Wuthering Heights Was Heathcliff a gypsy
Gypsies: Was Heathcliff one? The novel Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte in 1847 is the story of two lovers and the tangled webs they weave. Through love triangles, lies, and deception, Wuthering Heights paints the picture of lives of people that have grown together, loved together, and lost together. ... Earnshaw brings Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights, he is looked at as very different from the rest of them and is ostracized. Some critics say this expatriated was because he was a gypsy. ... Later in 1562, an act was passed that stated that any English or Welsh born gypsy was not forced to leave yet instead, they had to exile themselves from their group. ... The last known gypsy execution was in Suffolk, England in the 1650’s. ... Then in 1811, gypsy children were allowed to go to charity schools. ... Heathcliff was born in 1764 somewhere in England. ... Earnshaw brought him to Wuthering Heights in 1771, Heathcliff and the rest of the Earnshaw family were in for an awakening. Heathcliff grew up in the urban city of Liverpool where life was much different then it was at Wuthering Heights.