《呼啸山庄》希斯克利夫的性格及其成因分析

本科毕业论文希斯克利夫的性格及其成因分析

学院外国语学院

专业英语辅修、双学位

年级2009级

学号***************

姓名聂欢欢

指导教师王勤玲

成绩

二○一一年五月

The Analysis of Heath cliff’s Character and Its reasons in Wuthering Heights

Nie Huanhuan

Supervisor

Wang Qinling

A Thesis Submitted in

Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

B. A. in English

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY

May, 2011

Acknowledgements

Many people have made invaluable contributions, both directly and indirectly to my research. I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of the thesis.

Firstly, I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Professor Wang Qinling, my supervisor, for her instructive suggestions and valuable comments on the writing of this thesis.

Secondly, I was indebted to all the teachers in the School of Foreign Languages who taught and helped me in the past two years.

Besides, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these days. And I wish to thank all my fellow classmates who gave me help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis.

At last, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the author whose words I have cited or quoted, and to the scholars upon whose ideas I have freely drawn.

Contents

Acknowledgements (1)

Abstract (3)

摘要 (4)

1. Introduction (5)

2. The Analysis of the Character of Heathcliff (6)

2.1 A Coudy, Cruel, Mad and Evil Man (6)

2.2 The Process of Evolution of Heathcliff's Character (7)

2.3 Heathcliff's Resistance (7)

3. Reasons For the Lose of Humanity (8)

3.1 The Oppression of Social Class (8)

3.2 The Concept of Money and Pedigree (9)

4. The Recurrence of Humanity (11)

5. Conclusion (12)

Works Cited (17)

The Analysis of Heath cliff’s Character and Its

Reasons in Wuthering Heights

Abstract

The image of Heathcliff, the hero of Wuthering Heights, has been analyzed and evaluated by others scholar. It is extremely cruel that he took vengeance on Catherine, Linton’s and the next generation in that way, which make people consider him as a brutal, cold-blooded and evil person. However, this perspective is not convinced. This thesis mainly analyses the character of Heathcliff and the change happened in him from boyhood to manhood. During the time, Heathcliff become very awry. There are two direct reasons resulting in this, the one is the insult from Hindley, the other is that Catherine betrays his love. Nevertheless this is not enough to make him become such a person. The essential reasons can be divided into two aspects, which include oppressing of social class and concept of money and pedigree. In this time, Heathcliff rises up in resistance, dynamical and untamed. In return, it hurt himself deeply, even he pays the cost of his own life. As a passive victim and the figure of tragedy, he deserves our pity. At finally, the inveterate love for Catherine leads him to head for good. In order to extricate himself from existent straits, keep human dignity and obtain the freedom of soul, he becomes a bundle of extreme contradictions. Just such a Heathcliff having writhen features occupies an important place in the history of Literature.

Key Words：Heathcliff, Character, Wuthering Heights