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1、TheCauseofTragicLovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherine----AnAnalysisofWutheringHeightsAbstract:ThelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliffgivesadeepimpressiononreadersinEmilyBronte’sworld-famousnovelWutheringHeights.Theirtragicloveisformedforseveraldifferentcauses,includingCath
2、erineherselfandsocialfactor.ByanalyzingtheirtragicloveinWutheringHeights,wecannoticethewholenovelisimprintedwiththefeatureincapitalistsociety.Inpeople’smind,socialstatusandfortuneisthemoreimportantthanotherthings(especiallylove).Throughthewholenovel,theweaknessofhum
3、anandtraditionalconceptscanbefoundeverywhere.Keywords:WutheringHeights,cause,tragiclove,statue,fortune,classdistinctionI.IntroductionWutheringHeightsplaysaveryimportantroleinEnglishliterature,notonlybecauseoftheportrayalofcharacters,butalsotheloveandconflictamongpeo
4、ple.EmilyputsmostofhereffortondescribingthelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherine.Throughanalyzingtheirlove,wecanfeeltheconfusionofCatherine.Ononehand,shewantstobewithHeathcliffwhoshereallyloves;ontheotherhand,shepursuesforthesocialstatus,andcan’tstandtomarryaservantwhoi
5、sborninalow-classfamily.Thatiswhysheisinadilemma.Butafteralongperiodoftormentinginhermindandherbody,shedied.Asfollow,thearticlewillgivesomedetailedanalysisaboutthereasonoftheirtragicloveintheperspectiveofCatherineandsocialfactors.II.FromsocialaspectsInthecapitalists
6、ociety,theconceptofclassisrootedinpeople’smind.SodoesCatherine.Asaladyinaminor,herpotentialneedforvanityletshergiveuphertruelove,andhastomarry“up”intotheworldoftheupper.AlthoughshelovesHeathcliff,theclassdistinctionsrequirehertogivethelovebetweenherandHeathcliff,and
7、marryEdgar.Theconceptofclassinherminddoesnotallowhertomarryalow-classperson.WhatsheneedsistoberespectedandgainedsocialstatuethatHeathcliffcan’tgiveher.OnlyEdgarcanprovideherwithallofthese.Therefore,inspiteofthefirmnessoflovetoHeathcliff,shemarriesEdgar.Thatisonesoci
8、alreasonwhatmakestheirlovebecometragic.I.FromCatherine’saspectsCatherineisthemaincharacterwhomakesthelovebetweenherandHeathcliffbecometrag