SETTING ANALYSIS
S.J., Adam, Quinn, Jordan and James
PHYSICAL SETTING
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Two main residences: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
3 miles apart
The moors are between the two houses
The moors are the setting for Heathcliff and Catherine fall in love
There is also a town called Gimmerton that makes a triangle with the two
houses
The town is far enough away that it appears trips there seem few and far
between.
PHYSICAL SETTING
Wu t h e r i n g H e i g h t s To u r
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Farmhouse
Deep set windows
Corners with jutting rocks
Garret (attic) was filthy and
housed Joseph
T h r u s h c r o s s G r a n g e L a yo u t
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Nicest house in the area
Much less details in the way it was
described
Strange how the Lintons have a
house as large as T.G.
MOOD
-Wuthering Heights is classified as a Gothic Novel
• Ghosts
• Extreme Landscapes
• Extreme Weather
• Horrifying or threatening
• Dark setting
PATHETIC FALLACY
wuth·er
[wuhth -er] Show IPA
verb (used without object), Bri
tish Dialect .(of wind) to blow fie
rcely.
The weather in England is generally rainy, stormy ,
gloomy in a sense. Which foreshadows the mood of
the novel.
• Heathcliff and Pathetic Fallacy
• The storm reflects Heathcliff ’s character
and Heathcliff is referred to as a storm
• Pg. 19 , 85 ,86 in our book it shows
Catherine’s desperation for
Heathcliff)
• The storm when Catherine’s ghost
seems to appear is reflective of her
unrest in death
• Pg. 165 is the death of Mrs. Linton
when the weather changes
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Industrial Revolution
SOCIAL HIERARCHY
CHRONOLOGICAL SETTING
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Late 1750s- 1805
Chronological jumps
Bronte did mention ONE date
Chronology contrasts the change is circumstantial setting
Influences the diction and social behaviours
Coming of age
Contrasts generations
Story is being retold
Comprises the entire life of the main characters