英语毕业论文材料：呼啸山庄复仇.doc

1、摘要:唐泰斯和希刺克利夫分别是复仇小说基督山伯爵和呼啸山庄中的主人公，唐泰斯历来被世人视为“天神”的化身，而希刺克利夫则被看作是“恶魔”的代表。其实，同为复仇者，他们本质上是一致的，他们身上交织着爱恨情仇，他们都有着顽强的毅力，都选择了金钱作为自己复仇的工具，并且最后两人都获得了一定程度上的新生。 关键词:复仇;唐泰斯;希刺克利夫 产生于19世纪40年代的基督山伯爵和呼啸山庄都是以复仇为主题的小说，因为其深刻的思想内容和精湛的创作技巧而在世界文学史上占据了非常重要的地位。小说中两位复仇者形象也倍受人关注。然而，唐泰斯的复仇被披上正义神圣的外衣，他被视为复仇天神。而希刺克利夫却被世人痛恨，认为他

2、是一个十恶不赦、人性泯灭的恶魔。就连夏洛蒂在给艾米莉的遗作写序时也这样说，“只有希刺克利夫才真正是百罪莫赎，在他那直奔地狱的道路上从没有一次偏离过方向。” 呼啸山庄是一出爱情悲剧。作者的全部心血凝聚在希剌克厉夫形象的塑造上。小说的情节结构是依照希剌克厉夫的爱-恨-复仇-人性的复苏而展开的。场景时而阴云密布时而鬼哭狼嚎，时而暴风骤雨，阴森惨淡，故事始终再神秘气氛的笼罩下。这个被剥夺了人间温暖的弃儿希剌克厉夫从辛德雷那儿尝到了皮鞭的痛苦；他忍气吞声的屈服，无法改变自己的命运，他只有起来奋斗反抗，才使自己的命运有了转机。从凯瑟琳对爱情的背叛，使他狂热的爱化作无比的恨，他要对那个吃人的礼数社会，对剥夺

3、他爱的金钱世界进行复仇。而复仇扭曲了他的人性，他设计阴谋，使人破产，把他人财产占为己有；他不仅要报复同代仇人，还要对仇人的子孙实施报复。而他的死则是一种殉情，表达了他对凯瑟琳生死不渝的爱，他的死也表示他的人性的复苏，他最终放弃了对下一代的复仇计划。这里，希剌克厉夫成为暴虐无情的魔鬼是那个吃人的社会所造成的。而希剌克厉夫的人性复苏则市作者人道主义思想的反映。可以说，作者在这个人物身上寄托了自己的全部愤慨、激情、力量、同情和理想；凯瑟琳是作者塑造的另一个心仪的人物，她有希剌克厉夫一样的反叛精神，一个庄园小姐不顾门第爱上一个野气十足的弃儿；她始终爱着希剌克厉夫，即使她嫁了人，依然有情于他。她说：“在

4、这个世界上，我最大的悲痛就是希剌克厉夫的悲痛我对林敦的爱像树林中的叶子我对希剌克厉夫的爱恰似地面的岩石。但由于她一时软弱、虚荣和愚蠢，葬送了自己的青春、爱情和生命，她毁了希剌克厉夫和差一点伤害了下一代。作者对这个人物有同情，有愤慨，有鞭策，有惋惜。 呼啸山庄被认为是英国小说史上一部最奇特的小说，最具有艺术震撼力的小说之一，原因是那时代的伤感忧郁情调小说风行，没有像呼啸山庄表达出来的那种狂飙般的爱和憎，这种情感才是人类情感的极至，惟有极至化的性格、情感和经历的人才能打动我们读者的心弦，作品才会取得永恒祭台的位置。 Published in 1847, WUTHERING HEIGHTS was

5、not well received by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural-and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when WUTHERING HEIGHTS received a second printing with an introduction by Emilys s

6、ister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked back. Today it is widely recognized as one of the great novels of English literature. Even so, WUTHERING HEIGHTS continues to divide readers. It is not a pretty love story; rather, i

7、t is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness. It is cruel, violent, dark and brooding, and many people find it extremely unpleasant. And yet-it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of tremendous pity and great loss that sets i

8、t apart from virtually every other novel written. The novel is told in the form of an extended flashback. After a visit to his strange landlord, a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family-which he receives from Nelly Deans, a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who

9、 once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights. It was once a cheerful place, but Old Earnshaw adopted a Gipsy child who he named Heathcliff. And Catherine, daughter of the house, found in him the perfect companion: wild, rude, and as proud and cruel as she. But although Catherine loves him,

10、even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station. She instead marries another, and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all. WUTHERING HEIGHTS is a bit difficult to get into; the opening chapters are so dark in their por

11、trait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off-putting. But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way, setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature, a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays ou

12、t across two generations. Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable, both vicious and cruel, and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the other. As the novel coils further into alcoholism, seduction, and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of

13、 revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff, driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world-dragging her corpse from the grave, hearing her calling to him from the moors, escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her

14、memory will never fade, so that she may never leave his mind until death itself. Yes, this is madness, insanity, and there is no peace this side of the grave or even beyond. Many people in the world are trying to find a perfect companion.Some of these may marry and not know what their new husband or

15、 wife is like.This kind of situation often leads to separation or hostility. Other situations may develop between two friends that stem from jealousy, desire for revenge, uncaring parents, etc. Emily Bronts Wuthering Heights displays several characteristics of destructive relationships. Three of these are uncaring parents, marriage without knowing the person, and jealousy. Uncaring or unsympathizing parents are shown throughou