WutheringHeightEmilyBrontecontentTheauthorandbackgroundTherelationshipofcharacterThebriefintroductionReactionanddialogueofthisbookKeywordloveRevengeHumanityEmilyBronteEmilyBrontë(1818–1848)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoet,nowbestrememberedforhernovelWutheringHeights,aclassicofEnglishliterature.EmilywasthesecondeldestofthethreesurvivingBrontësisters,betweenCharlotteandAnne.ShepublishedundertheandrogynouspennameEllisBellThewriterBorn:30June1818Thornton,WestRidingofYorkshine,EnglandDied:19December1848(aged30)Haworth,EnglandOccupation:Poetess,novelist,governessLiterary:RomanticismNotablework:WutheringTHETHREESISTERS艾米丽·勃朗特安妮·勃朗特夏洛蒂·勃朗特Charlotte:JaneEyre(1847)Emily:WutheringHeights(1847)Anne:AgnesGrey(1847)BackgroundThenoveloccurredinEnglandaround1760andthestorytakespalceinthemainsettings.WutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrangebothsituatedontheharshanddesolatemoorsofYorkshire.Emilyactuallygrewupandlivedinthispalce,sheusesherknowledgetoemphasizethemoodsandattitudesofthecharaters.TherelationshipMr.Earnshaw子:Hindley养子:Heathcliff女:CatherineLintonIsabellaLittlecatherineHarritonLittleLintonCharacterHeisthecentralmalecharacterofthenovel.HeloveshisfostersisterCatherineandtheyshareapassionatelove.AftershemarriedLinton.heleftheightsandreturnedthreeyearslater.thenhebeganaseriesofrevenge….HeathcliffCatherineAfrees-pirited.wild,passionate,andsomewhatspoiledyoungwoman.shereturnsHeathcliff’slove.shechooseLintonbecauseshehopestohelpHeathcliffandbringhimbacktothestandinghewouldhavehad.butshewasalwaysontheageofmadness,whenshegavebirthlittlecathy,shedied.CatherineHindleyEarnshawHe’sCatherine’sbrother.healwayshateHeathcliff.Hiswife’sdeathconsumptiondestroyshim.Attheendofthestory,heallowsHeathcliffreturningtoWutheringHeights,thenHeathcliffbecomesitsowner,HindleyEarnshawEgderLintonHeisachildhoodfriendofcatherine’swholatermarriesher.heknowsCatherineloveHeathcliff,thisleadstoabitterantagonismwithHeathcliff.thenitleadstoCathrine’sbreakdown.heisincapableofcompetingwithHeathcliff’sguileandruthlessdeterminationacrossthedecades,andhisdeathfailshimwhilestillarelativelyyoungman.EgderLintonIsabellaLintonSheistheyoungersisterofEagerwhobecomesinfatuatedwithHeathcliff.shemistakeshisturenature,butaftershemarryshimsheisilltreatedbothphysicallyandemotionally,sheescapesHeights.sheleavesforLondonthengivebirthtotheirson.IsabellaLintonThethirdgenerationLittleLintonLittlecatherineHarritonIt'sastoryaboutloveandrevenge.HeathcliffwasadoptedbyMr.EarnshawontheLivepoolStreet.HelivewithMr.Earnshaw'ssonHindlyandhisdaughterCathy.HindleyhatedHeathcilffbuthissisterlikeHeathcilff.AfterEarnshawdied,Hindleybecomethehostofthefamily,hetreatedHeathcliffasafarmerandinsulthim.Atthesametime,CathyandHeathcliffloveeachother.Linton,thesonofThrushcrossGrange,paycourttoCathy,andvisitherveryoftenBriefintroduction.Cathymadeuphermindtogetmarriedwithhim,Heathcliffwasveryangryandwentout.Heathcliffcamebackwithalotofmoneythreeyearslater.HecheatedHindley'belongingsbygambling.HedidthethingsallforrevengeHemarriedLinton'sisterIsabella.CathydiedaftershegaveabirthtolittleCatherine.IsabelladiscernedHeathcliffandlefthim.SheprocreatedlittleLintonanddied.HeathcliffspoliatedlittleLintonandbadgeredhimtolovelittleCatherine.HeathcliffhijackedlittleCatherineandforcedhertobemarriedwithhisson.Afterthis,heannexedallLinton'belongingsandfinishhisrevenge.Atthesametime,HeathcliffwasimportunedbyCathy.Hestayedathisownroomalldayanddidn'thavemealorsleep.Atlast,hediedindumpsanddelirium.Heathcliff’sloveandhateHeisabnormal,hebringsthehatredtothealltheworld.heevenbringsdisatertocatherine.Actuallyhisrevengeistouching.whydoeshewanttorevenge?becausehelosehisloverandatthesametimedeprivedofhisliferights.soherevengetoallwhohurtshimIcanunderstandhisrevenge,butIdon’tagreetohim.Hedestroyshisnextgeneration.Butfortunately,heknowshisfault.thoughhebecomestheHeight’sownerandheisnothappy,hecan’tgetsatisfyfromtherevenge.sohelosethedesiretorevengeandcouragetolive.Atlast,hechoosetoleavetheworld.diedinhissleepingHeathcliffyousaidIkilledyou—hauntme,then!Themurdereddohaunttheirmurderers,Ibelieve.Iknowthatghostshavewanderedonearth.Bewithmealways—takeanyform—drivememad!onlydonotleavemeinthisabyss,whereIcannotfindyou!Oh,God!itisunutterable!Icannotlivewithoutmylife!Icannotlivewithoutmysoul!MygreatmiseriesinthisworldhavebeenHeathcliff’smiseries,andIwatchedandfelteachfromthebeginning;mygreatthoughtinlivingishimself.Ifallthisperished,andheremained,Ishouldstillcontinuetobe;andifallelseremained,hewereannihilated,theuniversewouldturntoamightystranger.在我的生活中,他是最强的信念。哪怕别的一切都毁灭了,他还留下来,我就能继续活下去;如果别的一切都留下来,而他却毁灭了,这个世界对于我就将成为一个极陌生的地方。MyloveforLintonislikethefoliageinthewoods:timewouldchangeit,I’mwellaware,aswinterchangethetrees.MyloveforHeathcliffresemblestheeternalrockbeneath:asourceoflittlevisibledelight,butnecessary.我对林敦的爱像是树林的叶子,到了冬天,树叶就要凋落了,时光会改变它;我对希刺克厉夫的爱则像树下面的永恒不变的岩石,虽然看起来他给你的快乐并不多,可是这点愉快却是必需的,永久的。ThisstrongemotionisalsotrueofHeathcliff.HealsoshowedgreatcaretowardCathy.“Oh,Cathy!Oh,mylife!Howcanyoubearit?”(thefirstsentenceheu