The theme of class in this novel plays an essential role, especially when people are

divided into classes. The idea of changing class is not common, especially in the

Victorian era. The person born to a rich family is considered an aristocrat, and the

person born to a low-income family is considered a servant. However, in this novel,

the class issue can be changed according to its manners or wealth. Although a rich

family adopts Heathcliff, they treat them differently; even when he returns after an

absence of years as rich and noble, some characters still treat him as a farm boy. As

for Hareton, he becomes respectable not until Cathy educates him well, where his

rough manners have changed to good ones, which indicates that manners are

significant to social classes. Both Heathcliff and Hareton are different central

examples of social classes.