock” and have dinner with “silly friends” than ramble about the moors with him (Brontë 50). Heathcliff keeps track of the evenings Catherine spends with Edgar and those that she spends with him. He desperately wants to be with Catherine. When Catherine announces to Nelly her engagement to Edgar, Heathcliff eavesdrops, but leaves the room when he “heard Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him” (Brontë 59). Catherine has spurned his love, choosing Edgar over him. Heathcliff cannot bear this rejection. The love he possesses for her transcends romantic and filial love (Mitchell 124). He feels that he is one with her (Mitchell 123).

Though he has always been portrayed as wily and somber, he is more so in the latter half of the book than ever. Because of his refusal to change, he causes himself to become nothing more than a remorseful, bitter man. Lastly, Edgar is the one who is demanded to change. While the other characters are given a choice as whether to become someone else, Edgar is forced to change because of his surroundings and involvement with Cathy. At the beginning of the novel, he is described as cheerful and kind; he is also Cathy’s only window into a life that she wishes to have. For instance, the author states, “… he was too good to be thoroughly unhappy long… he recalled her memory with ardent, tender love, and hopeful aspiring to the better world…” (p. 180). In this statement, it is quite clear that Edgar is grieving. He is forced to change his outlook because of Cathy’s passing, and because of this, he changes for the better. Though his mourning may alter him, he finds himself in a better state than before. This is shown by how he is able to move on and accept that he must change to move

As seen through Bronte's two characters, Nelly and Edgar, both victims of Catherine's emotional displays, each has a different belief about her . Edgar is quick to forgive his beloved's ugly outbursts because of his own inability to perceive such an impulse since he completely lacks that himself. Nelly, on the other hand, having been witness too many times to Catherine's outbursts, is jaded and intolerant. Their completely opposite reactions are due to the contrast in the type of relationships each shares with the protagonist , and because of the basic differences in their own

Edgar fearlessly challenges his brother at the end of the play, telling him to draw his sword and retaliate if he is offended by what he says, and he then calls him a traitor among other things. The reader is surprised to see Edgar reaching this position because he had fallen so far. He was originally in the good graces of his father, but then he had to go into hiding and act like a crazy beggar because his father wanted him dead. He then transforms from a crazy beggar to a noble swordsman for the end of the play so that he can defeat his brother in an attempt to save those who are in danger. This scene is incredibly powerful to the reader because of the “Upside Down World” effect which is caused by Edgar’s resolution to not give up on England and to save those who are important to

Edgar did not think well about Catherine. The way she is Edgar did not like so much. Edgar thought of her in a bad way. Edgar only thought she was a bad type of person and he did not like that very much. He thought she only liked to trick people to get what she wanted. He knows that she has a powerfull intellect but only uses it to get what she wants from people.

Catherine tries to make Heathcliff jealous by going with Edgar a few years after he fleed the country. When Catherine and Heathcliff were little she would try to have some power over him. When Catherine sees him after being away for five weeks she starts laughing and making fun of him “ Why , how very black and cross you look! And how-how funny and grim! But that’s because i’m used to Edgar and Isabella.

As one continues to read Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, he or she continues to feel sympathy for Edgar Hinton. For example, in this week’s reading, readers learn that Edgar’s sister, Isabella is dead—leaving her brother and son behind. Nonetheless, Edgar promised his sister that he would take care of her son. At this point in the novel, readers can argue that Edgar is living a hopeless life, and for that reason, readers can claim Edgar is patiently waiting to meet his death—this is evident in chapter 22. Nevertheless, one can predict that Edgar will die and that his daughter, Cathy will marry her cousin, Linton (Heathcliff’s son).

so he could acquire Thrushcross Grange (where Edgar Linton lives). Bronte seems to have mixed opinions of the lower class by characterizing Heathcliff positively and negatively. Lockwood,

While at Thrushcross Grange, she grows infatuated with Edgar, despite her love for Heathcliff. Edgar came from an upper class family as well and took care of her when she was in a dog accident. This leads to her acceptance of Edgar Linton’s marriage proposal despite her statements regarding her love for Heathcliff. Heathcliff overhears unfortunate passages of Catherine's discourse and disappears for a period during which he mysteriously makes his fortune and changes irrevocably from the person he was. Vengeance consumes him, and Heathcliff attempts to destroy the lives of those who wronged him, (as well as their children). Ultimately, Heathcliff’s bitterly executed vengeance is effaced by a love between Hareton and Cathy that mirrors Heathcliff’s own love for Catherine. Hareton is Catherine’s nephew and Cathy is Catherine’s daughter, which makes the two first cousins.