" And through him, again, we are introduced to the other characters of the novel of whom we would be given further details later on. .
As an outsider Mr. Lockwood doesn't seem to affect the run of the novel. He has no deep participation in its events. He is more like an observer whose fate brought him into the intricate web of Wuthering Heights and he found himself unable to resist the lure of knowing its mystifying history.
In so many ways Lockwood seems to be a representative of us as readers seeing things for the first time. His dazed mystified eyes are so much our own and even much of his responses are ours. He is confused, dazed, terrified at times and even bewitched at others by all these mysteries that seem to surround him. He finally tries to find out all about it when he asks Mrs. Dean to tell him the story of Wuthering Heights at which point we are introduced to the second narrator.
Mr. Lockwood's narration comes as a reflection of his character. He seems to be a keen observer who noticed that "no grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters". His analytical mind even tries to analyze Mr. Heathcliff's perplexing character. His language and use of metaphors show a refined mentality reflecting perhaps his high upbringing and education. Though his narration comes in a rather subtle serious tone, there is a light ironic one at times, which reflects his sense of humor e.g. in describing his encounter with the dogs at Wuthering Heights he says: "Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imaging they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio- .
Mr. Lockwood might be considered a main narrator in the sense that he is the one who reports to us presently the whole story. He is the one with whom we step into the Wuthering Heights' world and its perplexing, yet enchanting enigma .And he is the one with whom we finally leave that world behind stepping outside its frame which has kept us enthralled in its web for the whole length of the book.
