Essay | Repression in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In Emily Brönte's Wuthering Heights, it is evident that nature plays a main role in describing figurative language within the novel. However, nature itself is not mentioned extensively within the context of the novel. In fact, a majority of the scenes take place inside either Wuthering Heights or Thrushcross Grange. Even though there are a few events that occur outdoors, they hold little significance in relation to the other settings within the story line.

Cathy and Heathcliff, being the two protagonists whose character would seem to best illustrate the symbol of nature, are not presented to the reader on the moors in neither Nelly's nor Lockwood's narration. On the other hand, Linton Heathcliff, the sickly and frail character who is described to be bedridden for a majority of his presence in the novel, is observed to be outdoors in two lengthy instances with the second...
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