The novel “Wuthering Heights” was published in 1847 in the Victorian Era, an era characterized by formal rules of behaviors where love, courtship, and marriage are concerned some of these rules, among others, include the following Women will never be allowed to go out to meet gentlemen except accompanied by some elderly person. A young woman had to take permission from her authors before going out etc.

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights was published in 1847 in the Victorian Era characterized by formal rules of behavior where love,courtship and marriage are concerned.

Some of these rules, among others, include the following: working class woman was never allow to go out to meet a gentlemen except accompanied by some elderly person; a young woman had to take her mother’s permission before going out; marriage between two persons was only possible if the couple intending to marry belonged to the same class.

However, after the industrial revolution, which started during the era, women started to move outside of the home, got education, financial empowerment and began to openly or subtly challenge many of the assumptions and values of the society.

One of the dominant social values of the society was the recognition of one’s place within the social hierarchy, where the structure provided for three classes, namely: the upper class, the middle class and the working class.

popular with novels like Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. For a work to be considered gothic, it has to feature certain gothic elements.

The elements include terror,mystery,ghosts, haunted houses,gothic architecture,darkness, death, madness,secret, and hereditary curses. There are also stereotypical characters like villains,tyrants,ghosts,femme,fatales,the devil,etc…

The setting of a gothic novel is usually a haunted castle or mansion.