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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I read, Heathcliff is described as a gypsy and a dark stranger in the novel. Could it just be that he’s dark in mysterious or does it imply that he’s from a completely different race? I never understood it this way. The actor who plays Heathcliff is tall, dark and handsome.[/quote] Quotes: “A little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.” “dark skinned gypsy” “You’re fit for a prince in disguise. Who knows but your father was Emperor of China, and your mother an Indian queen?” He was initially discovered in Liverpool, a reference to a major port in the transatlantic slave trade, and characters often refer to him with racialised language that would have allowed readers to connect the dots at the time. Things like calling him a “heathen”, or speaking “different from the others.” https://thetab.com/2026/02/14/all-the-wuthering-heights-quotes-about-heathcliffs-race-as-director-responds-to-whitewashing[/quote]
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