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TheAnalysisonHeathcliff

TheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeightsAbstractEmilyBronteisnotedforheronlybookWutheringHeightsastrangeandpowerfulbooksaidbymanytobethefinestnovelintheEnglishlanguage.AstheonlymasterpieceofEmilyBrontethisnovelhasbeenradiantsince19thcentury.WutheringHeightscontainingplentifulemotionssublimeloveandavarietyofworldviewpointsaswellaslifephilosophywasregardedasthestrangestnovelinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.MythesisreviewsthepreviousresearchonWutheringHeightsandfindsfeweffortshavebeenmadeonthesystematicanalysisofthemaincharacterHeathcliff’sdualcharacterandthereasonsforitsformation.SothispaperanalyzesindetailstheHeathcliff’sdualcharacterincludinghisloveandhatredtwosortsofextremeemotionswhichgothroughtheplotofWutheringHeights.Besidestheanalysisofhischaracterhowhischaracterisformedinthestrugglingofthefateisalsopaidmoreattentionto.FromtheanalysisweknowthegrowingofHeathcliff’sloveandhatredintimatelyrelatetotheenvironmenthelivesathisyoungage.ThetriggerofHeathcliff’scrazyrevengeishisfailureinthepursuitoflovehoweverthetruevillainistheclasssystemthesocialstandardpowerpoliticsandthesuperstitionofreligionthattorturepeopleandtwistthem.Soinsomesenseheisthetragicproductofthesocialhierarchyandprejudice.Fromtheanalysisaboveitcanbeconcludedthatoneperson’scharacterisinfluencedbyhislivingenvironmentlifeexperiencetheclasssystemandthesocialstandard.Itissincerelyhopedthatthroughtheresearchpeoplecanbecomemoreawareofhumanmentalhealthandtrytoresolveproblemswithlovesoastomakeourlifehappierandoursocietymoreharmonious.Keywords:

HeathcliffcharacterWutheringHeightsITheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeights

摘要

艾米莉以她唯一一部小说《呼啸山庄》而闻名这是一部奇特而有力的小说曾被许多人誉为英国语言史上最杰出的作品。

这本书蕴涵丰富的情感和崇高的爱恋有着各种不同的世界观和人生观所以直到今天人们仍满怀热情地进行探索和解读。

本论文回顾了前人对《呼啸山庄》研究成果发现对小说中的男主角希斯克里夫性格及其形成原因的系统分析甚少所以本文详细分析了希斯克里夫的双重性格即呼啸山庄中所反映的他的爱与恨这两种极端的情感贯穿了《呼啸山庄》整个情节除了对希斯克里夫的性格进行分析本文还揭示了他的性格形成的原因。

从分析中我们知道希斯克里夫的爱与恨的增长与他生长的环境密切相关希斯克里夫的对爱情的追求失败触发了他疯狂报复但是他性格形成真正的原因是社会等级制度政治权力和宗教的压迫。

因此在某种意义上他是社会等级和偏见的悲剧产物。

希望通过此研究人们可以更加关注精神健康努力用爱来解决生活中的问题拥有幸福的生活和和谐的社会。

关键词:

希斯克里夫性格呼啸山庄

IITheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeights

Contents

Chapter1Introduction

1.1WutheringHeightsandtheauthor

1.2Theorganizationofthispaper

1.3Thediversifiedstudiesofthenovel

Chapter2LiteratureReview

2.1Heathecliff’sloveandhatred

2.2SocialandculturalreflectionsonHeathecliff

2.3LimitationsofPreviousStudies

Chapter3AnalysisonHeathcliff’scharacterinWutheringHeights3.1Heathcliff’sdualcharacter

3.1.1Heathcliff’slove

3.1.2Heathcliff’shatred

3.2AnalysisoftheformationofHeathcliff’scharacter

3.2.1Heathcliff’slifeinhischildhood

3.2.2Heathcliff’sfailureinthepursuitoflove

3.2.3SocialhierarchyandPrejudice

Chapter4ConclusionReferences

Acknowledgements

IIITheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeights

Chapter1Introduction

1.1WutheringHeightsandtheauthorWutheringHeightsalovetragedyhadbeenissuedinDecember1847.AstheonlymasterpieceofEmilyBrontethisnovelhasbeenradiantsince19thcentury.WutheringHeightscontainingplentifulemotionssublimeloveandavarietyofworldviewpointsaswellaslifephilosophywasregardedasthestrangestnovelinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.EmilyBrontecreatedarathermysteriousandwildbackgroundinthenovelaswellasherfamiliarYorkshiresurroundings.Nothingwasthereotherthannightmarewildnesspressuremythandhatred.ShevividlyanddramaticallyputsGothicfeaturesonebranchofRomanticismandRealismtogether.Untilnowadaysmanycriticsandreadersarestillstrivingtointerpretitfromdifferentperspectives.SomecriticsthinkthatWutheringHeightsfocusesonclassstruggleincriticalrealismsomeputemphasisonthecosmiccircleandromanticismsomeattachimportancetohumanityandsymbolismsomeprobeintoitslovethemeandromanticismotherspayattentiontothetheoryofsinandretributionandsoon.InWutheringHeightsEmilyBrontecreatesthecentercharacterHeathcliff.AtthebeginningLockwooddescribeshowhis“blackeyes”withdrawsuspiciouslyunderhisbrows.Nelly’sstorybeginswithhisintroductionintotheEarnshawfamilyhisvengefulplandrivestheentireplotandhisdeathendsthebook.InthenovelHeathcliffchangesfromaninnocentboytoaquiteruthlessman.Heathcliff’sprominentandcontradictorycharacterhaskeptreadersengagedinthenovel.Goodnessandevilofhumannaturefindsperfectexpressiononhim.ThispaperistotrytoanalyzeHeathcliff’sdualcharacterandhowhischaracterisdistortedinthestrugglingofthefate.1TheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeights

1.2TheorganizationofthispaperMythesisiscomposedoffourparts.Chapteroneistheintroductiontothethesis.Generalpurposesofthethesistheresearchmethodologyaswellasthestructureofthethesisareintroduced.ChaptertworeviewsthepreviousstudiesonWutheringHeightsandsummariestheirachievementsandlimitations.ChapterthreethefocusofthispaperanalyzesindetailstheHeathcliff’sdualcharacterincludinghisloveandhatredwhichisreflectedinWutheringHeightsandhowhischaracterisformedinthestrugglingofthefate.Chapterfourcomestotheconclusions.Thesignificancelimitationsandfutureresearchorientationarediscussed.1.3ThediversifiedstudiesofthenovelWutheringHeightsthemasterpieceofEmilyBront�0�5containsplentifulemotionsloveandhateaswellaslifephilosophysosinceitwaspublishedin1847manycriticsandreadersarestillstrivingtointerpretitfromdifferentperspectives.EnglishcriticsDavidCecilfocusesonthelovebetweentheheroandheroineinthebookandtheloveisn’ttheworldlylovebutthesupernaturalone.Hethinkstheyloveeachotherbecausetheyadmireeachother’scharacterandhavethesamespiritualprinciple.ApartfromtheanalysisonthelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherinemanycriticsdevotedthemselvestothesocialsignificanceofWutheringHeights.ArnoldKettlegiveshisanalysisfromtheperspectiveofclassstruggle.HethinksHeathcliff’srebellionisoneoftheoppressedagainsttheoppressing.FromthereviewofthepreviousstudiesonWutheringHeightswecanseefeweffortshavebeenmadeonthesystematicanalysisofthemaincharacterHeathcliff’sdualcharacterandthereasonsforitsformation.ThereforethepaperfocusesontheanalysisofHeathcliff’sdualcharaccterandthefactorscontributingtoitsformation.ItissincerelyhopedthatthisthesisontheonehandwouldtosomeextentenrichtheinterpretationofWutheringHeightsfromtheperspectiveofcharacteranalysisandhelptopavethewayforfurtherresearchonthistrend.Ontheotherhandthroughtheresearchwecanbecomemoreawareoftheinfluenceofsocialrealityontheman’s2TheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeightscharacterandactivitieswhichhasapositiveeffectonthepeople’slifeinmoderntimes.Chapter2LiteratureReview2.1Heathecliff’sloveandhatredWutheringHeightstheonlynovelbyEmilyBront�0�5wasfirstpublishedin1847.3TheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeightsThebookcontainingplentifulemotionssublimeloveandavarietyofworldviewpointaswellaslifephilosophyissaidbymanytobethefinestnovelintheEnglishlanguage.Untilnowadaysmanycriticsandreadersarestillstrivingtointerpretitfromdifferentperspectiveswithfierypassion.SincethetwentiethcenturyvariousnewinterpretationsofEmilyandWutheringHeightshavecomeinacontinuousstream.AfterWutheringHeightswaspublishedithasreceivednumerousunfavorablevoicesandcomment.Itwasoncerecognizedas“theutteranceofababygod”and“afiendofabook”.Anditwasmistakenas“brutality”“disgusted”“sickened”“coarseandloathsome”“disagreeableandunpleasant”.Itreceivedmorecriticismthanpraise.Emilyherselfwastreatedasanoddslightlymadgeniusthatdidn’treallyknowhowtowriteanovel.ItisalsotruetosaythatWutheringHeightshadtowaitalongtimebeforeitsvaluewasproperlyrecognized.Earlyreviewerstendedtodwellonthenovel’sdepressingaspect.Mostcriticsrecognisedthepowerreleasedin1847atatimewhenthebackgroundoftheauthorwasdeemedtohaveanimportantimpactonthestoryitselfmanycriticswerealsointriguedbytheauthorshipofthenovels.H.F.ChorleyoftheAthenaeumsaidthatitwasa“disagreeablestory”andthatthe‘Bells’Bront�0�5s“seemtoaffectpainfulandexceptionalsubjects”.TheAtlasreviewcalledita“strangeinartisticstory”http:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_heights.HoweverrecentremarksonWutheringHeightshavebeenrefined.Manycriticsemphasizethe“greatpower”ofthenovelanditstruevalue.EnglishcriticsDavidCecilthinksEmilyisamysticlovebetweentheheroandheroineinthebookandtheloveisn’ttheworldlylovebutthesupernaturalone.TheBelgianessayistandpoetMaeterincksaysEmilyisawomanwhoisexpertinmeditationandsheishighlyskilledinexperiencingandobservingwhatshehasseenandheard.Maybeshehasneverfalleninlovewithanyonebutshehasalreadyunderstoodthelovewhichhaddeeplygotintoitsmostincrediblemyth.2.2SocialandculturalreflectionsonHeathecliffSomecriticsexplainitisasocialnovel.Itembodiestheconflictbetweensortsof4TheAnalysisonHeathcliff’sCharacterinWutheringHeightslivingstyles---aconflictbetweenaprimitive