Why is Edgar a murder?

Edgar Huntly: or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker, published in 1799 by Charles Brockden Brown, is one of the earliest work of American fiction, and the first to depict the tense relationship between Americans and Indians on the frontier. Adopting but then adapting some of the European Gothic literary…

http://www.gradesaver.com/edgar-huntly-memoirs-of-a-sleep-walker/study-guide/major-themes/

I think your best bet would be to go through Gradesaver's themes for the novel. This page will provide you with an indepth look at Edgar's character.

http://www.gradesaver.com/edgar-huntly-memoirs-of-a-sleep-walker/study-guide/major-themes/

http://www.gradesaver.com/edgar-huntly-memoirs-of-a-sleep-walker/study-guide/major-themes/

I think your best bet would be to go through Gradesaver's themes for the novel. This page will provide you with an indepth look at Edgar's character.

http://www.gradesaver.com/edgar-huntly-memoirs-of-a-sleep-walker/study-guide/major-themes/