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Wuthering senior high and Thrushcross Grange     The setting used byout the novel Wuthering Heights helps to set the mood to describe   the characters. We find deuce households separated by the cold, muddy, and barren moors, one by   the name of Wuthering Heights, and the other by the name of Thrushcross Grange. Each house   stands alone, in the mist of the dreary land, and the melodic line creates a mood of isolation. In the   novel, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are the two places where virtually all of the   action takes place.   Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, differ greatly from each other in appearance   and mood. These differences reflect the universal conflict between the storm and calm, that Emily   Bronte develops as the theme in the novel. Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange both   represent several opposing properties. The residents of Wuthering Heights were that of the   working class, while those of Thrushcross Grange were higher on the social ladder. The people of   Wuthering Heights aspired to be on the same level as the Lintons. This is evident when Heathcliff   and Catherine peek through their window. In addition, Wuthering Heights is always in a state of   storminess and its surroundings depict the cold, dark, and evil side of life, while Thrushcross   Grange always seems calm. Emily Bronte describes Wuthering Heights as having " peg down   windows deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones." This   description is adjacent to Heathcliff when he is illustrated having, "black eyes withdrawn so   suspiciously under their brow."     Thrushcross Grange, in contrast to the bleak exposed farmhouse on the heights, is situated   in the valley with none of the grim features of Heathcliffs home. Opposite of Wuthering Heights,   Thrushcross Grange is filled with light and warmth. It is the appropriate home of the children of