04 Conclusion
As a conclusion, I can obtain that there are North and South is a novel with different points of view which make us understand better the whole society.
On the one hand, the novel shows the difference between classes, the masters like Mr. Thornton or the accommodate people from the south like Mrs. Hale, and the workers in factories and their families who have to live in precarious situations. Although, at the end, the main characters find out they are equally human beings, and they tried to work together.
But on the other hand, this literary work has taught me why we don’t have to judge people before meet them, that is shown in Margaret and Mr. Thornton’s relationship, they judge each other without knowledge of why they do what they do.
I have always read nineteenth century books, because I like a lot how they express the feelings and how the society works, but in this case, I have been surprised because Mrs. Gaskell shows the truth of the society not only the good parts but also the bad ones. Anyway, she deals truly well with a love story too, so it has several kind of topics that make the novel really interesting .
Elizabeth Gaskell has had the influence of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, above all in the main characters, because at first they do not get along well but at the end they fall in love. And also, she could have the influence of Chalotte Brontë.
Furthermore, the novel has become a representation of industrial revolution and because of that has some adaptations, such as North & South BBC’s TV Serial and North and South The Musical.