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1、AnAnalysisonHeathcliff’sDistortedCharacterIntroductionWutheringHeights,whichhaslongbeenoneofthemostpopularandhighlyregardednovelsinEnglishliterature,seemedtoholdlittlepromisewhenitwaspublishedin1847,sellingverypoorlyandreceivingonlyafewmixedreviews.Victorianrea
2、dersfoundthebookshockingandinappropriateinitsdepictionofpassionate,ungovernedloveandcruelty(despitethefactthatthenovelportraysnosexorbloodshed),andtheworkwasvirtuallyignored.Itwasnotuntil1850,whenWutheringHeightsreceivedasecondprintingwithanintroductionbyEmily'
3、ssisterCharlotte,thatitattractedawidereadership.Andfromthatpointthereputationofthebookhasneverlookedback.Today,WutheringHeightshasasecurepositioninthecanonofworldliterature,andEmilyBronteisreveredasoneofthefinestwriters—maleorfemale—ofthenineteenthcentury.Andit
4、isalsowidelyrecognizedasoneofthegreatnovelsofEnglishliterature.23I.BackgroundAnalysisA.ABriefReviewofWutheringHeightsWutheringHeightsshowedusastoryaboutloveandrevenge:theabandonedboyHeathcliffwasadoptedbyMr.EarnshawandlivedwithMr.Earnshaw’ssonHindleyanddaughter
5、Catherine.HindleydislikedHeathcliff.HeinsultedandmaltreatedHeathcliffineverypossiblewayafterMr.Earnshaw’sdeath.Atthesametime,peculiaremotionoccurredbetweenCatherineandHeathcliff.Becauseofvanityandignorance,CatherinedecidedtomarryLinton.HeathcliffleftWutheringHe
6、ightsinadarknightwithanger.Catherinelookedforhiminrainstorm,andshewasillbadlyafterthat.Ayearlater,CatherineandEdgargotmarried.Threeyearshadpassed,Heathcliffreturned.Hebecameahandsomeman.Buthiseyeswasfilledwithwildness,hecamebacktorevenge.Hindley,whowasthehostof
7、WutheringHeights,keptHeathcliffstayinginWutheringHeightsduetohisfortune.HeathcliffinducedHindleytoplaycards,drinkalcohol.Atlast,hebankrupted,mortgagedthewholeWutheringHeightstoHeathcliff.HeathcliffoftenwenttotheThrushcrossGrange,Edgar’ssister,Isabella,fellinlov
8、ewithhim.EdgarpreventedHeathclifffromcomingtotheThrushcrossGrange.ButIsabellaelopedwithHeathclifftotheWutheringHeights,andgotmarried.Aftermarriage,Heathclifftookactiontoreve
