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对呼啸山庄的英文评价对呼啸山庄的英文评价1ThoughtsorreflectionsonreadingWutheringHeightsThebookwaswrittenbyEmilyBronte,itpublishedin1847.Butatthattime,itseemedtoholdlittlepromise,sellingverypoorlyandreceivingonlyafewmixedreviews.Ifoundthisinourschoollibrary,Ichosethisbookbecausethetitleattractedme.Thebookisstructuredaroundtwoparallellovestories,thefirsthalfofthenovelcenteringonthelovebetweenCatherineandHeathcliff,whilethelessdramaticsecondhalffeaturesthedevelopinglovebetweenyoungCatherineandHareton.Incontrasttothefirst,thelattertaleendshappily,restoringpeaceandordertoWutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange.Inthestory,thetwohouses,WutheringHeightsandThrushcrossGrange,representopposingworldsandvalues.Ispenttwentydaysreadingthisbook.Afterreadingthisbook,IfeltforHeathcliffatfirst.HeathcliffbeginshislifeasahomelessorphanonthestreetsofLiverpool,andthenhetyrannizedbyHindleyEarnshaw.ButhebecomesavillainwhenheacquirespowerandreturnstoWutheringHeightswithmoneyandthetrappingsofagentleman.Hismalevolenceprovessogreatandlong—lasting.Ashehimselfpointsout,hisabuseofIsabella—hiswifeispurelysadistic,asheamuseshimselfbyseeinghowmuchabuseshecantakeandstillcomecringingbackformore.Catherinerepresentswildnature,inbothherhigh,livelyspiritsandheroccasionalcruelty.ShelovesHeathcliffsointenselythatsheclaimstheyarethesameperson.However,heractionsaredriveninpartbyhersocialambitions,whichinitiallyareawakenedduringherfirststayattheLintons,andwhicheventuallycompelhertomarryEdgar.Catherineisfree—spirited,beautiful,spoiled,andoftenarrogant,sheisgiventofitsoftemper,andsheistornbetweenherbothofthemenwholoveher.Thelocationofhercoffinsymbolizestheconflictthattearsaparthershortlife.SheisburiedinacorneroftheKirkyard.IncontrasttoCatherine,IsabellaLinton—Catherine’ssister—in—lawrepresentscultureandcivilization,bothinherrefinementandinherweakness.Ultimately,sheruinsherlifebyfallinginlovewithHeathcliff.HeneverreturnsherfeelingsandtreatsherasameretoolinhisquestforrevengeontheLintonfamily.JustasIsabellaLintonservesasCatherine’sfoil,Ed