Wuthering Heights

Bronte has chosen a setting reflective of her characters. The area, as Lockwood explains, is subject to "atmospheric tumult."  No doubt its inhabitants will be as volatile as their environment. Descriptions about the house's structure allowed me to make connections to the protagonist. Wuthering Heights was built strong, with narrow deep-set windows to protect it from the ferocious wind. Similarly, Heathcliff's eyes "withdraw suspiciously under their brows'' upon contemplating, not nature's, but human intrusion. His cold, hard exterior and rough "corners" are defenses. Heathcliff is the true misanthropist. Because he does not resist but rather embrace and incite the hostile surroundings, he is able to avoid the fate of the poor stunted firs. What intrigues you about this chapter?