Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather . . . One may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting cornerstones (Bronte 2).

This is a description of Wuthering Heights by Mr. Lockwood, a narrator, who is first witnessing the foreboding household.

Ah! It was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers (Bronte 40).

This is a description of Thrushcross Grange from the point of view of young Heathcliff, a major character in the novel. The two main settings in Wuthering Heights, the houses of Wu

Laban, Lawrence F. "Emily Bronte." Critical Survey of Long Fiction. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 4 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1991.

thering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, are so opposite that it simply begs for analysis. Similarly, the characters juxtapose each other and personify each house's characteristics. The wild, uncivilized manner of Wuthering Heights and the high, cultured, civilized nature of Thrushcross Grange are reflected in the characters who inhabit them by use of their dissimilar settings.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Bloom's Notes. Broomall: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996.

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993.

Helmer, Dona J. "Wuthering Heights Novel 1847." Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. Ed. Kirk H. Beetz, Ph.D. 13 vols. Osprey: Beacham Publishing Corp, 1996.

Baxter, Gisele. Notes on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. [Online] Available http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/gmb/bronte.html, February 26, 2001.

Karl, Frederick. "The Brontes: The Outsider as Protagonist." The Nineteenth Century British Novel. 1st ed. 1964.

Thrushcross Grange is called home by Edgar, Isabella, and Catherine Linton. The characters at the Grange are passive, civilized, and calm, which personifies the house they live in. Edgar is well-mannered and wealthy (Wasowski 10), but is also a coward with a whiny gentility (Hubbard 1). Catherine Earnshaw describes him as "rich" and "pleasant to be with" (Bronte 66). Edgar and Isabella are as refined and civilized as Thrushcross Grange (Laban 394) and neither express much interest in the moors (Carlson 1). Catherine is energetic and warmhearted, relating to the bright, cheery air of Thrushcross Grange (Hubbard 1). Plants flourish at the Grange in the more welcome environment, just as the characters are more able to grow beyond their initial difficulties (Smith 2).

Barth, Melissa. "Wuthering Heights Critical Evaluation." Masterplots. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 12 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1996.

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