Wuthering Heights | Social Concerns

Even though Emily Bronte had limited experience with people outside her home, she was interested in the human psyche. In Wuthering Heights she explores the minds of individual persons. Each of her characters is a real human being with hopes, fears, aspirations and desires. She also explores the relations of males and females from different classes. It is almost an ethnographic study of the various relationships. Bronte does not really make any comment on the morality of Heathcliff, Catherine or Edgar or the other characters. She simply allows them to act out their lives. She shows...

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