Wuthering Heights

How Emily Bronte makes use of atmospheric conditions to emphasise events and highlight the mood of the characters in the story.

In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte makes use of atmospheric conditions to emphasise events and highlight the mood of the characters in the story. The Yorkshire moors, where Wuthering Heights is set, are known for their harsh beauty and desolate landscape. This theme of a rough countryside filled with hidden beauties and seasonal storms emphasises the plot of Wuthering Heights, the harshness of Cathy and Heathcliff's love in comparison to the more refined, yet passionless Hindley, Lintons and Cathy's marriage which could be reflected by the drizzle and greyness that contrasts the stormy weather on the Moors.

The title of the novel and the name of Heathcliff/Earnshaw dwelling, Wuthering Heights, project the overall atmosphere of the book. She herself writes that the word...