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《呼啸山庄》英文读后感
《呼啸山庄》英文读后感
导语:
小说描写吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被山庄老主人收养后,因受辱和恋爱不遂.外出致富。
回来后对与其女友凯瑟琳结婚的地主林顿及其子女进行报复的故事。
全篇充满强烈的反压迫、争幸福的斗争精神,又始终笼罩着离奇、紧张的浪漫气氛。
此作品多次被改编成电影作品。
《呼啸山庄》英文读后感 WutheringHeightswaswrittenbyEmilyBronte,publishedin atthattime,itseemedthatthebookwasneitherpopularnordislikedamongpeople,butleftoutbythepublicwithonlyalittlemixedcomments.Howeveritbecamefamousatlast,thoughIdon’tknowwhy;Ijustcameacrosswiththebookinthebookstoreandsomehowboughtandshelveditonthetopofmybookshelfuntilthebookreviewhomeworkcametome.Consequentlythebookdidn’tgivemeasplendidfistimpression,atleastnotbetterthanJaneIyre,whichisalwaystalkedaboutandcomplimentedamonggirls.However,afterreadingthebook,the“neverjudgeabookfromitscover”theorywasdeeplyrootedinmyheart.Themeaningof“cover”hereisnotonlylimitedtothecoatedpaperthatprotectsthebookandattractsreaders,butalsothepubliccommentsonthebook.IseldomhearofcommentsonWutheringHeights,soIthoughtmatter-of-factlythatthebookwouldbeaboringstuff;howeverIwastotallywrong.
WutheringHeightsdemonstratesusalifeprofileinadeformedsociety,thedistortedhumanityinthissocietyandvariousdreadingeventsresultedfromit,bythehandofatragiclovestory.Actuallythewholeplotofthestorycanbedividedintofourpartswhichdevelopsgradually:
ThefirstpartnarratesthechildhoodofCatherineandHeathcliffwholivedtogetherallthetime,thespecialfeelinginthespecialenvironmentbetweenanorphanandamiss,andtherevoltagainstthetyrannyofHindleyEarnshaw.ThesecondpartfocusesonCatherinebetrayedHeathcliff,marriedLintonEdgarandbecamethehostessofThrushcrossGrange.Inthethirdpart,theauthorusesalotoftimeemphasizingonhowdiddesperateHeathcliffturnthehostilityinhischestintothepracticalplanandactiontorevenge.Althoughthere’snothingelseimportantexceptthedeathofHeathcliffinthelastpart,therevivalofhumanityofHeathcliffafterhesawthelovebetweenyoungCatherineandHaretonwasprominentlydemonstrated,whichmakereadersfeelwarmandrelievedafterthebreathtakingdesperationatlast.Thelove,hatred,revengeandhumanityrecovery,hence,istheessenceaswellasanunitingthreadofthewholenovel.
EmilycondensedherpainstakingeffortsontheimageportrayalofHeathcliff,towhomsheplacedallofherindignation,sympathyandideal.Theorphanwhowasexploitedofallthewarmthhedeservedcultivatedstrongemotionofloveandhostilityinhislife;themistreatmentofHindleytaughthimaboutthecrueltyofthelife,aswellasyieldingtohismiserablefatesilently.However,hechosetorevoltwithCatherine,whowashisdevotedpartner,angenuinelovegerminatedbetweenthemintheproceedingofresistance.However,CatherineatlastbetrayedHeathcliffandmarriedamanshedidn’tloveatall.Theimmediatecauseofthistragiclovestoryisherignoranceandvanity,asaresultburiedherownlove,herownyouth,herownlife,herownHeathcliff,evenalmostherownchildren.
WhenEmilyportraystheimageofCatherine,hersympathyaswellaswrathwasapparentlyexpressed;shewasgrievousforherunfortunebutangryforherflaccidityatthesametime,heremotiontowardsCatherinewasfullofcontradiction.ThebiggestturningpointofthewholestoryisthebetrayalofCatherineandhermiserablelifeafterhermarriage,whichturnedHeathcliff’sloveintoengravedhatred;andthishatredexplodedandbecamethemotivationtorevengeforhimselfafterCatherine’sdeath.Hisaimachieved:
notonlydidhetorturedHindleyandEdgaruntiltheydiedandmonopolizedtwomanors,butthenextgenerationwasalsosufferedfromhisflameofvengeance.Thecrazyabreactionofwrathandhostilityseemedtocontradictwithcommonsensebutexpressedhisextraordinaryrebelliousspiritwhichwasmouldedbythespecialenvironment.ThetragedyofHeathcliffwasatragedyofthesocietyaswellasthewholeera.
WutheringHeightsendedwiththesuicideofHeathcliffafterhispurposeofrevengehadachoeved.Inmyopinion,hisdeathwasthelastexpressionofhisloveforCatherine--atleasttheyweretogetheraftertheydied.What’smore,heabandonedhisplantomistreatthenextgenerationbeforehisdeath,whichshowedhisgoodnaturedistortedbythecruelreality.TherevivalofhumanityillustratesEmily’snoblehumanitarianideals.
WutheringHeightshasbeenregardedas“themostpeculiarnovel”ontheEnglishliteraturehistoryduetothesubversionofthesentimentalismstylewhichwaspopularatthattime,replacingpalemelancholywithstrongloveandviolenthatredandtheruthlessrevengeoccuredfromthem.Itisjustlikeaspeciallyricpoemwithabundantimaginationandsmashingemotion,andfullofartisticpowertostri