W.H.+Character+Profile+-+Edgar+Linton

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**__ Wuthering __****__ Heights __**
 * __ Character Profile: Edgar Linton __**

“//No mother could have nursed an only child more devotedly than Edgar tendered her//” p157 Ch: XIII v.1 “//Linton lavished on her the kindest caress and tried to cheer her by the fondest words.”// P158 Ch: v.1 “…//that coldness melted as fast as snow in April, and ere the tiny thing could stammer a word or totter a step, it wielded a despot’s sceptre in his heart.”// p217 Ch :III v.2 “//Ellen, I’ve been very happy with my little Cathy… she was a living hope at my side… What can I do for Cathy?”//
 * ** Gentle and loving husband and father **

“//Linton, striving to preserve his ordinary tone, and due measure of politeness,//” p113 Ch: X v.1 “//He took her education on himself…//” p224 Ch: IV v.2 “//Mr. Linton, on his part, spent his time in the library…//” p140 Ch: XI v.2
 * ** Educated, civilised **

“//He recalled her memory with ardent, tender love aspiring to the better world where he no doubted she had gone//.” p217 Ch: II v.2 “//…it was, also, the anniversary of my late mistress’s death. Her father invariably spent the day alone the library; and walked at dusk, as far as Gimmerton kirkyard, where he would frequently prolong his stay beyond midnight//.” p 251 Ch: VII v.2
 * ** Loyal to Catherine’s memory – observes annual ritual of visiting her grave **

“//Trouble me no more about her – Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her but because she has disowned me .” p156 Ch: XII v.2 // //"Forgiveness?’ said Linton. ‘I have nothing to forgive her, Ellen – you may call at Wuthering Heights… and say that I am not angry, but sorry to have lost her… It is out of the question my going to see her, however, we are eternally divided, and should she really wish to oblige me, tell her to persuade the villain she married to leave the country//.” p127 Ch: XIV __ Catherine (wife) __ “//Mrs. Linton… would have me give you a cordial reception and, of course, I am gratified when anything occurs to please her.//” p112 Ch: X v.1 “//Mr Linton had not obliged his peevishness… he ventured no objection to her [Catherine] taking Isabella with her to Wuthering Heights//.” p117 Ch: X v.1 “//His [Heathcliff’s] visits are a continual nightmare to me; and I suspect to my master also//.” p126 Ch: X v.1 “//She’s sadly put out by Mr. Heathcliff’s behaviour and indeed I do think it’s time to arrange his visits on another footing. There’s harm in being too soft, and now it’s come to this…”// p133 Ch: X v.1 __ Cathy (daughter) __ “//Wuthering heights and Mr. Heathcliff did not exist for her//.” p224 Ch: IV v.2 “…//and such passionate tears and lamentations followed the news of his departure that Edgar, himself, was obliged to sooth her [Cathy], by affirming he [Linton] should come back soon//.” p249 Ch: VII v.2 “//I’d not care for one moment Linton being Heathcliff’s son; nor for his taking her from me, if he could console her for my loss. I’d not care that Heathcliff gained his ends and triumphed in robbing me of my last blessing!”// p301 Ch: XI v.2 “//Summer was already past its prime, when Edgar reluctantly yielded his assent to their entreaties, and Catherine and I set out on our first ride to join her cousin.”// p305 Ch: XII v.2
 * ** Stubborn in his refusal to rescue Isabella when he has married Heathcliff **
 * ** Weak for tolerating his wife’s relationship with Heathcliff and for not fully protecting his daughter from him **

Heathcliff (as a child): “//I wish I had light hair and fair skin, and was dressed, and behaved as well [as Edgar Linton did] and had a chance of being as rich as he will be!//” p 66 Ch: XII v.1
 * ** Represents the common sense viewpoint and normal standards of behaviour **