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WutheringHeightswhichhaslongbeenoneofthemostpopularandhighlyregardednovelsinEnglishliterature,ithasasecurepositioninthecanonofworldliterature.AsashatteringpresentationofthedoomedlovebetweenthepassionateCatherineandHeathcliff,itremainsoneofthemosthauntinglovestoriesinallofliterature.InWutheringHeights,NatureisrepresentedbytheEarnshawfamilyandespeciallyCatherineandHeathcliff.Thesecharactersaregovernedbytheiremotions,notbyreflectionoridealsofcivility.WutheringHeightssymbolizedasimilarwildness.Ontheotherhand,ThrushcrossGrangeandtheLintonfamilyrepresentculture,refinement,convention,andcultivation.Wutheringheights,throughalovetragedy,presentedapictureofdeformityofthesociallifeandOutlinesakindofhumanitytwistedbysocietyandallkindsofterribleevents.ThestoryendedwithHeathcliff’ssuicide.HediedforloveandhisdeathshowshislovetoKatherine.HegaveuptherevengetotheyoungergenerationafterheknewthatyoungCatherineandHarletonhadfalleninlovewitheachothershowsthathewaskindinnature.Itwasthecruelrealitythattwistedhishumanityandmadehimbecomebrutalandheartless.Thiskindofrecoveryofhumanitywassublimationinspiritanditglaredakindofhumanitarianidealoftheauthorandendowstheterriblelovetragedysomehope.Therefore,Heathcliff’schangeof“love---hate---revenge---arecoveryofhumanity”isnotonlytheessenceofthenovelbutalsoacluethroughoutthewholenovel.Accordingtotheclue,theauthorarrangedanunpredictablesceneforus.Sometimesitwasthemoorfullofclouds,sometimesitwascourtyardwithasuddenrainandwind.Thestoryhasalwaysbeenshroudedinakindofmysteriousandhorribleatmosphere.Thenovelisactuallystructuredaroundtwoparallellovestories,thefirsthalfofthenoveltoldaboutthelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliff,whiletherestdramaticsecondhalftolddevelopinglovebetweenyoungCatherineandHarleton.Incontrasttothefirst,thelattertaleendshappily,restoringpeaceandordertoWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange.ThemostimportantfeatureofyoungCatherineandHarleton’slovestoryisthatitinvolvesgrowthandchange.EarlyinthenovelHarletonseemsbrutal,savage,andilliterate,butovertimehebecomesaloyalfriendtoyoungCatherineandlearnstoread.CatherineandHeathcliff’slove,ontheotherhand,isrootedintheirchildhoodandismarkedbytherefusaltochange.InchoosingtomarryEdgar,Catherineseeksamoregenteellife,butsherefusestoadapttoherroleaswife,eitherbysacrificingHeathclifforembracingEdgar.CatherineandHeathcliff’sloveisbasedontheirsharedperceptionthattheyareidentical.AsCatherinedeclares,“IamHeathcliff,”whileHeathcliff,uponCatherine’sdeath,saidthathecannotlivewithouthis“soul,”meaningCatherine.Catherine’sbetrayalandherbitterdestinywastheturningpointofthewholestory.ItmadeHeathcliffchangehislovetohate.AfterCatherinedied,thehatebecamethemotivationofhisrevenge.Hesuccessfullyattainedhisobjective.NotonlyheletEdgarandtheLintondiedindesolationandpossessedtheirpropertybutalsolettheirinnocentyoungergenerationexperiencethehardships.Thiskindofcrazyrevengeclearlyshowedhisuncommonandrebelliousbehavior.Thisspecialspiritofrevoltwasformedbythespecialenvironmentandhisspecialcharacter.Heathcliff’slovetragedywasatragedyofthesocietyandthattime.WutheringHeightswasknownas“moststrangenovel”inthehistoryofEnglishliteratureanditwasanunpredictablestrangebook.Thereasonisthatitwasdifferentfromthesentimentalismthatliesintheworksofthesameage.Itreplacedthedeepsadnessanddepressionwithintenselove,brutalhateandruthlessrevenge.Itjustlikeastrangelyricpoem,imaginationandintensiveemotionexistedamongthewordsandbetweenthelinesandithadakindofamazingartisticpower.