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1、《呼啸山庄》英文读后感 ThoughtsorreflectionsonreadingWutheringHeightsThebookwaswrittenbyEmilyBronte,itpublishedin atthattime,itseemedtoholdlittlepromise,sellingverypoorlyandreceivingonlyafewmixedreviews.Ifoundthisinourschoollibrary,Ichosethisbookbecausethetitleattractedme.Thebookisstructuredaroundtwop
2、arallellovestories,thefirsthalfofthenovelcenteringonthelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliff,whilethelessdramaticsecondhalffeaturesthedevelopinglovebetweenyoungCatherineandHareton.Incontrasttothefirst,thelattertaleendshappily,restoringpeaceandordertoWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange.Inthestor
3、y,thetwohouses,WutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange,representopposingworldsandvalues. Ispenttwentydaysreadingthisbook.Afterreadingthisbook,IfeltforHeathcliffatfirst.HeathcliffbeginshislifeasahomelessorphanonthestreetsofLiverpool,andthenhetyrannizedbyHindleyEarnshaw.Buthebecomesavillainwhenh
4、eacquirespowerandreturnstoWutheringHeightswithmoneyandthetrappingsofagentleman.Hismalevolenceprovessogreatandlong—lasting.Ashehimselfpointsout,hisabuseofIsabella—hiswifeispurelysadistic,asheamuseshimselfbyseeinghowmuchabuseshecantakeandstillcomecringingbackformore. Catherinerepresentswildna
5、ture,inbothherhigh,livelyspiritsandheroccasionalcruelty.ShelovesHeathcliffsointenselythatsheclaimstheyarethesameperson.However,heractionsaredriveninpartbyhersocialambitions,whichinitiallyareawakenedduringherfirststayattheLintons,andwhicheventuallycompelhertomarryEdgar.Catherineisfree—spirite
6、d,beautiful,spoiled,andoftenarrogant,sheisgiventofitsoftemper,andsheistornbetweenherbothofthemenwholoveher.Thelocationofhercoffinsymbolizestheconflictthattearsaparthershortlife.SheisburiedinacorneroftheKirkyard.IncontrasttoCatherine,IsabellaLinton—Catherine’ssister—in—lawrepresentscultureand
7、civilization,bothinherrefinementandinherweakness.Ultimately,sheruinsherlifebyfallinginlovewithHeathcliff.HeneverreturnsherfeelingsandtreatsherasameretoolinhisquestforrevengeontheLintonfamily.JustasIsabellaLintonservesasCatherine’sfoil,EdgarLintonse