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1、AnalysisoftheDistortionofHeathcliff’sHumanityInWutheringHeights浅析《呼啸山庄》中希斯克列夫的人性扭曲WutheringHeights,byEmilyBronte,isoneofthegreatestmasterpiecesofliterature.Fromthesocialpointofview,itisastoryaboutapoorman,abused,betrayedanddistortedbyhissocialstatesbeca
2、useheisapoorman.Asalovestory,thenovelisoneofthemostmovingonessincethepassionbetweenHeathcliffandCatherineprovestobethemostintense,themostbeautifulandatthesametimethemosthorrible,evertobefoundpossibleinhumanbeings.Asforme,IthinkthecausesforHeathcliff’sdi
3、stortionasfollowings.Firstly,Heathcliff’spersonalbackgroundistheoriginofhisdistortion.Thediscriminatonofhishumblestatusissuretodestroyhislifeanddistorthishumanity.Heathcliffisahomelessorphan.Byaccident,heisbroughttoliveatWutheringHeights.Infact,exceptfo
4、roldMr.EarnshawandCatherine,otherpeoplehaveneveracceptedhim.ButHeathcliffisanormalhuman,healsohasallkindsofnormalhuman’sphysicalandspiritualneeds.Justbecausehesprangfromobscurity,helostalloftheserights.Heismarkedasthelowerclass,sohelosesallofhishappines
5、s.EspeciallywhenheoverhearsCatherinesaythatitwoulddegradehertomarryhim,heisoverwhelmedbydespair.Fromthenon,thereisonlyonewordinhismind,thatisrevenge.HeleavesWutheringHeights,nottoescape,buttofindthewaytopayhisenemiesback.Secondly,itistheinjusticeofsocie
6、ty.Heathcliffisfatedtohiscircumstances.Hecannotchangethereality.However,agentlemanadoptshim.Therefore,heinevitablyhasthedesiretobearespectableman.Buttheothercharacters,includingtheLintonsandCatherine,provecomplicitintheobliterationofHeathcliff’shope.The
7、reisanunbridgeablegapbetweenCatherineandHeathcliff’ssocialpositions.HindleybelievesthatHeathcliffisausurperwhotakesawayhisfather’saffectionandprivileges.SoafteroldMr.Earnshawdies,heturnsworsetotreathim.Thatshowsaphenomenonthattheseso-calledgentlementryt
8、heirbesttooppressthelowerclass.Theyfearthatthepoorwouldacquirepolitical,social,cultural,oreconomicpowertoescapefromtheirmiaserablecircumstances.Becauseofthosefactors,thedistancebetweenCatherineandHeathcliffwidensfurtherandfurther