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呼啸山庄和画眉田庄
Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange

善与恶成了贯穿历史和整个历史的数百个不同故事的中心主题，它的解读成为文学界最具争议的主题之一。对善与恶的解释长期以来一直争论于个人或意识形态之间的战争的字面意义，或是个人与意识形态之间的内部斗争。正是在《呼啸山庄》中，艾米莉·简·勃朗特探讨了善与恶的语境，而不是彼此之间的争斗，而是一场“风暴”与“平静”的斗争，以及故事的背景对个体及其发展的影响。最大的对比在两栋房子，在小说人物的家庭之间的最新发生的，以画眉田庄为代表的天堂，光与和平，呼啸山庄更暗示地狱，黑暗和嫉妒（邪恶）。这正是勃朗特最感兴趣的是通过放置两种截然不同的背景作为他们的机构来发展她角色的对比感。因此，勃朗特利用小说的背景进一步发展了人物的主题：善与恶。
呼啸山庄及其周围的环境，描绘了生活中寒冷、黑暗和邪恶的一面，象征着愤怒、仇恨和黑暗。正如单独的名字所示，房子内部有很多紧张气氛，“描写大气骚动”。高地反映了当地居民的状况，尤其是Heathcliff。成为“贫瘠的冷杉，发育迟缓，似乎一切渴望的太阳的施舍，维持生命。”，矮小的植物体现什么蓬勃发展或生长正常的无能，正如文字难以满足自己的强烈的激情，并寻求外界支持实现自己最深的渴望。Earnshaw的孩子们长大的世界”里的人，像树、成长树矮化和扭曲的恶劣气候”。艾米莉·简·勃朗特给家人特征与拟人手法的运用给人一种防御性的，不友好的环境的印象，正如主角本身也可以被看作是苛刻。

Good vs. Evil has become the central theme for hundreds of different stories throughout history and for this; its interpretation has become one of the most controversial themes in literature. The interpretation of Good vs. Evil has long been debated between a literal meaning of a battle between individuals or their ideologies or an inner battle between oneself and their ideologies. It is in Wuthering Heights though that Emily Bronte explores the context of Good vs. Evil not as a struggle between one another or oneself but rather as a battle between “storm” and “calm“, and the effect the story's setting has on individuals and their development. The largest contrast taking place in the novel between the two houses that are the homes to most characters in the novel, Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights with Thrushcross Grange as a representative of heaven, light and peace (Good), and Wuthering Heights more suggestive of hell, dark and jealousy(Evil). This is where Bronte is most interested in developing the contrasting feelings for her characters through the placement of two distinct setting as their institution. Bronte thus uses the novel's setting to further develop the characters into the theme of Good vs. Evil.

Wuthering Heights, and its surroundings, depict the cold, dark, and evil side of life coming to symbolize anger, hatred, and darkness. As shown by the name alone, there is a lot of tension within the house, Wuthering being “descriptive of the atmospheric tumult”(7). The Heights mirrors the conditions of its inhabitants, especially Heathcliff. Becoming “barren, its firs stunted, everything seems to crave for the 'alms of the sun' that sustain life.”(5), the stunted plants reflect the inability of anything to flourish or grow normally, just as the characters find it difficult to fulfill their own strong passions, and seek support from outside sources to realize their deepest needs. The Earnshaw children grew up in a world “where human beings, like the trees, grow gnarled and dwarfed and distorted by the inclement climate”(6). Emily Bronte gives the house human characteristics with the use of personification giving the impression of a defensive, unwelcoming environment, just as the protagonists themselves can also been seen as harsh and defensive.

“Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging on the ledge, and we saw -- ah! it was beautiful”(45). The exuberant description by both Heathcliff and Catherine shows a warm, wealthy household in complete contrast to that of the Wuthering Heights, just as the characters themselves are more composed and cultured compared to the almost “savage” inhabitants of Wuthering Heights. Though seen further in the novel this cultured, supposedly luxurious bac