WutheringHeights呼啸山庄.ppt

1、Emily Bront,Menu of tasks,Brief Introduction Life story Introduction of Famous Works Detail studies of her work Quiz,Emily Bront (18181848 )艾米莉勃朗特,An English novelist and poet, bestremembered for her solitary novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature.,Brief introductio

2、n,Emily Bronts Life,1820 moved to Haworth, her mother died soon after,1824 to the Clergy Daughters School,1838 became a teacher at Law Hill School in Halifax,1846, poems were published in one volume,1847, published Wuthering Heights,Thornton, Yorkshire a poor clergyman family 1818,Died of tuberculos

3、is in 1848,30 years old,The Great works,Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 1846 Wuthering Heights 1847呼啸山庄,Details studies of the work,Title page of the first edition,Wuthering Heights,Setting Plot Characters relations Plot analysis Characteristics Famous quotation,The novel set in the harsh and

4、 isolated Yorkshire moors in Northern England.,Setting,Plot,The story is about a morbid love between Catherine and Heathcliff which is concerned with two families. Wuthering Heights has the wild, windy moors and its inhabitants possess the same characteristics. Opposite this are the calm, orderly pa

5、rks of Thrushcross Grange(画眉山庄) and its inhabitants.,Mr. Earnshaw Mrs. Earnshaw,Hindley,Catherine,Frances,Hareton Earnshaw,Mr. Linton Mrs. Linton,Edgar,Isabella,Catherine Linton,Heathcliff,Linton Heathcliff,Character Relations,Heathcliff the anti-hero of the story. He is self-abased,selfish, jealous

6、, sensitive, cruel and brutal.,Main Characters,Main Character,Catherine Earnshaw heroine of the story. She is free-spirited and beautiful, but can also be spiteful and arrogant. Growing up alongside Heathcliff, their love is more like that of twins than lovers, and she marries Edgar because of his p

7、osition and breeding.,Edgar Linton Catherines husband. His breeding and wealth attracted Catherine. He is a spoiled cowardly man although tender and loving to Catherine and his daughter. He is a contrast to Heathcliff both physically and spiritually.,Main Character,Plot analysis,Conflict Climax Susp

8、ense Conclusion,Conflict,Mr. Earnshaw brings Heathcliff home to live with his wife and two children, they are not very happy about their new brother.,Climax,Heathcliff returns with the love to Catherine as ever, but he marries Edgars sister Isabella so that he can get their property. The climax last

9、s a long time, because Catherine gets a brain fever from all of the stress of Heathcliff and Edgar arguing, and the fact that she is not with the man she really loves. After a wrenching reunion with Heathcliff, Catherine gives birth to Catherine Linton, then she dies.,Suspense,Catherine is dead, so

10、what does Heathcliff have to live for?,With the love of his life dead, Heathcliff dedicates himself full-time to revenge, most particularly on Hindley, the brother who made his childhood a living hell. Part of his revenge consists of getting his sick son to marry Catherine Linton; that way he will g

11、et Thrushcross Grange too.,Conclusion,Heathcliff achieves his goal of becoming master of the two houses. Then he dies.,Characteristics,Theme: The narrative tells the thwarted love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many

12、around them. Writing skills: Gothic elements First person narration: the story is told mainly by Nelly，Catherines old nurse; to Mr. Lockwood， a temporary tenant at Grange. And part of the story is told through Isabellas letters to Nelly.,Famous quotations,“Whatever our souls are made of, his and min

13、e are the same” “不论我们的灵魂是什么做成的，他的和我的是一模一样的.” My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time would change it, Im well aware, as winter change the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rock beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. 我对林顿的爱像是树林的叶子，到了冬天，树叶就要凋落了，

14、 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。,_is the only novel by Emily Bronte. It was first published in _ under the pseudonym_, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. Wuthering Heights, 1847 ,Ellis Bell 2. In Wuthering Heights, which is an _ novel, the clue is the Heathcliffs _and _. Gothic, love, revenge,Quiz,Quiz,3. what are the features of Gothic Novels？ 1. Setting in a castle; 2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense; 3. An ancient prophecy; 4. Om