Edgar Linton

With the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, only about two dysfunctional families and their two houses. Through only the two families, of one being the Earnshaws and the other being the Lintons, Bronte is able to exemplify many different themes throughout this novel. Ever since Mr. Earnshaw brought home Heathcliff to be raised as another child, the Earnshaws became a broken family and shows how a family should not act on any standards. “Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley…

brother, Heathcliff, the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, live a completely altered life than that of Edgar and Isabella Linton. The Linton’s, inhabitants of Thrushcross Grange, live a lavish life of luxury and high social class. Protagonists, Heathcliff and Catherine, are inseparable and, as a result, an eternal love is formed. However, Catherine’s life changes once she meets the wealthy Edgar Linton. Seeing their extravagant lifestyle at Thrushcross Grange makes her want the same and she will…

The first thing he does is to marry Edgar Linton’s sister, Isabella. Heathcliff then takes possession of Wuthering Heights by winning a bet that Hindley lost by gambling while drunk. That makes him in charge of Wuthering Heights just like he planned. He denies Hindley’s son, Hareton, of education…

life, she was unable to break him from these thoughts, but was never capable to change him and he sulked back into the dismal life he was living. When Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton, Nelly tries to persuade Catherine with the possible negative outcome of her marrying, telling her that “As soon as you become Mrs. Linton, [Heathcliff] loses friend, and love, and all! Have you considered how you’ll bear the separation, and how he’ll bear to be quite deserted in the world?”…

about Wuthering Heights that, “the girl and the waif form an intense, rebellious alliance, weakened when Catherine makes friends with the prosperous and conventional, Edgar Linton and his sister Isabella.” The girl represents Catherine and the waif is referring to Heathcliff. Heathcliff is upset when he discovers that Catherine and Edgar are associating. Heathcliff then wants to seek revenge on Catherine for doing that to him. Heathcliff goes and marries Isabella to make Catherine jealous.…

foreshadow the characteristics of the characters. The characters take on the qualities of the houses through direct embodiment, being cursed or blessed by thee Heights, mixing them together, or by inheriting the flaws or virtues. Heathcliff and Edgar Linton are direct representations of the Houses. Heathcliff is Wuthering Heights. All who reside at Wuthering Heights receive emotional and physical trauma unknowingly to the outside world. This is true for Heathcliff as well, “He held a silent…

of comfort and suffering, but also act as a method of reconciliation for a broken relationship. For some characters in Wuthering Heights, books serve as a refuge from the hardships of reality and real emotions. After marrying Heathcliff, Isabella Linton discovers her husband’s true vengeful self and the growing hatred between him and Hindley Earnshaw. She constantly feels trapped in her marriage and the hostile environment at Wuthering Heights, but she finds respite by delving into books: “I…

We discover Cathrine 's scratchings of writing saying 'Cathrine Earnshaw, Cathrine Linton, Cathrine Heathcliff '. This shows Heathcliff as having sentimental values as he has kept the memory of Cathrine on the walls instead of having erased them. This shows us that he is still holding on to the idea of her rather than trying to forget…

daughter, Catherine. Therefore, Catherine’s eventual decision to marry Edgar Linton because of his social status, instead of her childhood lover Heathcliff, spurs him to seek reprisal. Throughout this novel, Bronte critiques the detrimental effects of a vengeful heart, the destructive nature of an unwavering love, and the significance of social class. Heathcliff’s fervent thirst for revenge towards the Earnshaw and Linton families determines several of his actions throughout the novel. “When…

was spending more time with Edgar. Heathcliff’s admiration for Catherine started at the beginning of their early childhood, and when he overheard about Catherine’s remarks of not wanting to marry him, which in a sense was a major blow to Heathcliff. Therefore, he was heartbroken because of Catherine’s comments, which he decided to leave ‘Wuthering Heights’ and understandably so, as Catherine’s remarks hurt him significantly. While Heathcliff was away, Catherine and Edgar, in the long run, got…