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1、WutheringHeights---TheCallofTrueLoveandHumanityI.IntroductionEmilyBrontewasanauthoressofEngland,whowasborninHaworth,aYorkshirevillageinthemidstofthemoorsin1818,anddiedin1848.Shelivedaneccentric,closelyguardedlife.WutheringHeights,whathasbeenoneofthemo
2、stpopularandhighlyevaluatednovelsinEnglishliterature,writtenbyEmilyBronte.InEmily’swholelife,shehasnotwrittenanyotherworksexceptonenovelandsomepoems.However,theonlynovelofher—WutheringHeights,seemedtoholdlittlepromisewhenitwaspublishedin1847,receiving
3、onlyafewmixedreviews.Victorianreadersfoundthebookshockingandinappropriateinitsdeceptionofpassionate,ungovernedloveandcruelty,andtheworkwasvirtuallyignored.WutheringHeightsisastory,whichismainlyaboutloveandhumanity.ThelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherine,
4、HaretonandCathyandtheexchangeofHeathcliff’shumanityarewoveninthisnovel.Heathcliffisanextremelycomplexcharacter.Becausehe,awaifofthelowestorderinsociety,iseagerforloveandfriendship,butisforeverlookeddownuponandrejectedbysuchasociety.Atfirstglance,reade
5、rsmayfeelhimwicked,evenacriminal.However,afterNellyDean’snarrative,therearesomeexplanationsforhim.Thus,finallyheearnsthesympathyandunderstandingofthereaders.Alloftheseareconnectedwithhismiserableexperienceinsokindasociety.WhilealthoughHaretonhasbeenil
6、ltreatedbyHeathcliff,hehasnottakenthesameactionasHeathcliffhasdone.Heathcliff,theheroofthenovel,isanorphan,whohasbeenpickedupbyMr.EarnshawandbroughtuptogetherwithCatherineandHindely,twochildrenoftheEarnshawfamily.Heathcliffistreatedbadlybyeveryoneexce
7、ptoldEarnshawandCatherine.However,CatherineforsakeshimandmarriesEdgarLinton.HeathcliffishurtbyCatherine’svainglory,soherunsaway.Threeyearslater,HeathcliffhasbecomearichmanandcomebacktoseekrevengeonHindley,Edgarandalltheothersthathehates.Hishumanityhas
8、completelytwisted.Inthenovel,Hindley,Catherine,Edgar,IsabellaandHeathcliff’slittlesonLintonalldie.HeathcliffisleftinfullpossessionofthepropertiesofbothWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrangeandthetwochildrenofhisenemies—CathyandHareton,whohavefal
