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1、呼啸山庄Today,WutheringHeightshasasecurepositioninthecanonofworldliterature,andEmilyBrontëisreveredasoneofthefinestwriters—maleorfemale—ofthenineteenthcentury.LikeCharlotteBrontë’sJaneEyre,WutheringHeightsisbasedpartlyontheGothictraditionofthelateeighteenthcentury,astyleoflit
2、eraturethatfeaturedsupernaturalencounters,crumblingruins,moonlessnights,andgrotesqueimagery,seekingtocreateeffectsofmysteryandfear.ButWutheringHeightstranscendsitsgenreinitssophisticatedobservationandartisticsubtlety.Thenovelhasbeenstudied,analyzed,dissected,anddiscussedf
3、romeveryimaginablecriticalperspective,yetitremainsunexhausted.Andwhilethenovel’ssymbolism,themes,structure,andlanguagemayallsparkfertileexploration,thebulkofitspopularitymayrestonitsunforgettablecharacters.Asashatteringpresentationofthedoomedloveaffairbetweenthefiercelypa
4、ssionateCatherineandHeathcliff,itremainsoneofthemosthauntinglovestoriesinallofliterature.AnalysisofMajorCharactersinWutheringHeightsHeathcliffWutheringHeightscentersaroundthestoryofHeathcliff.Thefirstparagraphofthenovelprovidesavividphysicalpictureofhim,asLockwooddescribe
5、showhis“blackeyes”withdrawsuspiciouslyunderhisbrowsatLockwood’sapproach.Nelly’sstorybeginswithhisintroductionintotheEarnshawfamily,hisvengefulmachinationsdrivetheentireplot,andhisdeathendsthebook.Thedesiretounderstandhimandhismotivationshaskeptcountlessreadersengagedinthe
6、novel.Heathcliff,however,defiesbeingunderstood,anditisdifficultforreaderstoresistseeingwhattheywantorexpecttoseeinhim.ThenovelteasesthereaderwiththepossibilitythatHeathcliffissomethingotherthanwhatheseems—thathiscrueltyismerelyanexpressionofhisfrustratedloveforCatherine,o
7、rthathissinisterbehaviorsservetoconcealtheheartofaromantichero.WeexpectHeathcliff’scharactertocontainsuchahiddenvirtuebecauseheresemblesaheroinaromancenovel.Traditionally,romancenovelheroesappeardangerous,brooding,andcoldatfirst,onlylatertoemergeasfiercelydevotedandloving
8、.OnehundredyearsbeforeEmilyBrontëwroteWutheringHeights,thenotionthat“areformedrakemakesthebesthu
