Wuthering Heights: Edgar and Heathcliff 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