Social Classes In Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

Peter Dinklage once stated,“I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am”. As a society, we have formed and established the ideas of social classes which among individuals are placed into. These social classes established by man have always been what people have looked to, to see how certain individuals are brought up and raised in a society based on their rankings they are placed into. The following quote grants the idea that some people may have a relatively good upbringing while others not so much. Now, similar to these ideas of what is, or is not a good upbringing a novel named Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte follows down a similar path comparing itself to society by having two families with two houses. One of these house’s, in particular, is much less of an eyesore and is surrounded by the beauty which is the former Linton’s residence. Then you have the Heights an eyesore by many, but still with much respect owned by the Earnshaw’s. However, when speaking the striking differences between the two residences, the Earnshaw’s of Wuthering Heights acquire an Orphan boy named Heathcliff. Now when hearing the name of Heathcliff, and being familiar with the novel, readers may have understood that Heathcliff in the novel is a …show more content…
These struggles that Heathcliff had to deal with having to do with Hindley and Cathy and many more individuals have affected his future and this is why Heathcliff does the things does in the future of the novel. Overall Heathcliff is not the force of evil in the novel, but perhaps the victim of it. Heathcliff had a rough and abusive childhood which he seems to grow up understanding that this is just how life is and functions. In the end, Heathcliff has justified his actions because when looked at his childhood this is all he has ever known heartbrokenness, disgust, and