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).doc

1、Heathcliff-a shelf corroded by the will of conquestAbstract: Heathcliff, the hero of Wuthering Heights, is the most depicted character in the book. This book is focused on his tragic story. He was in true love with Catherine when he was young, but after Hindleys oppression and humiliation against hi

2、m and the betrayal of Catherine, his love towards Catherine was gone and all that he lived for was revenge. This paper mainly discusses his revenges on Hindley, Catherine and her husband Edgar, his ambition of conquest and his life of a walking corpse.Key words: Heathcliff, revenge, Hindley, Catheri

3、ne, Edgar, ambition, conquest, walking corpsei. Heathcliffs revengeHeathcliff was taken to Wuthering Heights and became one member of Earnshaws family. Mr. Earnshaw regarded him as his beloved son, and named him after the name of his son died in infancy. But after Mr. Earnshaws death, his childhoods

4、 sense of superiority, developed by the favor of Mr. Earnshaw, had faded away. Hindley drove Heathcliff from their company to the servant and made him do labor work as hard as any other lad on the farm. Whats even worse, the only thing that he had-Catherines affection, was transferred to Edgar. What

5、 could a man become without love? He decide to seek revenge.i. 1 Heathcliffs revenge on HindleyThree years after Heathcliff ran away from Wuthering Heights, he came back. He made his revenge plan on Hindley. He set a booby-trap, and Hindley fell into it step by step. Hindley sit up all night playing

6、 cards with Heathcliff, drinking and corrupting all the time. To his expectation, Hindley lost all his money on the bet and had to borrow money on his land. When he died, he owned nothing. “His father died in debt, the whole property is mortgaged, and the only chance for the natural heir is to allow

7、 him an opportunity of creating some sympathy in the creditors heart, that he may be inclined to deal generously with him.” This is the final verdict of his lawyer towards him-his son had to live at his enemys mercy and his past servant became the owner of his property-Wuthering Heights.i. 2 Heathcl

8、iffs revenge on CatherineHeathcliff returned to appear in Catherines life not because he still loved her but because he wanted to remind her of her humiliation on him. He made her believe that it was her betrayal that made him become so cruel and cold-blooded a man. He also attributed Isabellas trag

9、ic marriage on her telling him Isabella is the heir of her brother unless she bore a son. So Catherine would torture herself to death with self-reproach and remorse. Booby-trap again.i. 3 Heathcliffs revenge on EdgarEdgar is the man who scratched his lover, Heathcliff also took revenge on him. He pr

10、etended to flirt with his wife to provoke him and make him feel that Catherine loved Heathcliff more than himself. He didnt want his daughter Cathy to marry weak Linton. Heathcliff detain his daughter and made her marry Linton. Edgar was so furious that he died in grief. He did make a will that he w

11、ill left his legacy to his daughter or her son if she died. Heathcliff enjoyed his suffering even when he died, he took away everything he had, and became the master of thrushcross grange. Edgar had been in complete control of Heathcliff.ii. The will of conquest deep in Heathcliffii.1 the origin of

12、the will of conquestThe causes of the revenges are the will of conquest, the poison that permeates in Heathcliffs body. This part will deal with the origin of the will of conquest.In the Oxford Dictionaries, this item ”conquest” is defined as the act of gaining control of someone or something or dea

13、l with something that is difficult or dangerous.The will of conquest is our free will. In the book ”Free Will” by Sam Harris, the author gave his opinions”Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making. Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unawa

14、re and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.”Yes. Heathcliffs will of conquest comes from prior causes-the humiliations from Hindley, Lintons family and the society, the oppression of Hindley and most deadly, the betrayal of Catherine. He is abandoned

15、 by the world. So he seeks revenge to conquer all the people and properties over which he had no control in the past, which gives him the perceived greatest pleasure.ii.2 the act of conquest by the will of conquestIn his revenges, Hindley, Catherine and Edgar are completely in control of Heathcliff,

16、 hence he felt the satisfaction of conquest. The occupation of the Wuthering Heights and thrushcross grange he didnt have in the past also gave him a sense of superiority.Not only that the act of revenges and the possession of the land and money, position help Heathcliff get the achievement of conquest but that his successful control on Hareton, his son and Cathys fate. Hareton now lives at the mercy of Heathcliff, he becomes the po