英语论文的两个外部和内部组件的比较分析在呼啸山庄报仇红字.docx

1、英语论文的两个外部和内部组件的比较分析在呼啸山庄报仇红字A Comparative Analysis of the External andInternal Components of the Two Revenges inWuthering Heights and The Scarlet Letter1. Introduction 32. Reasons for revenge 42.1 Objective elements for Heathcliffs vengeance 42.1.1 Heathcliffs life experience 42.1.2 The abuse from H

2、indley 52.1.3 Betrayal of Catherine 62.1.4 Ambiguous class status 72.2 Subjective elements for Heathcliffs vengeance 82.2.1 A sense of inferiority 82.2.2 Twisted character 82.2.3 A blend of love and hatred 92.3 External reasons for Chillingworths avenge 102.3.1 Adultery of Hester 102.3.2 Puritanism

3、122.4 Internal reasons for Chillingworths avenge 132.4.1 Selfishness 132.4.2 Hatred 132.4.3 Chillingworths true natureevil in heart 143. The Similarities between the characters and the ways they revenge 153.1 Typical villains of gothic novels 153.2 Inability to forgive 163.3 Self-destruction 174. Th

4、e differences in significance and functions of revenge in these two stories 184.1 Emily Brontes vision of humanity and evil represented by the image of Heathcliff 18 4.2 Nathaniel Hawthornes concept of the “original sin” symbolized by Chillingworth 195. Conclusion 20Inability of characters to forgiv

5、e others is shown to be the cause of deep unhappiness. Heathcliffs inability to forgive Catherine for marrying Edgar, his failure to forgive Hindleys abuse on him indirectly leads to their tragic love story and the misery of his destiny. However, when Cathy dies, Heahcliff has forgiven her betrayal.

6、 “Kiss me again, but dont see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me”(Emily Bronte, 1994: 148). Chillingworth, yet, couldnt forgive Hesters adultery even though he doesnt revenge on her. “Therefore, as a man who has not thought and philosophized in vain, I seek no vengeance, plot no evil agai

7、nst thee. Between thee and me, and scale hangs fairly balanced. But, Hester, the man lives who has wronged us both!”(Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1994: 75). Yet he would not give up the revenge on Dimmesdale. He tells Hester in their interview. “I shall see him tremble. I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly

8、 and unawares, sooner of later, he must needs be mine!”(Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1994: 75). “His fame, his position his life, will be in my hand, Beware!”(Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1994: 76). 163.3 Self-destruction 17Heathcliff and Chillingworth come to destruction in the end. Hawthorne says after the death

9、of Dimmesdale, “ All his strength and energy to desert him; in so much that he positively withered up, shriveled away, and almost vanished from mortal sight, like and uprooted weed tat lies wilting in sun” (Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1994: 260). Heathcliff, the same, lives in deep desire for the reunion w

10、ith Catherine in the heaven, died in the end. He said at the end of the novel“ You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone that I feel see only death1 I fell like death!”(Emily Bronte, 1994: 268). 17Fortunately, just before they died, they give up vengeance and do some good deeds. Chil

11、lingworh “Has bequeathed a very considerable amount of property, both here and in England, go little Pearl” (Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1994: 261). Perhaps this act, to some extent, redeems the person who has the blackest sin. Heathcliff gave up his plan to block the engagement between Cathy and Hareton.

12、As he said to Nelly, “I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing”(Emily Bronte, 1994: 295). Maybe his last mercy helps him regain somewhat of humanity. 17Heathciff and Chillingworth are similar in their images, but these two characters revenges ha

13、ve different significances and functions under the two authors. 184. The differences in significance and functions of revenge in these two stories 184.1 Emily Brontes vision of humanity and evil represented by the image of Heathcliff 18Wuthering Heights reflects the harsh reality of English society

14、in the 19th century and is a critical realism masterpiece. “In Victorias period, the rich are enormously proud of their success and property; the secular sense of hierarchy penetrates into the daily life of common people; money and property is nothing but everything. Under the control of this concep

15、t, the spirit of human is suppressed and humanity is twisted and deformed. At this time, Emily who has strong rebelling and strong desire for freedom wrote Wuthering Heights and created the character Heathcliff to disclose the evilness of the society”(綦小风, 2006). Heathcliffs humanity was twisted, br

16、oken and destroyed under the cruel reality of the society. In the world reined by Heathcliff, the love between Cathy and Hareton breaks through the hard soil of hatred. Only the pure love can save a degenerated soul and heal the injured heart. The stormy and fierce environment in the heights, the obvious prejudice toward the poor changed Heathcliff, from a kind boy to a vicious villain, and he lost his h