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1、CommentonWutheringHeights刘亚男(皖西学院外国语学院,专升本1001班2010010017)Abstract:WutheringHeightswaswrittenbyEmilyBronteinVictorianperiod,publishedin1847,notwellreceivedbythereadingpublic,manyofwhomcondemneditassordid,vulgar,andunnatural--andauthorwenttohergravein184
2、8believingthatheronlynovelwasafailure.Evenso,WutheringHeightscontinuestodividereaders.TheBronteSistersalsoshowusatypeofnovels.Keywords:LoveandPassion,Revenge,ViolenceandCruelty,ClassConflictNature,SupernaturalThestoryiscruel,violent,darkandbrooding,andm
3、anypeoplefinditextremelyunpleasant.Andyet--itpossessesgrandeuroflanguageanddesign,asenseoftremendouspityandgreatlossthatsetsitapartfromvirtuallyeveryothernovelwritten.Byreadinghisnovelandseeingthefilm,Iwouldliketoshowthethemesofthisnovel.I.LoveandPassio
4、nPassion,particularlyunnaturalpassion,isapredominantthemeofWutheringHeights.ThefirstCatherine'sdevotiontoHeathcliffisimmediateandabsolute,thoughshewillnotmarryhim,becausetodosowoulddegradeher."Whateveroursoulsaremadeof,hisandminearethesame,andLinton'sis
5、asdifferentasamoonbeamfromlightning,orfrostfromfire."AlthoughtherehasbeenatleastoneFreudianinterpretationofthetext,thenatureofthepassionbetweenCatherineandHeathcliffdoesnotappeartobebasedonsex.DavidDaicheswrites,"Ultimatepassionisforherratherakindofreco
6、gnitionofone'sself—one'strueandabsoluteself—intheobjectofpassion."Catherine'spassioniscontrastedtothecoolnessofLinton,whose"coldbloodcannotbeworkedintoafever.Whenheretreatsintohislibrary,sheexplodes,"Whatinthenameofallthatfeels,hashetodowithbooks,whenIa
7、mdying?"II.RevengeHeathcliff'sdevotiontoCatherine,ontheotherhand,isferocious,andwhenfrustrated,heconceivesaplanofrevengeofenormousproportions.Catherine'sbrotherHindleysharesherpassionatenature,thoughhedevotesmostofhisenergiestodegradingHeathcliff.Insome
8、respectsthepassionthatCatherineandHeathcliffshareissopurethatitapproachesakindofspirituality."Icannotexpressit,"saysCatherine,"butsurelyyouaninthecharactersofHeathcliffandHindley,whobothfeelslightedinlove,Bront?Drawsaparallelbetw