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lives. However, wealthy Edgar Linton is in love with her as well, and Catherine must choose between them. Cathy sacrifices her future with Heathcliff so that she can marry Edgar Linton. This reveals that she is selfish enough to want a comfortable life at the expense of her "true love", but that she is also pragmatic and knows that having more money will help Heathcliff into a better social situation. Cathy is shown to appreciate having expensive things and acting like the Lintons. "Instead of a wild

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. In the beginning of the novel, the audience is first introduced to the stark contrast between Heathcliff

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

where your social status could be construed as directly correlating to whom said individual could socialize with, marry, or have any ties too. Perhaps maybe there weren’t three individuals that knew this more than the three of Wuthering Heights Edgar Linton, Catherine Earnshaw, and Heathcliff. The Victorian Era had many elements that could be tied to it but the one that will be the center focus for this paper will be realism. Realism emphasized the middle class and rejected the heroic in favor of

Contrary to Wuthering Heights and its inhabitant, Thrushcross Grange and the Linton family represent culture, refinement, convention, and cultivation of the Victorian Ideals. Catherine attraction toward Thrushcoss Grange signifies her subjugation toward the Victorian civility under its panoptic nature. Catherine has changed a lot

everything now has change, she sees Heathcliff as a poor man that as nothing to offer. Edgar Linton was a civilize man, who is rich, who has good morals, he was a man that Catherine can watch like a husband. Now, Catherine acts more like a lady, so she has to be aware that the things people around her say are good things. Catherine decides to let go the true love that she and Heathcliff have, and start to make things with Edgar such as getting marry with a man which you don’t

social status can reflect onto the characters, therefore shaping their traits. Each character is connected to their differing settings, which in return creates the character’s differing attitudes and psychological or moral traits. Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, and Catherine Earnshaw are the three characters in which their settings reflect their personalities, and therefore create their physical and moral traits. Heathcliff is harsh and fierce, for he seems dark and mysterious because he never shows

Catherine's selfish character was depicted when she wanted both Edgar and Heathcliff at the same time. In the beginning, she was introduced as a 'high spirited' character who was wild. However, she drastically changes throughout the book. When she hurts her leg and is forced to stay at Thrushcross Grange, she returns to Wuthering Heights as a well dressed and dignified lady. She was easily swayed to the superior lifestyle of the Lintons and began to look down upon Heathcliff. She even laughs at his

Lauren Kosydar Professor Simpson English 6 11/29/15 Term Paper Wuthering Heights Title?? The novel I chose for my term paper is Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. This novel was written during the Victorian era but is considered under the genre of Romantic literary works. The Romantic period pushed boundaries and opened up the correlation of intellect and art. This period is also known as a movement as it brought such passion and color to the minds and lives of the everyday people through the

that Cathy has been put into his life in order that he may manipulate her into fulfilling his revenge on the Linton family. Meanwhile, Edgar, Cathy’s father seeks to protect Cathy from Heathcliff’s evil influence. While Edgar Linton does have a distasteful history with Heathcliff, Edgar solely wants what is best for his daughter, even if that does mean letting Heathcliff get his revenge.