the wild moors

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The wild moors are the bleak, windswept Yorkshire landscapes that mirror and intensify the turbulent emotions and untamed spirit of characters in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.

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the wild moors canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
symbolic landscape ⓘ
appearsInWork Wuthering Heights ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Emily Brontë ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Yorkshire ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWithCharacter Catherine Earnshaw ⓘ
linked to: Cathy Earnshaw

Heathcliff ⓘ
contrastedWith Thrushcross Grange ⓘ
criticalReceptionAs one of the most memorable landscapes in English literature ⓘ
describedAs bleak ⓘ
untamed ⓘ
wild ⓘ
windswept ⓘ
evokes sense of danger ⓘ
sense of desolation ⓘ
sense of wild beauty ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1847 ⓘ
genreContext Gothic fiction ⓘ
romantic literature ⓘ
hasThemeRelation gothic atmosphere ⓘ
love and destruction ⓘ
nature versus civilization ⓘ
influences behavior of characters in Wuthering Heights ⓘ
mood of Wuthering Heights ⓘ
inspiredBy Haworth moorland ⓘ
intensifies turbulent emotions of characters in Wuthering Heights ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
mirrors turbulent emotions of characters in Wuthering Heights ⓘ
narrativeFunction externalization of characters’ inner states ⓘ
unifying atmospheric element in Wuthering Heights ⓘ
settingFor key encounters between Heathcliff and Catherine ⓘ
scenes of wandering and haunting in Wuthering Heights ⓘ
surrounds Wuthering Heights (house) ⓘ
symbolizes emotional turbulence ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
untamed human passion ⓘ
usedAsExampleOf pathetic fallacy in literary criticism ⓘ

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Cathy Earnshaw → symbolicAssociation → the wild moors ⓘ
Cathy Earnshaw → symbolicallyAssociatedWith → the wild moors ⓘ
subject linked to: Cathy