Writing as a method of social claim: the case of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë retrata la realidad social del siglo XIX y demuestra su conocimiento jurídico en Wuthering Heights (1847). El propósito de este artículo es explicar el principal conflicto social de la novela: Heathcliff se rebela contra la sociedad capitalista y amparándose en el marco de la legalidad vigente logra apropiarse de las propiedades de la novela con el propósito de alcanzar el estatus social del que nunca ha disfrutado.Emily Brontë portrays the social reality of the 19th century and demonstrates her legal knowledge in Wuthering Heights (1847). The purpose of this article is to explain the main social conflict of the novel: Heathcliff revolts against the capitalist society that has dared to exclude him and sheltering himself within the framework of the current legality manages to appropriate the two properties of the novel with the purpose of achieving the social status of which he has never enjoyed