An Analysis of the Miserable Fate of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights 

Abstract

Heathcliff is the main character of Wuthering Heights。 He is widely acknowledged to be the devil in Wuthering Heights。 However, Heathcliff’s fate is miserable because of his identity as an orphan and the loss of love and marriage in his life。 While many people are enjoying their life, Heathcliff has to spend most of his life on revenge in order to protect himself from being hurt again。 This thesis mainly shows Heathcliff’s miserable fate in Wuthering Heights by analyzing Heathcliff’s miserable childhood, Catherine’s betrayal of love, his unbearable pain in the revenge and his miserable death。 It is the serious social discrimination in Victorian era and Emily Bronte’s experience that create such a tragic character。85256

Keywords: miserable fate; miserable childhood; love; revenge; social discrimination

《呼啸山庄》中希斯克利夫的悲惨命运分析

摘要

希斯克利夫是《呼啸山庄》中的主人公。他被公认为《呼啸山庄》中的恶魔。然而希斯克利夫的命运是悲惨的，因为他是一个孤儿,而且在他的生活中他失去了爱情和婚姻。当许多人都在享受生活的时候，希斯克利夫却不得不花尽他的大半生去复仇，只为能够保护自己不再受伤害。本论文将通过分析希斯克利夫的悲惨童年、凯瑟琳对爱情的背叛、希斯克利夫的痛苦复仇以及他的悲惨死亡来体现他在《呼啸山庄》中的悲惨命运。正是维多利亚时期严重的社会歧视以及艾米莉·勃朗特的生活经历造就了这样一位悲剧人物。源Q于W优H尔J论K文M网WwW.youeRw.com 原文+QQ75201.,8766

毕业论文关键词： 悲惨命运；悲惨童年；爱；复仇；社会歧视

Contents

1。Introduction 1

1。1 Background Information 1

1。2 A Brief Introduction to Wuthering Heights 1

1。3 Literature Review 2

1。4 The Significance of the Study 4

2。 The Miserable Childhood and Catherine’s Betrayal of Love 5

2。1 The Miserable Childhood 5

2。2 Catherine’s Betrayal of Love 6

3。 The Miserable Process of Revenge 8

3。1 The Unbearable Pain in the Vengeance 8

3。1。1 Heathcliff’s Pain in the Revenge on Hindley 8

3。1。2 Heathcliff’s Pain in the Revenge on Edgar Linton 9

3。1。3 Heathcliff’s Pain in the 来自优W尔Y论W文C网WWw.YoueRw.com 加QQ7520,18766 Revenge on Young Generation 10

3。2 The Miserable Death 10

4。The Reasons of Heathcliff’s Miserable Fate 12

4。1 Serious Social Discrimination 12

4。2 The Influence of Emily Bronte’s Experience 12

5。 Conclusion 14

References 15

1。 Introduction 

1。1 Background Information

Emily Bronte (1818-1848), is a great English novelist and poet of the nineteenth century。 She was born in the village of Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern England。 The place where Emily lived is remote from the city, and the empty wasteland is monotonous and oppressive, which can make people feel lonely and have a sense of isolation。 This living environment has great impact on Emily’s personalities。 It makes her become extremely shy and reclusive, and it also arouses her desire for passion and freedom。 In Emily’s childhood, she went to the Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge, where her elder sisters were already enrolled。 They had a hard time at the school because of the endless abuse and privations, and finally her sisters Maria and Elizabeth both died of tuberculosis。 Experiencing these bereavements, Emily could never forget the terrors and the hardship of her life at school and becomes quieter than before。 She did not seem to have made any friends outside her family。 In her leisure time, she would write poems and personal lyrics to express her will to break through the constrictions of ordinary life, to yearn for a freer world of spirit。 That is why she wrote the novel Wuthering Heights and created the conflict character--- Heathcliff。论文网