Summary:
In her classic novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte emphasizes events and highlights the mood of the characters in the text through descriptions of atmospheric conditions and the local landscape. The rough countryside of the Yorkshire moors accentuates the harsh relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff and their isolation from civilized culture, while many notable events that take place between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross George are accompanied by changes in the weather.
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
How Emily Bronte makes use of atmospheric conditions to emphasise events and highlight the mood of the characters in the story.
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte makes use of atmospheric conditions to emphasise events and highlight the mood of the characters in the story. The Yorkshire moors, where Wuthering Heights is set, are known for their harsh beauty and desolate landscape. This theme of a rough countryside filled with hidden beauties and seasonal storms emphasises the plot of Wuthering Heights, the harshness of Cathy and Heathcliff's love in comparison to the more refined, yet passionless Hindley, Lintons and Cathy's marriage which could be reflected by the drizzle and greyness that contrasts the stormy weather on the Moors.
The title of the novel and the name of Heathcliff/Earnshaw dwelling, Wuthering Heights, project the overall atmosphere of.....
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