Both of these characters, as well as others such as Helen Burns are all females who are constrained by societal conventions, yet subvert them, and arise with great force. ... Despite punishment, abuse and malnourishment, Helen's passion for religion never wavers and although Bronte is questioning the form of religion she and many others devote themselves to, it is undoubted that she emerges with great force. Bronte subverts the societal expectations of the time by using atypical characters as well as subverting the traditional gothic genre, in the hope that she might inspire change in h...

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