An Analyzation of Edgar Linton in Wuthering Heights (Essay Sample)

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An Analyzation of Edgar Linton in “Wuthering Heights”
Heather K. Abbott
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In the novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, which can be defined as a love story of
two star-crossed lovers, there are two main male figures that impact the life of Cathy, Edgar
Linton and Heathcliff, both have similarities in their love for Cathy, but they are distinctively
two different people. In this summation, I will depict the main characteristics of Edgar Linton
while also comparing him to his rival Heathcliff who both yearn for Cathy's love and
devotion.  
One of those characters is the man she ultimately chooses to marry, which is Edgar
Linton.  When Cathy meets Edgar after Cathy is bit by a dog on the land that Edgar owns, she is
flabbergasted by this outside universe she never had at Wuthering Heights.  When she lived at
Wuthering Heights, she was surrounded by her brother and Heathcliff who consumed her heart
and soul.  After Heathcliff leaves, she is left to fend for her own devices, one of which is
marrying the antagonist of Heathcliff, Edgar Linton.  
Whereas Heathcliff embodied the will and strength of a survivor in difficult circumstances,
Edgar on the other hand had been brought up in refined and polished environment and Cathy
knew right away she loved the idea of dresses and balls; all the things she missed when she was
consumed in the bubble of Wuthering Heights.  Edgar is originally described as a fair-skinned,
thin, man with light hair and blue eyes.  He is a drastic contrast to Heathcliff both physically and
spiritually.  Cathy states in the novel that "on the bleak hilltop the Earth was hard with a black
frost and the air made me shiver (Bronte, 2014).
Edgar, on the other hand grew up with constitution and had rarely traveled the world outside
his pristine estate.  He is considered in drastic difference with Heathcliff who loved to revert to
isolation and nature which gave him his strength because it was the memories he had of he and
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