Wuthering Heights Literature Notes
How Heathcliff’s social class influenced his actions and motifs throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’
Victorian age was the time of great, economical, social and political change as it was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Hence, it was a time of great prosperity for some but an object of poverty for others. The determining factor of which category society these people fell under was, unfortunately, left up to colour and class. Rural life was governed by street societal hierarchy which Bronte accurately depicted in ‘Wuthering Heights’. In addition to the revolution, Victorian England was also fascinated by gypsies; objects of discrimination, partly because their travelling lifestyle made them people without a nation or land and partly because they looked so different from the typical Anglo- Saxon.
Both these situations events can be linked to Heathcliff’s station situations in ‘Wuthering Heights’ as he was described as, ‘a dark skinned gypsy.’ This would account for the way he is viewed by the other characters of Linton, Hindley, Hareton and most importantly, Catherine good . This scrutiny executed by the other characters led Heathcliff to a point of insecurity and then antagonism, which in turn led to his actions throughout the rest of the novel good. However, the Heathcliff’s opinions and views were not voiced impartially therefore his character could have been easily misunderstood by the audience. As a result, the following essay intends to account for Heathcliff’s point of view?? Meaning and how social class affected him, which in turn led to the decisions he ended up making throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’. Ahhh nice.... a thesis statement
‘I look to a day when people will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character,’ Martin Luther King Jr. once said ok we are only allowed to use critics views on the book, so if u can replace this with something a critic said of similar value will be good. , which I
Victorian age was the time of great, economical, social and political change as it was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Hence, it was a time of great prosperity for some but an object of poverty for others. The determining factor of which category society these people fell under was, unfortunately, left up to colour and class. Rural life was governed by street societal hierarchy which Bronte accurately depicted in ‘Wuthering Heights’. In addition to the revolution, Victorian England was also fascinated by gypsies; objects of discrimination, partly because their travelling lifestyle made them people without a nation or land and partly because they looked so different from the typical Anglo- Saxon.
Both these situations events can be linked to Heathcliff’s station situations in ‘Wuthering Heights’ as he was described as, ‘a dark skinned gypsy.’ This would account for the way he is viewed by the other characters of Linton, Hindley, Hareton and most importantly, Catherine good . This scrutiny executed by the other characters led Heathcliff to a point of insecurity and then antagonism, which in turn led to his actions throughout the rest of the novel good. However, the Heathcliff’s opinions and views were not voiced impartially therefore his character could have been easily misunderstood by the audience. As a result, the following essay intends to account for Heathcliff’s point of view?? Meaning and how social class affected him, which in turn led to the decisions he ended up making throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’. Ahhh nice.... a thesis statement
‘I look to a day when people will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character,’ Martin Luther King Jr. once said ok we are only allowed to use critics views on the book, so if u can replace this with something a critic said of similar value will be good. , which I