TheAnalysisofCatherine’sPersonalitiesinWutheringHeights-精选文档

1、s Personalities inThe Analysis of CatherineWuthering Heights【】As the most important heroine in Wuthering Heights ， Catherine strongly captures readers mind with her unique and complicated personalities which greatly causes her life and love tragedy. This paper analyzes changes of Catherine s persona

2、lities in her three life phrases.In Wuthering Heights ， protagonists vivid personalities contribute to the significance of this novel. Specifically ， as the heroine ， Catherine s personalities strongly attracts readers. Her dual and complicated personalities in three different phrases of her life co

3、ntribute to her love tragedy and her miserable death.Firstly ， before getting to know the Lintons，Catherine loves Heathcliff passionately and unrestrictedly ， which is the happiestyears in her life.Although Catherine comes from a rich ， middle-class family ， she is brought up without much family edu

4、cation and restriction. She is a wild， rebellious ， and bold girl.She grows up with Heathcliff ， whom she gradually falls inlove with. They spend most of their happy free childhood in the wide moors. During this period ， she loves Heathcliff wholeheartedly because they love is built up on the base o

5、f understanding ， and they both stand together to rebel against the family and other restricting rules. Later，when Catherine is on her deathbed， all she can rememberis the happy memory spent with the young Heathcliff in her childhood.Secondly ， she suffers from controversial personalities. After Cat

6、herine gets to know Edgar Linton who deeply loves her ， she is in a dilemma of choosing a husband between Heathercliff and Edgar. She is so hesitant and confused that she doesn t know whether she should be true to her own heart to be with Heathcliff ， or get married with Edgar. Her controversial per

7、sonalities is showed by the names she repeatedly writes on her books as Catherine Heathcliff or Catherine Linton. At last， she chooses tomarry Linton ， which betrays her true feeling and makes her rest life regrettable. However， she longs for thecomfortable and rich life. She is attracted by the dec

8、ent and civilized lifestyle of the Linton family. She is motivated by the desire of high social status， economicabundance， and a rich lifestyle. Sheis afraid that“IfHeathcliff and I married ， we should be beggars ？”（ Bronte ， 62-65 ）Although she refuses to marry Heathcliff ， Catherine loves Heathcli

9、ff more deeply than anything else in the world. She compares her love to Linton as the “changeable foli age”. However ， she thinks her love to Heathcliffasthe “eternal rocks ”. She says that she and Heathcliff are essentially the same person. She insists that，“Heathcliff is more myself than I am. I

10、am Heathcliff ！” （Bronte ， 65 ） Nevertheless ， she cannot marry him because they would lead a poor life like beggars. Unfortunately，her choice of marrying Linton finally proves to be a wrong decision ， because she never regains happiness after her marriage. Thirdly ， after Heathcliff returns back to

11、 Wuthering Heights ， Catherine s personalities is mixed with hesitance and conflict， which means that she wantsto keep Linton as her husband， and she also hopesHeathcliff be her lover. After she marries Linton， shetries to behave elegantly and courteous， just like theconventional housewives of the g

12、entry class. However， she doesnt really understand Linton and feels his lifestyleboring ， and Catherine describes their difference as“Edgar is as different as a moonbeam from lightning， orfrost from fire.” （ Bronte ， 64 ） Thre e years afterCatherine marries Linton， Heathcliff returns home. WhenCathe

13、rine meets him ， her inner passion to Heathcliff arouses again. She hopes Heathcliff and Linton could get along with each other harmoniously. Moreover ， she doesnt plan to choose between these two men， and she wants to get their love at the same time. Nevertheless ， it is impossible for Edgar and He

14、athcliff to make friends. Being tortured by inner conflict and dilemma， Catherine begins to get sick and almost insane ， which finally leads to her tragedy death. Only with her death ， she can escape from the dilemma of choosing between Edgar and Heathcliff.To boil it down into the briefest summary， as thenovel s heroine ， Catherine deeply impresses readers with her dual personalities and her conflicting emotion towards Heathcliff and Edgar. Her