Untypical Victorian Gender Constructions in Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Abstract

This essay is an analysis of Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, more specifically an analysis of the novel's rather untypical Victorian characters. These characters are the following: Helen Graham, Arthur Huntingdon and Gilbert Markham. The essay investigates how their personality and behaviour differ from what the Victorians would expect. It explores their relations and how do their relations with each other affect them.