Some critics have argued that her decision to marry Edgar Linton is allegorically a rejection of nature and a surrender to culture, a choice with unfortunate, fateful consequences for all the other characters.
Neki kritičari smatraju da je njena odluka da se uda za Lintona alegorija za odbacivanje prirode i predaja kulturi, izbor sa kobnim i sudbonosnim posledicama po druge likove.