Contrasting Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange

Emily Bront„r, the author of Wuthering Heights, grew up in Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a wild bleak spot. There are few trees, black rock, and heather. The land is dull and brown most of the year and little streams tumble everywhere. There is a lot of rain, mist, and snow. The people there are often very brutal (World Book). This was the world that Ms. Bront„r knew and therefore used as a setting for her novel. The setting for the novel is two estates, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. The Heights, reflected almost perfectly, is Yorkshire in a sense and the Grange is the exact opposite. The beautifully structured estate and surrounding park show the contrast of the two places. The people¡¦s attitudes reflect their houses and the way they live. The inhabitants of Wuthering Heights are much more bitter, brutal and less mannered than those of Thrushcross Grange. The structure, surrounding land, and inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange represent the opposing worlds of the two houses.

The reader is first introduced to the Wuthering Heights estate. As described in the first chapter of the book, the name Wuthering Heights has a significant meaning. ¡§¡¥Wuthering¡¦ being a significant provincial ad

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The people that occupy Wuthering Heights are the Earnshaws and Heathcliff, the adopted son. Earnshaw dies Hindley begins to get revenge on Heathcliff. By that time, her ankle was thoroughly cured, and her manners much improved. Lockwood is the narrator and he is describing the outside of the house. A park surrounds the estate of the Grange. They were polite and would have never been caught dead running around the grounds like Cathy and Heathcliff did. They ultimately found common ground and fell truly in love uniting all of the people and households despite the differences. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong; the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones (10). The Lintons are very polite, respectable people who conduct themselves as upper-class society would have in those days. Even thought these two families are so different they all end up intermarrying. You can begin to tell the differences in the characters of the two families when Catherine gets hurt and has to take up residence at the Grange.

This shows the contrasting lifestyles of the inhabitants of the Grange and the Heights.

Approximate Word count = 1023
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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