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1、《呼啸山庄》与《苔丝》人物悲剧根源比较ComparisonsoftheCharacters’TragicOriginsbetweenWutheringHeightsandTessoftheD’urbervillesAbstract:EmilyBronteandThomasHardyareamongthegreatestnovelistsinthe19thcenturyinEnglishliterature.WutheringHeightsandTessoftheD’Urbervillescanres
2、pectivelyberegardedastheirrepresentativeworks.Thepapertriestodigouttheoriginsofthemaincharacters’tragediesinthetwonovels.Throughcomparisonsfromseveralaspects,wecanfindthesimilartragicoriginsofCatherineandTessandthedifferenttragicoriginsofHeathcliffandA
3、ngel.Keywords:tragicorigins;similarities;differences1.IntroductionEmilyBronteandThomasHardyarebothamongthegreatestwritersintheVictorianage(1837-1901)inEnglishliterature.EmilyBronte(1818-1848),thewriterofWutheringHeights,isadaughterofPatrickBronte,whois
4、educatedatCambridge.Theevasivewriting,transcribedintinyscriptonsmallpiecesofpaper,continuesintoheradulthoodandisaremarkablekeytothedevelopmentofthegiftinEmily.Thoughsheproducesonlyonenovelandafewpoemsinhershortlife,sheisrankedamongthegiantsofEnglishlit
5、erature.Ashermasterpiece,WutheringHeights(1847)tellsthereaderastoryofagypsyboynamedHeathcliff.HeispickedupbyMr.Earnshawandbroughtuptogetherwithhischildren.HeathcliffandthedaughterofthefamilyMissCatherinehavelovedeachothersincetheirchildhood,butthelovei
6、scrushedbyCatherine’sbrother,Hindley.UnabletobearHindley’sinsult,Heathcliffjoinsthearmy.Threeyearslaterhebecomesarichman.Later,Heathcliffbecomesthemasterofthefamilyandtakesrevengeuponthenextgeneration.HetreatsHindley’ssonHaretonverycruellyandcompelsCat
7、herine’sdaughterCathytomarryhisownsickchild.Thenovelhasbeenstudiedalotsinceitwaspublished.TerryEagletonconsidersthenovelas“theGreatIrishFamineandconcurrentpoliticalinsurgency”(Eagleton,1995:130).ThomasHardy(1840-1928),thewriterofTessoftheD’Urbervilles(
8、1891)isanEnglishnovelistandpoetandoneofthegreatestEnglishwritersinthe19thcentury.Thesonofastonemason,hederivesaloveofmusicfromhisfatherandadevotiontoliteraturefromhismother.Hardycannotaffordtopursueascholarlycareerashewishesandisapprent
