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Reginald Watson has studied questions of Blackness in the works of the Brontës including Emily’s sister Charlotte the “Jane Eyre” author.

Since Elordi was announced in the role the choice has stirred up controversy online where authenticity in casting is highly prized.

The servant Nelly Dean suggests Heathcliff could be a “prince in disguise” continuing “Who knows but your father was emperor of China and your mother an Indian queen”.

Susan Newby said “There is a sense that he is not white Anglo-Saxon he’s something else but you don’t know what that is”.

In addition to being called “dark” and a “gipsy” he is also referred to as a “Lascar” a term for South Asian laborers on British ships.

As a boy Heathcliff is brought into the home of Catherine Earnshaw by her father Mr Earnshaw.

Some frustrated fans have argued the casting whitewashes the role.

Some scholars believe Brontë was using Heathcliff to comment on the Liverpool slave trade.

At one point Heathcliff compares himself with Edgar Linton saying “I wish I had light hair and fair skin”.

In Emerald Fennell’s new film “Wuthering Heights” Jacob Elordi portrays the character a white actor from Australia.

In Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” Heathcliff is described as a “dark-skinned gipsy”.

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