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1、TheDeathofLove—AnalyzingtheThemeofWutheringHeights1.IntroductionSincethemoderncivilizationthrewlightontheprogressofhumanhistory,humanbeingshavediscoveredthesplendidloveflowerandfostereditwithlifeandbloodandsunghighpraiseofitenthusiastically.Lovehasmarchedonitswayintothefieldofancien
2、tmythology,poetryandlegend,achievingaprominentpositioninthegardenofliteratureandart.Lovehasbecomeaperpetualliteraturetheme.EmilyBronte,whowasborninthelittlevillageofHaworth,Yorkshire,innorthernEngland,playedanimportantroleinthe19thcenturyinthehistoryofEnglandliterature.Andallofthisw
3、asderivedfromheruniquenovel—WutheringHeights,whichwaspublishedinayearearlybeforeshediedandgaveagreatshockintheEnglishliteratureofthattime.InEmily'sWutheringHeights,whenthehostofThrushcrossGrange,EdgarLinton,leadshisbeautifulbride,Catherine,totheGimmmertonchapeltoaccomplishhismarriag
4、ewithher,hemayfeelthatheisthehappiestmanintheworld.Likeotherordinarypeople,heisnearlypositivethatloveistheloftiesthappinessoflife.However,ourauthoress,EmilyBronte,isreluctanttobebythetraditionalconceptstoframeherlovestory.Inthisnovel,Emilybreaksawayfromthetraditionalloveandfusesthel
5、oveamongHeathcliffandCatherineandLintonintotheabnormalpsychologyoftheherowhohaslosthisspiritualbalance.Fromthis,Emilyleadsreadersintoaworldbrimmingwithhatredandlove,evilandkindness,weaknessandstubbornness,lettingreadersunderstandtheimplicationoftheextraordinarylove-relationshipamong
6、charactersinthenovel,offeringmoreaftertastestoreaders.Withhergreatpassionandstartlingartistictalent,Emilymanifestoestoreadersthelovebeyondtheconvention,theotherkindofloveinitsexistence一it'snotrosy,sweet,tenderorablessasifaflameisboundtoburntheonewhoisapproaching.Yes,readingthelament
7、ablenovel,youwillbe14movedtocomprehension:thereal,soul-stirringloveissokeenthatitmaymakepeopledepressedandintolerableattimes.Butitispreciselythemostneedtokindlelife.WutheringHeightsisasmallworld.Therelationshipbetweenpeoplethereisbyfarsimplerthanthegeneralrealisticlife.Itseemsasifth
8、ecomplexandcolorful