呼啸山庄 人物分析Character Analysis of Wuthering Heights
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Heathcliff is typically considered a Byronic hero.His position in society, without status, is often the subject of Marxist criticism.
Catherine
➢ childhood--naughty high spirits wild innocent wicked
Linton
He is a very weak child and his character resembles Heathcliff's, though without its only redeeming feature: love. He marries Cathy Linton, but only under the direction of his father
Edga
He is a gentleman, well-mannered and graceful. But he dosen't win Catherine's true love. His sister and daughter also obey his wishes.He is just designed as a foil for Heathcliff.
forgive at last
He and Catherine's love becomes the central theme of the first volume; his revenge and its consequences are the main theme of the second volume.
Cathy
she is a spirited girl.Her wildness and willfulness lead her to Wuthering Heights Her loyalty, good nature, and perseverance, eventually restore order.Her love to the farmhouse, hindering Heathcliff's plans for revenge.She is designed better than her mother.
Nelly
She serves as both outsider and insider when she narrates the story.She is the other who is kind to Heathcliff besides Catherine.
Haran his father. although Heathcliff teaches him all sorts of vulgaries and deprives him of heritage,he does not bear a grudge towards Heathcliff.And he loves his father and has esteem.No wander Cathy woud fall in love with him.
The character of Catherine has been analysed by many forms of literary criticism, including: psychoanalytic and feminist.
Hindly
He is a negative character:pround and fierce. And he finally ruines the Earnshaw family with his drinking and gambling under Heathcliff's plan. He is set as a foil for Heathcliff.
➢ facing marriage--material ➢ when Heathcliff left--prounder violent
fierce ➢ after marriage--self-centered
Catherine faces a choose between nature and social status. Her decision to marry Edgar over Heathcliff has been seen as a surrender to social status, and has implications for all the characters of Wuthering Heights.
Isabella
She loves Heathcliff, despite she knows Heathcliff deeply loves Catherine.Heathcliff makes full use of her.She is an unwitting tool in his plot for revenge. The character of Isabella's abusive treatment has led many, especially feminist critics, to consider her the true 'tragic romantic' figure of Wuthering Heights.
character map
Heathcliff
patient and unsmiling impolite and rough
distinct sense of love and hate think love as all vengeful
strong-willed, uncontrolled seem miserable,but invincible
Catherine
➢ childhood--naughty high spirits wild innocent wicked
Linton
He is a very weak child and his character resembles Heathcliff's, though without its only redeeming feature: love. He marries Cathy Linton, but only under the direction of his father
Edga
He is a gentleman, well-mannered and graceful. But he dosen't win Catherine's true love. His sister and daughter also obey his wishes.He is just designed as a foil for Heathcliff.
forgive at last
He and Catherine's love becomes the central theme of the first volume; his revenge and its consequences are the main theme of the second volume.
Cathy
she is a spirited girl.Her wildness and willfulness lead her to Wuthering Heights Her loyalty, good nature, and perseverance, eventually restore order.Her love to the farmhouse, hindering Heathcliff's plans for revenge.She is designed better than her mother.
Nelly
She serves as both outsider and insider when she narrates the story.She is the other who is kind to Heathcliff besides Catherine.
Haran his father. although Heathcliff teaches him all sorts of vulgaries and deprives him of heritage,he does not bear a grudge towards Heathcliff.And he loves his father and has esteem.No wander Cathy woud fall in love with him.
The character of Catherine has been analysed by many forms of literary criticism, including: psychoanalytic and feminist.
Hindly
He is a negative character:pround and fierce. And he finally ruines the Earnshaw family with his drinking and gambling under Heathcliff's plan. He is set as a foil for Heathcliff.
➢ facing marriage--material ➢ when Heathcliff left--prounder violent
fierce ➢ after marriage--self-centered
Catherine faces a choose between nature and social status. Her decision to marry Edgar over Heathcliff has been seen as a surrender to social status, and has implications for all the characters of Wuthering Heights.
Isabella
She loves Heathcliff, despite she knows Heathcliff deeply loves Catherine.Heathcliff makes full use of her.She is an unwitting tool in his plot for revenge. The character of Isabella's abusive treatment has led many, especially feminist critics, to consider her the true 'tragic romantic' figure of Wuthering Heights.
character map
Heathcliff
patient and unsmiling impolite and rough
distinct sense of love and hate think love as all vengeful
strong-willed, uncontrolled seem miserable,but invincible