Wuthering-heightsWuthering-heightsAnanalysisofWuthering HeightsKeyFactsThemesCharactersPlotsSymbolsCommentsWritingFeaturesKeyFactsAuthor:EmilyBrontGenre:criticalrealismnovelPlots:loveandrevengeSetting:the18th,NorthEnglandPublishedtime:1847.12.Pointofview:FirstpersonpointofviewTheRelationshipsBetweenCharactersWutheringHeights:theEarnshawsHindleyCatherineEdgarHeathcliffIsabellaThrushcrossGrange:theLintonsHaretonCathyLintonEllanLockwodYorkshireMoorsMajor CharactersTwo Narrators:1. Ellen (Nelly) DeanAservantoftwoestates.Loyal,conventionalandhasamindofherown.Shetellsthestoryhappenedinthepast.2. Mr.LockwoodArichtravellerwholivesinhisrentingestate,ThrushcrossGrange.Hetellswhatheseeswhenhelivesthere.2.Heathcliff He is a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man.Also he is a cruel and a savage revenger.His revenge almost destorys two families.Heath荒野荒野Cliff岩石岩石Heathcliff3. Catherine EarnshawDuality of her personality:A hoyden: passionate, naive rebellious and stubborn.A lady: fickle(浮躁的), snnobish（势力的）,vainglorious（虚荣心强的）4. HindleySpoony-loveFrancesdeeplySelfish-onlylovehiswifeandhimselfJealous-jealoustoHeathcliffwhenhisfatherisalive.5. Edgar LindonVirtue: handsome,young,lovely,rich,graceful,well-mannered,andinstilledwithcivilizedvirtues.Defect: mannerismandcowardlyHeisacontrasttoHeathcliffbothphysicallyandspiritually.6. IsabellaA foolish and overindulged girl. Her silly romantic nature leads her to fall in love with Heathcliff despite his obvious unsuitability.7. HaretonHe is initially targeted by Heathcliff as a object of revenge.An unkempt ill-bred(粗野的粗野的) and uneducated young man, be treated like a servanet.He is basically good and, at last,get his true love of Cathy.8. Cathy LintonKind-hearted, intense and livelyGood-looking, well-eduated and filial(孝顺的)Cathy is the abbreviation of Catherine.9. Linton HeathcliffA sickly and effeminate(柔弱的)young manSpoiled and weaklingWhining(发牢骚的)and self-pitying(自怜的)With his fathers bad temperThemesLoveClassRevenge Spiritual feelings LoveRomantic loves take many forms in Wuthering Heights.Catherine Heathcliff passionateCatherine Linton civilizedCathy Hareton gentleMy love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time would change it, Im well aware, as winter change the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rock beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.我对林我对林顿顿的爱像是树林的叶子的爱像是树林的叶子, ,到了冬天，到了冬天， 树叶树叶就要凋落了就要凋落了, ,时光会改变它时光会改变它, ,我对希刺克厉夫的爱我对希刺克厉夫的爱则像树下面的永恒不变的岩石，虽然看起来他给则像树下面的永恒不变的岩石，虽然看起来他给你的快乐并不多，可是这点愉快却是必需的永久你的快乐并不多，可是这点愉快却是必需的永久的。的。 ClassEarnshawsandLintonsarebothmembersofmiddlleclass,andtheyownestates.Beingafoundling(捡来的孩子捡来的孩子)withnofamilytieandnoland,Heathcliffisthelowestonthetotempole.CatherinemarriesLinton,forshewillbethegreatestwomanoftheneighborhood.Did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married, we should be beggars? Whereas, if Imarry Linton, I can aid Heathcliff to rise, and place him out of my brothers power.-By CatherineHeathcliffs revenge affects everyone in the novel. When he cannot have the woman he loves, he turns his attention to revenge.Hetakesadvantageofthedrunken,gamblingHindley,winninghisWutheringHeightsfromhimasthecollateralofhisgamblinglosses.HemistreatsHareton,Hindleysson,inmuchthesamewayhehasbeenmistreated.Invengeance,hemarriesIsabella,thesimpleandinfatuatedsisterofEdgarLinton.Finally,heabandonshisvengefulplansandwaitsfordeathtoreunitewithhisbelovedCatherine.Meanwhile,Heathcliffsuccessfullytransformedfromtheoppressedonetoaoppressor.Here lies the novels theme that a full human life in a capitalist society was impossible of attainment. (P313,Para2,last three lines)Spiritual feelings Heathcliff,therealsoulmateofCatherine.Edgarwasonlypartofhersuperficiallove.WhenCatherinemarriesLinton,shealwaysfeelslostthoughherlifeisindeedhappy.Heathcliffishopingfordeathafterhissuccessfulrevenge.BecausehebelieveshecanbereunitedwithCatherineintheheaven.Whathepursuitsisnotwealthorstatus,butspiritualsatisfactionofbeingwithCatherine.Illustration on textbookSymbols1.Heathcliff-wild,naturalpower2.The moor- wildthreatposedbynature.AsthesettingforthebeginningsofCatherineandHeathcliffsbond,themoorlandtransfersassociationsontotheloveaffair.3.Feather-Freedominphysicalandmental.4.Ghost- humansoulwithoutdependence5. Wuthering Heights -(Wutheringisalocalword,meaningwild,exposed,storm-blown)isinaveryexposedpositiononthemoors,afourmilewalkfromThrushcrossGrange.SymbolsWriting Features of Wuthering Heights b.Itsacombinationofrealismandgothicsymbolism.a.Itsaframestorystorytoldinmutiplenarrators.1.Hernovelisuniqueinitsstructureandvision.2.Emilyexpressesthefeelingsoftheheroesundersuppression,tensionandconflictsanddescribesthefatesoftheseheroes.3.Thelanguageissimple,adorned(不加修饰的不加修饰的)butfullofpower.Writing Features of Wuthering HeightsComments1.Wuthering Heightsisastoryofalmostmorbidloveaswellasapowerfulattackonthebourgeoismarriagesystemandsocialprejudice.2.ThescenesinthenovelarequitedramaticandthestoryismostexcitingjustlikeaGothicnovel.3.Itsacryofdespairingagonywrung(迫使说出迫使说出)fromEmilybylifeitself. A Short ClipThanks结束语结束语谢谢大家聆听！谢谢大家聆听！28