Wuthering Heights: Question 8

Once again, I kinda missed the last page of the letter and am just now finding out there was eight questions, not six. That gives me four blogs i do not have to think of by myself though! Score! This novel reflects the history of this time period in how well it shows social class and how big of a say it had on just about every bodies life. Because Heathcliff is an or orphan taken in by Mr. Earnshaw, he is looked down on for pretty much the rest of his life, even after he mysteriously coms into money. Not only is he an orphan, but he is also described as a "gypsy" on multiple occasions. In that time period, gypsy's weren't exactly high class to say the least. Most people looked down on them simply because of their way of life. So Heathcliff has got a pretty bad combination going for himself right now. Because of this combination he's in a lower social class which over all dictates the rest of his life. Pretty much the whole world hates him, besides Mr. Earnshaw and Catherine, as a kid, Hindley treats him as a servant when Mr. Earnshaw dies, and then Catherine won't marry him. I think that Bronte definitely believes in the relationship of servant-master. The novel is mostly told from servants point of view so we see pretty well the type of relationship that's had. Emily Bronte was probably influenced by lots of things in writing Wuthering Heights. I think the idea of love was a big factor. Bronte kind of took this little idea that so many of us thrive on and contorted it to make it more her style, though.