Criticism of social conventions and view of nature and civilization as illustrated in Wuthering Heights

Abstract: Emily Brontë was one of the first women to publish a novel in her own name
in the middle of the 19th century. Before her, women had to write under a
masculine pseudonym to be able to make their voices heard. In her only
novel, Wuthering Heights, she criticises the social conventions that were
prevailing at the time. The norms in the society, placed the women in a
position were they hardly managed without marrrying a wealthy man. This
essay will discuss how Brontë's opinion about social class and women's
situation are perceptible in her novel.
Brontë lived on the Yorkshire moors and she loved the beautiful, yet
harsh nature. In her novel she compares nature and civilization by letting
her characters have different salient features that signify either nature
or civilization. This essay will describe how Brontë depicts nature and
civilization by means of the pricipal families and their homes, and also
compare the two phenomena to examine whether the author prefers nature or
civilization.