The following description is taken from Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights*:

"The moors stretched out, a bleak, open sea of heather and stone, where the wind roared like a wild beast and the sky hung low, heavy with clouds. In that desolate expanse, Heathcliff stood alone, his figure a dark silhouette against the grey horizon."

Explain how this physical setting contributes to the development of the theme of isolation, citing two specific textual references from the passage.

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The following description is taken from Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights*:

"The moors stretched out, a bleak, open sea of heather and stone, where the wind roared like a wild beast and the sky hung low, heavy with clouds. In that desolate expanse, Heathcliff stood alone, his figure a dark silhouette against the grey horizon."

Explain how this physical setting contributes to the development of the theme of isolation, citing two specific textual references from the passage.

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The moors' bleak, endless expanse mirrors emotional solitude; e.g., "a bleak, open sea of heather and stone" and "Heathcliff stood alone, his figure a dark silhouette against the grey horizon" both underline the theme of isolation.

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