Durga Prasad Ghimire
Eng.555: Themes and Trends in Fiction
Dr. Dhurba Karki
August 12, 2015
Characters Psychology Determined by Economy in Wuthering Heights Emile Bronte’s Wuthering Heights embodies an accurate picture of an individual’s psychology determined by the economy. A nineteenth century fiction evokes the photographic resemble of human consciousness obtained by concrete conditions in their world. Getting and keeping economic power is the motive behind all human psychology, including social, economic, political, philosophical and educational activities. Economic conditions, are referred as material circumstances and the psychological atmosphere generated by quantifiable achievement evokes his/her consciousness in the sense that he /she behaves, nurses, and govern their phenomenon according to their concrete prominence. The Bronte’s narrative explores the psychological state of beings launched by the commercial gain, where major characters Heathcliff, Catherine, Edgar, Hindly, and Isabella are steered by substantial belongings. Their individual psyche and its root in the family complex distract the relation to each other. The economic system structures, social, familial, and human behavior. It is a ground where every character plays the game of grade to examine their attainment in the society. At one point Marx underscores capitalism (economy) “every family wants to own its own home on its own land” [Tyson: 56]. In other words it promises to gain more and more. Everyone hungers to cultivate their effort in solid gain and prosperity. This really spring the war in the society. So is the case with the novel. Bronte pictures the picture of class struggle and their attention towards each other, where the upper classes have charitable and dominating impulses towards lower classes and lower classes have an ego of revenge to higher classes.