Wuthering Heights: Use Of Atmospheric Conditions To Emphasize Events And Highlight The Mood Of The Characters

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to enter and the chaotic events that he is going to
witness through Nellie's story telling. When Nelly begins to tell the story
of the two neighbouring households, she describes Old Mr. Earnshaw setting
out to Liverpool on a "fine summer morning" (p.34). Yet, when Old Mr.
Earnshaw dies she relates that "A high wind blustered round the house, and
roared in the chimney; it sounded wild and stormy" (p. 41).
Emily Brontė often uses the weather to accentuate the personality
traits and moods of the characters throughout the novel. The countryside's
sometimes savage weather compares well to Heathcliff's temperament.
Heathcliff disapears for days on end into this desolate landscape and seems
to be most at home when wandering about in the moors. He is quick to fly
into a rage, like a winter storm beating at Wuthering Heights with wind and
hail. Heathcliff's storms of rage often abate, but they can fly into full
force without care for anything or anyone around him like the force of
mother ...

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