呼啸山庄8-11章内容分析

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I. Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (Ware: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 2000), pp.50-93.

A. Representative Passages

1.It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love

him: ...... or frost from fire.(63)

2.It vanished in a twinkling; but immediately.......supposing it were a sign of death! (85)

B.Setting

1. Time: summer, 1778-1781

2. Location: Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange

C. Main Characters

1.Nelly Dean:stewardess, alternate name: Allen “made a sad parting with Hareton,”(70)

2.Frances : Hindley Earnshaw’s wife, “in a consumption,”,“dead before winter,”,“a rush

of a lass,”(50),

3.Hindley Earnshaw: “two idols--his wife and himself,”(50), “grew desperate,”, “reckless

dissipation,”,“diabolical,”(51), “impatient,”(66), “poor,”(85)

4.Catherine Earnshaw: Fifiteen;“the queen of the countryside,”, “a haughty, headstrong

creature,”, “arrogance,”, “full of ambition,”, “a double character,”, “an unruly

nature,”(52), “saucier .....haughtier than ever.,”(70), “judicious,”(79)

5.Edgar Linton: “The long light hair,”, “the eyes were large and serious,”, “the figure

almost too graceful,”(52), “gentle,”, “brilliant,”(55), “handsome,”, “pleasant to be

with,”, “young and cheerful,”, “kind, and trustful, and honorable,”(84)

6.Mr. Heathcliff: sixteen: “without having bad features”, “being deficient in intellect,”,

“agrim pleasure,”, “unsociable moroseness,”(53) Three years later: “a tall man dressed

in dark clothe,”, “dark face and hair”, “the cheeks.....and singular,”(73), “intelligent,”,

“a tall, athletic, well-formed man,”(75), “ an unreclaimed creature, without refinement,

without cultivation....whinstone,”(80), “impudence,”, “Judas,Traitor!”(87)

7.Joseph: servant, “hector,”(51) “evil tongue,”(68)

8.Hareton Earnshaw: childhood:“bonny,” (50) Adult: “elf-locked, brown-eyed boy,”,

“rude,”, “the stammering lips of the little fellow, a string of curses,”, “delivered with

practised ...... expression of malignity,”(86)

9.Isabella Linton: Edgar Linton’s sister. “yellow hair and the whiteness of her skin,

elegance,”(77), “a charming young lady,”, “infantile in manners,”, “keen wit, keen

feelings, and a keen temper,”, “grew cross and wearisome...... Catherine,”(79)

D. Episodes

1. After recovery, Catherine Earnshaw who was changed to be a elegant lady came back to

home, this made Catherine Earnshaw alienated from Mr. Heathcliff.

2. After Hareton’s birth and Frances’s death, Hindley Earnshaw changed cruel and violent.

Catherine Earnshaw decided married with Edgar Linton for his rich and gentle.

Heathcliff left Wuthering Heights.

3. Three years later, Heathcliff came back to Wuthering Heights and started his revenge.

E. Imagery

1.Catherine Earnshaw’s inner conflicts:she was not artful, never played the coquette, and

had evidently ...... as if depreciation of her playmate were of scarcely any consequence

to her.(53)

2.Catherine Earnshaw fits in with Heathcliff : My great miseries in this world have been

Heathcliff's miseries, ......I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.(64)