Abstract
Wuthering Heights is one of the most significant realistic novels in British literature, primarily depicting the tragic love story of Catherine and Heathcliff. Nevertheless, involved in the love triangle, Edgar Linton receives much less attention from the researchers. In an attempt to further unravel the characteristics of Edgar Linton, this paper, in conjunction with Carl Jung’s archetypes theory, interprets Edgar’s psyche by analyzing his persona, anima, and shadow through qualitative analysis. The result shows a strong relevance of these three archetypes that are closely related to his childhood experiences. The joint influence of the archetypes forms typical features of his psyche that affects not only him but also his social networks and his soft personality is a good approach to alleviating the heaviness of this work and forming a sharp contrast with Catherine and Heathcliff.
Highlights
1 As one of the most splendid critical realism novels in the nineteenth century, Wuthering Heights is noted for the tensions, conflicts, and repression throughout the book
Based on the achievements made by previous studies, this paper explores the psyche of Edgar Linton in light of archetypes theories with the expectation of shedding light on the profoundness of this classic novel
4.1 Persona Antony Stevens (1994) points out our persona begins to form in childhood
Summary
1 As one of the most splendid critical realism novels in the nineteenth century, Wuthering Heights is noted for the tensions, conflicts, and repression throughout the book. The novel mainly confines its space to two places: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. The host of Wuthering Heights brought back an abandoned child and named him Heathcliff. The host’s care for Heathcliff incurred the jealousy of his son Hindley and Hindley oppressed him bitterly after his father’s death. The daughter of the host Catherine established an intimate relationship with Heathcliff. Three years after Heathcliff’s leave, Catherine married Linton, a gentleman in Thrushcross Grange
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