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1、ReasonsfortheTragicFateofCatherineinWutheringHeights呼啸山庄中凯瑟琳悲惨命运形成的原因引言1.IntroductionEmilyBrontë,whoseonlynovel--WutheringHeights,theFlowerofEnglishliterature,hadanunusualcharacter,extremelyunsocialandreserved,withfewfriendsoutsideherfamily.Shepreferredthecompanyofanimalstopeoplean
2、drarelytraveled,foreveryearningforthefreedomofHaworthandthemoors.Shehadawillofiron–awellknownstoryaboutheristhatshewasbittenbya(possibly)rabiddogwhichresultedinherwalkingcalmlyintothekitchenandcauterizingthewoundherselfwithahotiron.Shehadunconventionalreligiousbeliefs,rarelyattendi
3、ngchurchservicesand,unliketheotherchildren,neverteachingintheSundaySchool.Betweentheyears1824and1825EmilyattendedtheschoolatCowanBridgewithCharlotte,andthenwaslargelyeducatedathome.Inchildhood,afterthedeathoftheirmother,thethreesistersandtheirbrotherPatrickBranwellBrontëcreatedimag
4、inarylands,whichwerefeaturedinstoriestheywrote.Theoriginalityandintensityofherimagination,whichleadshertoproducingnoveluniqueinEnglishliterature,provideafascinatingsubjectforcriticalinquiryandpsychologicalpeculation.“‘Wuthering’isasignificantprovincialadjective,descriptiveoftheatmo
5、spherictumulttowhichitsstationisexposedinstormyweather.”(Brontë，2009:2)Andthisindicatesatragicstory.WutheringHeightsdescribesathrillinglovestorystartingfromthewildnessandendedasatragedy,inwhichweseethelonglastingrevengeandhatredbetweenthetwofamilies.ThenovelbeganwithHeathcliff’sint
6、rusionintoWutheringHeights.HewasbroughttoWutheringHeightsbyitsowner,Mr.Earnshaw,whotreatedHeathclifflikehisfather.SoHeathcliffbecametheenvyofMr.Earnshaw’sownchildren,HindleyandCatherine.AndtheythoughtitwasHeathcliffwhotooktheirfather’slovewhichshouldbelongtothem.SoHindleynevergaveu
7、pachancetobullyHeathcliffinsecretwhileCatherineacceptedhimasafriendgenerally.AfterMr.Earnshaw’sdeath,HindleyrevengedHeathclifftomakehimaservantofWutheringHeights.ButHeathcliffdidnotcareaboutthatilltreatmentfromHindleybecausehisCatherinewasstillonhisside.Butlater,Catherinewasaffecte
8、dbytherealisticcircumstanc
