Wuthering Heights Contrasting Worlds

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a noun for infections which could symbolise how the Lintons are known for their fragile health. Similarly, the noun `Grange' refers to country house, gardening and crops. These are aspects of relaxation but also aspects of work; this suggests the Linton's calm nature and the upper middle class which they are a part of in the patriarchal society. Within the Victorian era, food was a sign of wealth and power; therefore, the reference to crops suggests the Lintons' power and wealth. On the other hand, Wuthering Heights is a harsh sounding name that relates to stormy weather and harsh winds to give the reader a sense of danger and destruction. Bronte shows the importance of this name in the novel: "`Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather." Bronte does this to show the audience that the name of the setting was chosen deliberately. The adjective `Wuthering' represents strong winds. This ...

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griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date `1500' and the name `Hareton Earnshaw'". The noun `wilderness' reflects how the outside gardens of the house are left to overgrow and look neglected by its owner as they do not have servants to maintain it. This view from Lockwood suggests that the house looks unpleasant and neglected; these aspects have been a common feature throughout Gothic Literature which relates the novel to the Gothic genre. Bronte gives Wuthering Heights human characteristics by using personification give the readers an impression of a defensive, unwelcoming environment where life cannot thrive to meet Victorian expectations. The "stunted plants" reflect ...

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