Analysis of the Distortion of Heathcliff’s Humanity In Wuthering Heights(英语论文).doc

Analysis of the Distortion of Heathcliff’s Humanity In Wuthering Heights 浅析《呼啸山庄》中希斯克列夫的人性扭曲 Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, is one of the greatest masterpieces of literature. From the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man, abused, betrayed and distorted by his social states because he is a poor man. As a love story, the novel is one of the most moving ones since the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves to be the most intense, the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible, ever to be found possible in human beings. As for me, I think the causes for Heathcliff’s distortion as followings. Firstly, Heathcliff’s personal background is the origin of his distortion. The discriminaton of his humble status is sure to destroy his life and distort his humanity. Heathcliff is a homeless orphan. By accident, he is brought to live at Wuthering Heights. In fact, except for old Mr.Earnshaw and Catherine, other people have never accepted him. But Heathcliff is a normal human, he also has all kinds of normal human’s physical and spiritual needs. Just because he sprang from obscurity, he lost all of these rights. He is marked as the lower class, so he loses all of his happiness. Especially when he overhears Catherine say that it would degrade her to marry him, he is overwhelmed by despair. From then on, there is only one word in his mind, that is revenge. He leaves Wuthering Heights, not to escape, but to find the way to pay his enemies back. Secondly, it is the injustice of society. Heathcliff is fated to his circumstances. He can not change the reality. However, a gentleman adopts him. Therefore, he inevitably has the desire to be a respectable man. But the other characters, including the Lintons and Catherine, prove complicit in the obliteration of Heathcliff’s hope. There is an unbridgeable gap between Catherine and Heathcliff’s social positions. Hindley believes that Heathcliff is a usurper who takes away his father’s affection and priv