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Wuthering Heights Character Analysis

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Setting as Crucial Factor in Determining Characters ' Behaviour: Study on Emily Bronte 's Wuthering Height
Ahmed Abdalla Saeed Adam
College of Arts and Science, Albaha University
Almikhwa, Saudi Arabia ahmad_saeed604@yahoo.com Abstract: Wuthering Heights is believed to be an extremely popular study text at an advanced level. The combination of a compelling plot, the highly charged emotions, the complexity of narrative voice and structure, and the combined use of features of Gothic and Romantic literature make of it an excellent breath-taking novel to study. The choice of this novel stems from the fact that its effective images are believed to have a great impact on the characters ' behaviour. The setting of novel also contains other …show more content…

The author is regarded as one of the finest writers of the nineteenth century. Like her sister Charlotte Brontë 's Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights is based partly on the Gothic tradition of the late eighteenth century, a style of literature that featured supernatural encounters, crumbling ruins, moonless nights, and grotesque imagery, seeking to create the effects of mystery and fear. Nonetheless, Wuthering Heights is believed to have transcended its genre in its complicated observation and artistic …show more content…

Wuthering Heights composed of the two main settings; one noticeably being Wuthering Heights and the other is the houseThrushcross Grange. The two houses generate a wonderful atmosphere overflowing with conflicts that match up with the plot. The setting is filled with passion and strength, but it is also filled with doomed intensity. The two are opposed in many ways: "Wuthering Heights" is dark and cold, located on a hill high above the more bright and attractive "Thrushcross Grange", which is situated in the valley below. The two houses are not far away from each other. They are only four miles away from one another other, but the people are frequently getting lost while roaming between these houses. The name of the house Wuthering Heights suggest to the reader the nature of the building. Wuthering is a local word meaning wild winds, which well imply that the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights are wild and strong-willed. The house itself is an old stone building that seems scary and very uneasy. Even the words that are used to describe the house seem to be of a cruel and conflicting nature; “kitchen was forced to retreat altogether into another quarter”

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