Bronte describes Wuthering Heights as a harsh, cold house, with “grotesque carvings” (10) and she depicts it as having a “pervading spirit of neglect” (10). Not surprisingly name of the residence is symbolic of its nature, “‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather” (10), which is a foreshadowing of evil to come. Even the vegetation is lifeless and bleak, “a few stunted firs at th

When Nelly compared the two men, Heathcliff and Linton, “The contrast resembled what you see in exchanging a bleak, hilly, coal country for a beautiful fertile valley” (72), she was in effect describing the theme of Bronte’s novel. The duality that co-exists in the world, the civilized vs. the uncivilized, is represented by Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights, by Edgar Linton and Heathcliff.

In contrast, the Grange is set within a lush valley, protected from the incessant storms, and is encompassed by a high stone wall. Young Heathcliff describes the place as beautiful (51), “a splendid place carpeted with crimson... and pure white ceiling bordered with gold” (51). The colors in this description conjure images of serenity, wealth and purity. The Grange in comparison to the Heights is sophisticated and elegant with, �

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