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1、AnalysisofHeathcliffinWutheringHeights【Abstract】:HeathclffistheprotagonistinthegreatnovelWutheringHeightsbyEmilyBronte.Thegoalofthispaperistoanalyzethebackground,characteristic,andinnerworldofHeathcliff.Throughthespecificandprofoundanalysis,itexplainstheinevitabilityofHeathcliff’
2、stragicloveandlife.【Keywords】:Contradiction;kindness;love;cruelty;hatred;half-happinessandhalf-sadness;vacancyIntroduction:Heathcliff,ahomelessorphanonthestreetsofLiverpool,wasadoptedbyMr.EarnshawandlivedatwutheringHeights.HefellinlovewithMrEarnshaw’sdaughtercatherine.AfterMr.Ear
3、nshawdied,hisresentfulsonHindleyabusedHeathcliffandtreatedhimasaservant.Becauseofherdesireforsocialprominence,CatherinemarriedEdgarLintoninsteadofHeathcliff.Heathcliff’shumiliationandmiseryprompthimtospendmostoftherestofhislifeseekingrevengeonHindley,hisbelovedCatherine,andtheirr
4、espectivechildren(HaretonandyoungCatherine).Apowerful,fierce,andoftencruelman,HeathcliffacquiredafortuneandusedhisextraordinarypowersofwilltoacquirebothWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange,theestateofEdgarLinton.Howeverafterfinishallhisrevenge,hedidn’tfeelhappyatall,andthenhecomm
5、ittedsuicidewithadreamtomeetCatherine.1.Heathcliff’sbackgroundWhenBrontecomposedWutheringHeightsinthe1840s,theEnglisheconomywasseverelydepressed,andtheconditionsofthefactoryworkersinindustrialareaslikeLiverpoolweresoappallingthattheupperandmiddleclassesfearedviolentrevolt.Thus,ma
6、nyofthemoreaffluentmembersofsocietybeheldtheseworkerswithamixtureofsympathyandfear.HeathcliffwasagypsyfoundlingonthestreetsofLiverpool.Asgypsywasinthatsituation,thelittlegypsyboyheathcliffwaslookeddownuponanddiscriminatedbyothers.Hispeersinsultedhimallthetime,especiallyMrearnshaw
7、’ssonHindley.Fortunately,MrEarnshawlovedhimverymuch.MrEarnshawnotonlygavehimanamebothforChristianandsurnamebutalsogavehimahome.That’saverycrucialturningpointofHeathcliff’slife.WhenhewasfirstlybroughttoWutheringHeights,hewasa“dirty,ragged,black-hairedchild”,andatthattimehewascalle
8、dbyMrs.Earnshaw“gypsybrat”.Ononehand,aft
