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6th hour
In Wuthering Heights, there are two main
characters that have many things that are different about them and their
attitudes toward others. Edgar Linton and Heathcliff are very diverse opposing
forces in the book, they despise each other because they are total opposites
and in search of the same goal, Catherine.
Edgar is the calm element contrasted by the
stormy element of Heathcliff. Edgar represents beauty with his "blue eyes
and even forehead", while Heathcliff is the ugliness as "the little
black haired thing". Edgar and
Heathcliff both show love for Catherine but for different reasons. Heathcliff
loves Catherine because she is "wild and a free spirit" and wants to
be with her forever, yet Edgar loves Catherine because she is his wife and he
wants to protect her from the evil Heathcliff. Heathcliff who is as "rough
as a saw-edge and hard as whinestone", is an outsider whose soul is torn
between love and hate, and, because of the depths of his passion, he hates as
deeply as he loves. Edgar displays a lot of the characteristics of the
Victorian hero, he is the embodiment of coustancy and tenderness.
The characters of Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
in Bronte's Wuthering Heights, are on opposite sides of the spectrum. They are
also locked in conflict with each other over their love for Catherine, even
though Edgar is Catherine's wife Heathcliff loves her and endeavors for her to
be with him forever. This novel is concerned with the duality of these characters
and the internal conflicts that they go through all throughout the story, and
their affections and behaviors toward others.
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