wuthering heights symbolism
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In Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” nature and the supernatural play a big part in the story, there is also many cases of symbolism which goes along with characterization. The temperaments of the characters in a novel can sometimes be portrayed and enhanced through their physical surroundings. This use of setting is clearly demonstrated in “Wuthering Heights”.
The story takes place in two main settings, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, both situated on the harsh and desolate moors of Yorkshire. The people from Wuthering Heights such as Heathcliff, are generally angry, ill tempered, vengeful, and often immoral. These attitudes are clearly reflected through the large, cold and dark house, situated on top of a ruthless hill on the moors. The Moors symbolize wildness. They are untamed and free, wild and vibrant but also beautiful. I believe that the Moors would symbolize those strong passions that blow wildly through Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is like the Moors: undomesticated, full of savage and unrestrained passions, untameable. This wildness in him is mirrored in Cathy's nature, but she tries to repress that very part to which Heathcliff gives free reign. Thrushcross Grange is a more cultivated, calm house, situated in a valley of the moors. Its inhabitants, including Edgar Linton, are generally more refined, with more morals and calmer attitudes than those who live in Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw is a character who creates the conflict throughout the whole book and between the two characters, Edgar and Heathcliff. Her attitudes are also reflected through the setting in which she grew up, between the two contrasting houses. The house of Wuthering Heights is described as “grotesque, with strong...narrow windows...deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large, jutting stones”. This is very similar to many descriptions of Heathcliff’s appearance, "brows lowering, the eyes deep set and singular...black eyes
In Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” nature and the supernatural play a big part in the story, there is also many cases of symbolism which goes along with characterization. The temperaments of the characters in a novel can sometimes be portrayed and enhanced through their physical surroundings. This use of setting is clearly demonstrated in “Wuthering Heights”.
The story takes place in two main settings, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, both situated on the harsh and desolate moors of Yorkshire. The people from Wuthering Heights such as Heathcliff, are generally angry, ill tempered, vengeful, and often immoral. These attitudes are clearly reflected through the large, cold and dark house, situated on top of a ruthless hill on the moors. The Moors symbolize wildness. They are untamed and free, wild and vibrant but also beautiful. I believe that the Moors would symbolize those strong passions that blow wildly through Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is like the Moors: undomesticated, full of savage and unrestrained passions, untameable. This wildness in him is mirrored in Cathy's nature, but she tries to repress that very part to which Heathcliff gives free reign. Thrushcross Grange is a more cultivated, calm house, situated in a valley of the moors. Its inhabitants, including Edgar Linton, are generally more refined, with more morals and calmer attitudes than those who live in Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw is a character who creates the conflict throughout the whole book and between the two characters, Edgar and Heathcliff. Her attitudes are also reflected through the setting in which she grew up, between the two contrasting houses. The house of Wuthering Heights is described as “grotesque, with strong...narrow windows...deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large, jutting stones”. This is very similar to many descriptions of Heathcliff’s appearance, "brows lowering, the eyes deep set and singular...black eyes