呼啸山庄男主人公赫斯克里夫的人物分析(英文版毕业论文)Word格式.doc
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Heathcliff,theheroofWutheringHeights,isthemostdepictedcharacterinthebook.Thisbookisfocusedonhistragicstory.HewasintruelovewithCatherinewhenhewasyoung,butafterHindley’soppressionandhumiliationagainsthimandthebetrayalofCatherine,hislovetowardsCatherinewasgoneandallthathelivedforwasrevenge.ThispapermainlydiscusseshisrevengesonHindley,CatherineandherhusbandEdgar,hisambitionofconquestandhislifeofawalkingcorpse.
Keywords:
Heathcliff,revenge,Hindley,Catherine,Edgar,ambition,conquest,walkingcorpse
i.Heathcliff’srevenge
HeathcliffwastakentoWutheringHeightsandbecameonememberofEarnshaw’sfamily.Mr.Earnshawregardedhimashisbelovedson,andnamedhimafterthenameofhissondiedininfancy.ButafterMr.Earnshaw’sdeath,hischildhood’ssenseofsuperiority,developedbythefavorofMr.Earnshaw,hadfadedaway.HindleydroveHeathclifffromtheircompanytotheservantandmadehimdolaborworkashardasanyotherladonthefarm.What’sevenworse,theonlythingthathehad-Catherine’saffection,wastransferredtoEdgar.Whatcouldamanbecomewithoutlove?
Hedecidetoseekrevenge.
i.1Heathcliff’srevengeonHindley
ThreeyearsafterHeathcliffranawayfromWutheringHeights,hecameback.HemadehisrevengeplanonHindley.Hesetabooby-trap,andHindleyfellintoitstepbystep.HindleysitupallnightplayingcardswithHeathcliff,drinkingandcorruptingallthetime.Tohisexpectation,Hindleylostallhismoneyonthebetandhadtoborrowmoneyonhisland.Whenhedied,heownednothing.“Hisfatherdiedindebt,thewholepropertyismortgaged,andtheonlychanceforthenaturalheiristoallowhimanopportunityofcreatingsomesympathyinthecreditor’sheart,thathemaybeinclinedtodealgenerouslywithhim.”Thisisthefinalverdictofhislawyertowardshim-hissonhadtoliveathisenemy’smercyandhispastservantbecametheownerofhisproperty-WutheringHeights.
i.2Heathcliff’srevengeonCatherine
HeathcliffreturnedtoappearinCatherine’slifenotbecausehestilllovedherbutbecausehewantedtoremindherofherhumiliationonhim.Hemadeherbelievethatitwasherbetrayalthatmadehimbecomesocruelandcold-bloodedaman.HealsoattributedIsabella’stragicmarriageonhertellinghimIsabellaistheheirofherbrotherunlesssheboreason.SoCatherinewouldtortureherselftodeathwithself-reproachandremorse.Booby-trapagain.
i.3Heathcliff’srevengeonEdgar
Edgaristhemanwhoscratchedhislover,Heathcliffalsotookrevengeonhim.HepretendedtoflirtwithhiswifetoprovokehimandmakehimfeelthatCatherinelovedHeathcliffmorethanhimself.Hedidn’twanthisdaughterCathytomarryweakLinton.HeathcliffdetainhisdaughterandmadehermarryLinton.Edgarwassofuriousthathediedingrief.Hedidmakeawillthathewilllefthislegacytohisdaughterorhersonifshedied.Heathcliffenjoyedhissufferingevenwhenhedied,hetookawayeverythinghehad,andbecamethemasterofthrushcrossgrange.EdgarhadbeenincompletecontrolofHeathcliff.
ii.ThewillofconquestdeepinHeathcliff
ii.1theoriginofthewillofconquest
Thecausesoftherevengesarethewillofconquest,thepoisonthatpermeatesinHeathcliff’sbody.Thispartwilldealwiththeoriginofthewillofconquest.
IntheOxfordDictionaries,thisitem”conquest”isdefinedastheactofgainingcontrolofsomeoneorsomethingordealwithsomethingthatisdifficultordangerous.
Thewillofconquestisourfreewill.Inthebook”FreeWill”bySamHarris,theauthorgavehisopinions”Freewillisanillusion.Ourwillsaresimplynotofourownmaking.Thoughtsandintentionsemergefrombackgroundcausesofwhichweareunawareandoverwhichweexertnoconsciouscontrol.Wedonothavethefreedomwethinkwehave.”
Yes.Heathcliff’swillofconquestcomesfrompriorcauses-thehumiliationsfromHindley,Linton’sfamilyandthesociety,theoppressionofHindleyandmostdeadly,thebetrayalofCatherine.Heisabandonedbytheworld.Soheseeksrevengetoconquerallthepeopleandpropertiesoverwhichhehadnocontrolinthepast,whichgiveshimtheperceivedgreatestpleasure.
ii.2theactofconquestbythewillofconquest
Inhisrevenges,Hindley,CatherineandEdgararecompletelyincontrolofHeathcliff,hencehefeltthesatisfactionofconquest.TheoccupationoftheWutheringHeightsandthrushcrossgrangehedidn’thaveinthepastalsogavehimasenseofsuperiority.
Notonlythattheactofrevengesandthepossessionofthelandandmoney,positionhelpHeathcliffgettheachievementofconquestbutthathissuccessfulcontrolonHareton,hissonandCathy’sfate.
HaretonnowlivesatthemercyofHeathcliff,hebecomesthepo