Wuthering Heights Compare Contrast Essay
Tanner Shahan
Period 2
3/22/13
Wuthering Heights Compare & Contrast Essay Every novel contains some symbolism and parallelism that can convey more meaning to the book than can be found in the text itself. In Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights”, we can see multiple elements that parallel and coincide with each other. With that said, the setting plays an important part in the novel as it separates the families apart and the estates in which they live in. The whole plot of the story is played out between two estates; Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross grange; and with the plot only taking place between two estates, we know that they must greatly influence the story itself. Thrushcross grange is the home of the Linton family. They’re home contains a lovely forest of oak and hazel trees, large windows, a luxurious interior, a beautiful garden with bright flowers and plants, large pure white ceiling with gold boarding, a fancy glass chandelier, and described as the tables and chairs being covered in crimson. Their home can be described as a very pristine and well-kept estate. Wuthering Heights on the other hand sits on top of a dark, bleak hilltop that’s covered in black frost from winter the year before and contains old furniture that seems to be hastily organized in cramped rooms, high backed chairs with a primitive design, and old guns that hang over the chimney. Their home in its entirety can be described as chaos. It is a very unwelcoming home due to the fact of its current state and maybe due to the people living within it’s walls. The estates look completely different from each other and are very different in the way that they are kept. But each home contains the same key fact that the homes themselves convey the outlook of the inhabitants that live within them. Wuthering Heights can speak for the family themselves by saying they are chaotic, detrimental, dark and bleak. Thrushcross grange speaks for the Linton family themselves by saying how
Period 2
3/22/13
Wuthering Heights Compare & Contrast Essay Every novel contains some symbolism and parallelism that can convey more meaning to the book than can be found in the text itself. In Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights”, we can see multiple elements that parallel and coincide with each other. With that said, the setting plays an important part in the novel as it separates the families apart and the estates in which they live in. The whole plot of the story is played out between two estates; Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross grange; and with the plot only taking place between two estates, we know that they must greatly influence the story itself. Thrushcross grange is the home of the Linton family. They’re home contains a lovely forest of oak and hazel trees, large windows, a luxurious interior, a beautiful garden with bright flowers and plants, large pure white ceiling with gold boarding, a fancy glass chandelier, and described as the tables and chairs being covered in crimson. Their home can be described as a very pristine and well-kept estate. Wuthering Heights on the other hand sits on top of a dark, bleak hilltop that’s covered in black frost from winter the year before and contains old furniture that seems to be hastily organized in cramped rooms, high backed chairs with a primitive design, and old guns that hang over the chimney. Their home in its entirety can be described as chaos. It is a very unwelcoming home due to the fact of its current state and maybe due to the people living within it’s walls. The estates look completely different from each other and are very different in the way that they are kept. But each home contains the same key fact that the homes themselves convey the outlook of the inhabitants that live within them. Wuthering Heights can speak for the family themselves by saying they are chaotic, detrimental, dark and bleak. Thrushcross grange speaks for the Linton family themselves by saying how