1. Wuthering Heights and the Era of Empowerment
The working class were expected to work long hours; nothing could be done to rectify this, as there were no laws protecting workers from unfair labour. ... They also asserted morality and respectability in society. ... The contradiction to the above, in my opinion, is: how can 'morality' disregard the needs of woman and narrow down her options in life to marriage and only marriage? ... They applied morality and respectability only when it suited them and did not acknowledge that there was a possibility that the prostitution and crime was a result of their attitude towards the poor. ...
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