Legend has stereotyped him somewhat into a romantic hero, and he is generally known thêm for his tình yêu for Catherine Earnshaw than his final years of vengeance in the một giây half of the novel, in which he grows into a bitter, haunted man (although there are also a number of incidents in Heathcliff's early life that hiển thị that he was an angry and sometimes malicious individual from the beginning; again, these tend to be glossed over in the được ưa chuộng imagination). His complicated, mesmerising and altogether bizarre nature makes him a rare character, with components of both the hero and villain.
Edgar is the father of his and Catherine's daughter, Catherine Linton, and the brother of Isabella Linton. He is a foil of Heathcliff as a character, as shown bởi his tender, gentle, and weak personality as opposed to Heathcliff's savage, tyrannical nature.
As "punishment" for eavesdropping on Gandalf's conversation with Frodo regarding the One Ring, Sam was made Frodo's first companion on his journey to Rivendell. They were joined bởi Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, Frodo's cousins, and journeyed together to Rivendell where the Council of Elrond took place.
