Power and Inequality in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

Abstract

Wuthering Heights novel was written by Emily Bronte. It was published by T.C. Newby in 1947.Wuthering Heights was a famous novel from the Victorian era. The novel’s story telling method was innovative in that time. The novel is filled with love, revenge, nature, social class and passion. Super natural elements also present in this novel. The plot follows Earnshaws who lived in Wuthering Heights and Lintons who lived in Thrushcross Grange, respectively. Mr. Earnshaw had two children, Catherine and Hindly, and adopted Heathcliff as his own. Hindly illtreats the gothic protagonist Heathcliff. Catherine and Heathcliff fell in love but the family refused to marry due to his lower caste status. The vital theme of this novel is power and inequality. The tale concludes with Heathcliff exacting his retribution on the next generation of the two families. Nelly, Heathcliff’s servant, witnessed the story silently throughout the entire novel.