Marriage and Women Submission: a comparison among Brontës’ main literary works

Abstract

This study is devoted to an analysis in feminism among the main novels of the Brontë sisters: ​ Jane Eyre​, written by Charlotte, ​ Wuthering Heights​, by Emily and ​ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ​by Anne Brontë. Feminism is concerned with reaching the equality between both genders, male and female. This paper examines how this ideology is reflected in the main works of each author and thus how the protagonists of the stories reach their own goals. The differences among the three writers are notable, regarding personality, ideology or love, despite being raised in the same background. After a deep analysis on how marriage oppresses women during the nineteenth society, it is observed that the main female characters of each novel developed a new ideology in gender equality, which paved the way for women to have a voice to fight against the social inequality that existed during the 19th century.