WutheringHeights剧情及人物介绍英文

1、Wuther ing HeightsCharactersa nd the relati on ships betwee n them恩萧（欧肖）先生 Mr.Earnshaw呼啸山庄主人辛德雷恩萧Hindley Earnshaw其子凯瑟琳 恩萧Catherine Earnshaw 其女，小名凯蒂 Cathy希斯克厉夫 Heathcliff恩萧抚养的孤儿弗兰西斯 Fra nces辛德雷之妻哈里顿恩萧Hareton Earnshaw辛德雷之子丁耐莉Nelly Dean女管家，又名艾伦Ellen保姆 Nanny约瑟夫Joseph呼啸山庄的老仆人林敦先生 Mr。Lin ton画眉田庄主人埃德加 林敦敦E

2、dgar Linton其子，后娶凯瑟琳恩萧伊莎贝拉林敦Isabella Linton 其女，后嫁希刺克厉夫 凯瑟琳 林敦Catherine Linton埃德加与凯瑟琳之女，亦名凯蒂林希刺克厉夫洛克乌德先生 Mr Lockwood 房客 肯尼兹医生Dr. Kenn eth当地医生齐拉Zillah 呼啸山庄的女仆画眉山庄Hwamei VillaIn Gothic no vels, the shap ing of the characters is a com monly used vehicle for giv ing expressi on to the gothic ingredient. T

3、his is particularly true of Emily' s Wuthering Heights. When we open this book, wecan see various terrify ing characters. The first character is the hero Heathcliff. He seems to be aninhuman monster. Being a son of the storm, his behavior is flooded with Gothic color: cruel, imperious, and he st

4、oops to anything to get what he wants. What' s more, the love between Catherine and himgoes bey ond the com mon limit and is quite abno rmal compared with love in other works of her age.The en tire acti on of the story takes place with in the two houses-Wutheri ng Heights and Thrushcross Grange

5、and on the moors lie between. The principal character, Heathcliff, around whom all the action revolves, emerges as starkly as Wutheri ng Heights. He may be thought of as the pers on ificati on of the house. There is an analogy between his appearance and his character and that of the Heights itself.

6、When Mr. Lockwood, the tenant of Thrushcross Grange, pays his visit to Wuthering Heights, curious about the brooding quality and crumbing, menacing appearance of the Heights and the inscription over the door- the date '1500' and the name ' Hareton Earnshaw ' , Mr. Lockwood would like

7、 to ask his lan dlord about this, but Heathcliff proves to be un sociable, in hospitable, and brusque.:eve n the“ The ' walk in ' was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sen time nt,' Go to the deucegate over which he lea nt mani fested no sympathiz ing moveme nt to the words; a

8、nd I thi nk that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.” 18This is the first appearance that Emily displayed to us. And the first impression of the hero Heathcliffadds the color of mystery and implies to the

9、 readers that the man is bound to have a long story. By thebrief portrayal of the hero, she creates suspense for the whole story, which embodies the Gothic traditi on.During Mr. Lockwood ' s stayingat the Heights, he found a diary. The entry regarding the degrading lifeHeathcliff was forced to l

10、ead by Hindley throws some light on the character of Heathcliff as Mr.Lockwood now finds him. For the first time we sympathize with Heathcliff in his anguish, although we are still ignorant as to its cause. Heathcliff has been revealed as a man capable of great emotion, as well as cruelty. The scene

11、 still is in the Heights. Declaring that the room is haunted, Mr. Lockwood decides to spe nd the rest of the ni ght elsewhere. As he is about to leave the room, the odd and horrible thing happe ns:"I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; whe n ignorant where the n arrow lobbies led, I stood st

12、ill, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. He got on to the bed and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncon trollable passi on of tears.' Come in! Come in! ' he sobbed. 

13、9; Cathy, do comei ceh, domore! Oh! My hear t' s darling! Hear me this time, Catherine, at last!' The specter showed a specter ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wilding through, evenreaching my station, and blowing out the light.” 19 Heathcliff is alar

14、med he hears that Catherinehas appeared to Mr. Lockwood; obviously, he believes that her spirit haunts Wuthering Heights and is trying to come to him from beyond the grave. This element arouses the interest and curiosity of the reader and embodies Gothic color a step forward.3.1.1.2 Crazy reve nge o

15、n his en emiesWith the birth of his son Haret on and the death of his wife Fra nces Hin dley' s final dis in tegrati oncommerces. This is consistent with the moral weakness he has shown previously. He concentrates his venom on Heathcliff, whom he brutalizes and in whom he tries to stamp out the

16、feeling of worthinessthat old Mr. Earnshaw had engendered. Heathcliff, in turn, delights in seeing his enemy destroy himself.It is consistent with Heathcliffs n ature ehges his en emies to destroy themselves by theirwon inner flaws. And readers anticipate conflicts and trouble in the future. From th

17、is point of view, he behaves quite cruel and revengeful. To fulfill his revenge on Hindley, he turns little Hareton into a brute with no love or respect for his father, and he has en ded his educati onjust as Hin dley did to him.When Heathcliff reappears after Catherine' s marriage, thinking she

18、 might show him where his evilways are leading him, Nelly pays a visit to the Heights. Seeing little Hareton outside the gates, she identifies herself and says she has called to see his father, Hindley. Hareton does not recognize her as his former n urse and greets her with a hail of stones and curs

19、es. Nelly asks him who taught him such things and he answers“ Devil daddy. ” 20 He says his father cannot abide him because he swears athim. He says the curate no longer comes to teach him and it is Heathcliff, whom he loves, who has taught him to swear. Furthermore, he is determined to brutalize Ha

20、reton as himself was brutalized.This is evidented by the incident of Hareton' s hanging the puppies. So far, Heathcliff has succeeded in revenging Hindley ' s insult on the next generation. His cruelty is easy to feel.What' s more, his attitude t owards Isabella is not only very cruel bu

21、t also very imperious . Edgar is his enemy, too. Once he declares he will“crush his ribsin like a rotten-hazel-nut ” .21 Because of his hatred for Edgar, he takesadvantage of Edgar ' s sister, Isabella. When he finds Isabella has fallen in love with him, he en courages her to run off with him ev

22、e n though he does not love her at all. Hedoes so only for the Linton property and the revenge on Edgar. But after her marriage to him, she receives no love or pity from him, but indifferenee and distain. The desperately unhappy Isabella sends a letter to Nelly sayi ng “ Is Mr. HeatheHeatheliff :1 .

23、The main character , Orphaned as a child, he is constantly on the outside,constantly losing people. Although he and Catherine Earnshaw profess that they complete each other, her decision to marry Edgar Linton almost destroys their relationship. He spends most of his life contemplating and acting out

24、 revenge. He is abusive, brutal, and cruel.2. Most peoplethought that Heathcliff was devil or at least he should not do too many things wron gly. However, I thought him a victim.As an orpha n Heathcliff did not know where he was from and who he was. When he was you ng, he was always abused and laugh

25、ed at by Hin dly. Only two people loved him, one was Mr. Ear nshaw, who died whe n he was you ng, the other one was Cathy, who loved him but suffered from great pain. To him, Cathy was everyth ing, after Mr. Earnshaw ' death. Unfortunately, Cathy ' childish choice made them unhappy all their

26、 life span. Heathcliff not only lost Cathy, but also lost everyth ing.He can forgive the one who did harm to him, but cannot forgive the ones who did harm to Cathy. He loved Cathy so much that whe n Cathy left him, no one can bri ng him happ in ess. He became crazy, and lost himself i n un bearable

27、pain. To a desperate man, what he could do for her was to take reve nge. What he did further was for Cathy.At last, he found little Cathy and Hareto n were just like Cathy and him whe n they were you ng; he came to himself and realized that it was a bad ending. Though few happ in ess he had had all

28、his life, he stopped bringing pain for the you ng, and left the broke n-hearted world to be with Cathy, the woma n who was the fountain head of his suffer ing but was the only who could give him happ in ess. I see, although he had done too many wrong thin gs, he was a kind man by n ature.Wuthering H

29、eights is a love novel. It has praised human' smoral excellenee, has attracted the will of the people ' s dark ness, un fold ing the huma n with the com mon ustom life and pursue ing the fine mind.3. To everyone but Catherine and Hareton, Heathcliff seems to be an inhuman monster oreven inca

30、rnate evil. From a literary perspective, he is more the embodiment of the Byronic hero(attributed to the writerGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron), a man of stormy emotions who shunshumanity because he himself has been ostracized; a rebellious hero who functions as a law unto himself. Heathcliff is both desp

31、icable and pitiable. His one sole passionisCatherine,yethiscommitment to his notion of a higher love does notReaders need to determine if his revenge isfocused on his lost position at WutheringHeights, his loss ofCatherine to Edgar, or if it hisassertion of dignity as a human being. The difficulty m

32、ost readershaverelatingtoandunderstanding Heathcliff is the fact that he hates as deeply as he loves; therefore, he is despised as much as he is pitied.Heathcliff's Obsessi on inWutheri ng HeightsThroughout Wuthering Heights two distinct yet related obsessions drive Heathcliff's character:hi

33、s desire for Catherine's love and his need for revenge. Catherine, the object of his obsession,becomes the essence of his life, yet, in a sense, he ends up murdering his love. Ironically, after her death, Heathcliff's obsession only intensifies. Heathcliff's love for Catherine enables hi

34、m to endure Hindley's maltreatment after Mr. Earnshaw's death. But after overhearing Catherine admit that she could not marry him, Heathcliff leaves. Nothing is known of his life away from her, but he returns with money. Heathcliff makes an attempt to join the society to which Catherine is d

35、rawn. Upon his return, she favors him to Edgar but still he cannot have her. He is constantly present, lurking around Thrushcross Grange, visiting after hours, and longing to be buried in a connected grave with her so their bodies would disintegrate into one. Ironically, his obsession with revenge s

36、eemingly outweighs his obsession with his love, and that is why he does not fully forgive Catherine for marrying Edgar.After Catherine's death, he must continue his revenge a revenge that starts as Heathcliffassumes control of Hindley's house and his son and continues with Heathcliff takinge

37、verything that is Edgar's. Although Heathcliff constantly professes his love for Catherine, he has no problem attempting to ruin the life of her daughter. He views an ambiguous world as black and white: a world of haves and have-nots. And for too long, he has been the outsider.That is why he is

38、determined to take everything away from those at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange who did not accept him. For Heathcliff, revenge is a more powerful emotion than love.Catherine EarnshawThe love of Heathcliff's life. Wild, impetuous, and arrogant as achild, she grows up getting everything

39、 she wants. When two men fall in love with her, she torments both of them. Ultimately, Catherine's selfishness ends up hurting everyone she loves, including herself.Often viewed as the epitome of the free spirit, Catherine is tornbetween two worlds. On one hand, she longs to be with Heathcliff,

40、her soul mate: their life together, growing up and playing on the moors, represents the freedom and innocence of childhood. On the other, she recognizes what a marriage to Edgar can do for her socially, and she enjoys those things that Edgar can provide for her. Ultimately, she is self-absorbed and

41、self-centered, and although she claims to love both Heathcliff and Edgar, she loves herself more, and this selfish love ends up hurting everyone who cares for her. Not until she nears death does Catherine turn exclusively towards Heathcliff, abandoning Edgar. Ironically, Heathcliff does not fully fo

42、rgive her, and because of this, Edgar is the man who gives every appearance of loving Catherine unconditionally.Edgar LintonCatherine's husband and Heathcliff's rival. Well-mannered and well-to-do, hefalls in love with and marries Catherine. His love for her enables him to overlook their inc

43、ompatible natures.Edgar represents the typical Victorian hero, possessing qualities ofconstancy and tenderness; however, a non-emotional intellectual is not the type of person who can make Catherine happy in the long run. Edgar loves and understands Catherine more than anyone realizes, but love alon

44、e is not enough to sustain a relationship. He ends up losingeverything his wife, his sister, his daughter, and his home to Heathcliff because good doesnot always overcome evil. He is a foil for Heathcliff.Edgar represents the typical Victorian hero, possessing qualities of constancy and tenderness;h

45、owever, a non-emotional intellectual is not the type of person who can make Catherine happy his wife, his sister,in the long run. Edgar loves and understands Catherine more than anyone realizes, but love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship. He ends up losing everythinghis daughter, and his

46、 home to Heathcliff because good does not always overcome evil. He isCathy Lintona foil for Heathcliff.Daughter of Catherine and Edgar. A mild form of her mother, she serves asa reminder of her mother's strengths and weaknesses. (Note: For the purpose of clarity, the younger Catherine is referre

47、d to as "Cathy" in this Note, and her mother is referred to asCathy's nature, a"Catherine." This convention is not used in the original text.)combination of both her parents, is key to revising the past. Her wildness and willfulness lead her to Wuthering Heights and the probl

48、ems and pitfalls related therein. Her constant loyalty, good nature, and perseverance, however, eventually restore order and love to the farmhouse, thwarting Heathcliff's plans for revenge. Just as Catherine's presence dominates the first half of the text, Cathy's rules the second. Edgar

49、 tries to keep her from Wuthering Heights (and from Heathcliff), but her attraction to a man and her independent nature characteristics that mirrorher mother once again make Edgar's appeals ineffective.Linton Heathcliff Son of Heathcliff and Isabella. Weak and whiny (both physically and emotiona

50、lly), he serves as a pawn in Heathcliff's game of revenge. He marries Cathy.Hareton EarnshawCatherine's nephew, son of Hindley. Although uneducated andunrefined, Hareton has a staunch sense of pride. He is attracted to Cathy but put off by her attitude. His generous heart enables the two of

51、them to eventually fall in love and marry.Hareton is the only person to mourn Heathcliff's death.More of a son to Heathcliff thanLinton, Hareton exhibits a sense of nobility by remaining loyal to the only father he ever really knew. Although he loses his inheritance, he does not bear a grudge to

52、ward Heathcliff. For most of the text, he serves as a reminder to Heathcliff of what his father, Hindley, had done. But toward the end of the novel, Hareton begins to remind Heathcliff of Catherine. Hareton even stands up to Heathcliff on Cathy's behalf. Because he has never experienced love him

53、self, readers do not know for sure of Hareton's capacity for it; however, his pairing with Cathy at the end of Wuthering Heightsseems to suggest what Heathcliff may have been like under differentcircumstances.ut biasEllen (Nelly) DeanThe primary narrator and Catherine's servant. Although she

54、 is one person capable of relating the majority of the events that occurred, she is not withoNelly serves as both outsider and insider as she narrates the primary story ofWuthering HeightsAlthough she does not exhibit the extreme lengths of cruelty shown by Heathcliff and Catherine,Nelly often is an

55、 instigator who enjoys the conflict around her. Nelly can be seen as acombination of Heathcliff's cruelty and Catherine's self-centeredness.Lockwood Heathcliff's tenant at Thrushcross Grange and the impetus for Nelly's narration.Although he serves primarily as the catalyst for the st

56、ory, Lockwood's role is an outsider whohappens to gain inside information. His visit to Wuthering Heights and subsequent actionsdirectly affect the plot.Mr. Ear nshawCatherine's father. He brings Heathcliff into his family and soon favors theorphan over his own son, Hindley.Mrs. Ear nshawCat

57、herine's mother. Not much is known about her, except that she favorsher own son to Heathcliff, whom she does not like.Hin dley Earn shawCatherine's brother. Jealous of Heathcliff, he takes a bit of revengeon Heathcliff after his father dies. He proves to be no match for Heathcliff, however,

58、eventuallylosing his son and his family's home.Fran ces Ear nshawHindley's wife. A sickly woman who dies soon after Hareton is born.Joseph Servant at Wuthering Heights. A hypocritical zealot who possesses a religiousfanaticism that most find wearisome.Mr. and Mrs. LintonEdgar's parents.

59、They welcome Catherine into her home,introducing her to the life in upper society. They die soon after nursing Catherine back to health.Isabella Edgar's sister. Her infatuation with Heathcliff causes her to destroy her relationshipwith her brother. She experiences Heathcliff's brutality first hand. She flees to London where shegives birth to Heathcliff's son, but her attempts to keep her son from his father fail.Zillah Heathcliff's housekeeper. She saves Lockwood from a pack of dogs and serves asNelly's source of information at Wuthering Heights.Rela