The themes Brontë’s books enraged many members of the upper class, who believed that the book challenged authority and was an embarrassment to women-kind. Brontë’s story line and style was unique at the time, including female characters of bold personalities, independent thinking and strong will-power. Fiery bursts of passion exploded from the texts and shocked the audience, arousing harsh criticism for its deemed improperness. Brontë poured personality into her characters in such a way that was very relatable to people of oppressed status. The courage inspired by the books scared the authority figures on Victorian society, and this may have causes deeper rifts between the classes. However, Brontë’s own insensitivity to foreigner characters in her books most likely was not a source of outrage to her critics, as the vast majority of them felt the same about foreigners too.