What conclusions do you draw about Bronts

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Brontë's novel seems to contain all the typical,

traditional Victorian social values and divisions such

as the master of the house with servants below him and

so on. Social distinctions were very much more marked

and rigidly respected. We first glimpse what Brontë

might think of social stereotypes and divisions, right

at the start of the book through Lockwood, and later

through other narrators such as Nelly Dean.

Lockwood is seen as the epitome of Victorian social

values and ideals, he is a normal Victorian gentleman

an agreeable but shallow character. He is perhaps a

sketchy attempt to portray a sophisticated townie. He

is a well meaning but rather confused and superficial

person, who is naive but also shows signs of maturity

and intelligence inspite of moments of conceit.

Lockwood is an honest narrator with no hidden agenda,

his ordinariness, like Nelly contributes to the

credibility of the events he is caught up in and hears

of. Lockwood is used by Brontë to show what Victorians

would think of what they saw or heard, using their

social values. Right from the beginning of the book

Lockwood tries to place Wuthering Heights into his own

conceptions of what society should be, he tries to put

as Brontë saying that you cannot socially stereotype

"children of the storm" whereas the Lintons are the

perhaps the abuse of physical and social power. This

stereotypes that he has are turned on their head.

Lintons are portrayed as very wealthy, respectable and

Heathcliff there is almost a Satanic hero, an idea

inferior to her, something beneath her social status.

It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared

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Category: English

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