Wuthering Heights is a novel that is filled with figurative language. For example, Emily Bronte writes, “Catherine’s face was just like the landscape -- shadows and sunshine flitting over it in rapid succession; but the shadows rested longer, and the sunshine was more transient…” (229; Ch. 27). This is a great example of figurative language, Bronte uses a simile to describe Cathy’s state of mind. Cathy believes that her father Edgar Linton is dying and she hates to be away from him. Nelly reckons that if she takes Cathy outside to see her cousin Linton, Cathy will feel much better. Even the beautiful landscape and the bright sunny day wasn’t enough to cheer her up.
