Discuss how Emily Brontë portrays the character of Heathcliff, describe his relations with the other characters and how he relates to the Victorian period.

... Discuss how Emily Brontë portrays the character of Heathcliff, describe his relations with the other characters and how he relates to the Victorian period. Wuthering Heights is to be the only known novel to be written by Emily Brontë. She was one of many writers about during the mid to late 19C period which we call the Victorian period. Most novelists of the time - Charles Dickens, Mrs Gaskell and Emily Bronte's own sisters Anne and Charlotte for example, wrote with the aim of expressing an idea or proclaiming a message about the aspect of the society of their time. They achieved this by presenting a picture of injustice, perhaps, or by criticising institutions such as the education and legal system of the time. Their novels often present a wide range of characters, scenes and plot situations, which in effect, cancels out a pinpoint within their novels as it goes in

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