Contrasting Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
Emily Bront„r, the author of Wuthering Heights, grew up in Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a wild bleak spot. There are few trees, black rock, and heather. The land is dull and brown most of the year and little streams tumble everywhere. There is a lot of rain, mist, and snow. The people there are often very brutal (World Book). This was the world that Ms. Bront„r knew and therefore used as a setting for her novel. The setting for the novel is two estates, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. The Heights, reflected almost perfectly, is Yorkshire in a sense and the Grange is the exact opposite. The beautifully structured estate and surrounding park show the contrast of the two places. The people's attitudes reflect their houses and the way they live. The inhabitants of Wuthering Heights are much more bitter, brutal and less mannered than those of Thrushcross Grange. The structure, surrounding land, and inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange represent the opposing worlds of the two houses. The reader is first introduced to the Wuthering Heights estate. As described in the first chapter of the book, the name Wuthering Heights has a significant meaning. "¥Wuthering' being a significant provincial adject
One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage; they call it here ¥the house' pre-eminently. It includes kitchen and parlor, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter (11). The house as described in this scene is very dull and boring. It has no real decor and is very manly. The decorations, people and the ferocious dogs reflect the feeling of unfriendliness. ive, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather (10)." At this point Mr. Lockwood is the narrator and he is describing the outside of the house. Ah! It was beautifulXa 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 center, and shimmering with little soft tapers (51). 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 stones (10). Thrushcross Grange, Wuthering Heights, and their inhabitants are the most contrasting symbols in Wuthering Heights. The representation of these places are so opposing the reader is almost lead to believe that nothing good could come of their uniting. However, in the end
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Approximate Word count = 1023
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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