Theme Of Extreme Weather In Wuthering Heights

In Wuthering Heights,one of the key characteristics of a gothic novel is extreme weathers. In the of beginning of chapter 1, Bronte creates a stormy weather when lockwood arrives at wuthering heights. Lockwood describe the weather with “ Pure, bracing ventilation… the power of the north wind blowing over the edge” (Bronte 4). The stormy weather described by lockwood is very powerful with tremendous force and thus help illustrate the extremeness of the weather creating a gothic characteristic. Also in chapter 4, Bronte creates another stormy weather just like the first one in chapter 1, but with one distinction from it. As Mr. Earnshaw’s dies, “A high wind blustered round… wild and stormy, yet it was not cold...” (Bronte 43)