《呼啸山庄》主题分析

《呼啸山庄》主题分析《呼啸山庄》主题分析《呼啸山庄》主题分析xxx公司《呼啸山庄》主题分析文件编号：文件日期：修订次数：第1.0次更改批准审核制定方案设计，管理制度Analysesofthethemeof“WutheringHeights”-------Greg郭永Theauthorlivedintheearly19thcentury,thatis,theunrestbeginningperiodoftheVictorianage.WiththeIndustrialRevolutionexertingitsinfluenceonthewholeBritishsociety,capitalismenjoyedrapiddevelopmentwhileexposingmoreandmoreitsdefects:severeconfrontationbetweencapitalistsandworkers;highunemploymentrate;thewideninggapbetweentherichandpoor.Underthesecircumstances,varioussocialevilsbegantodevelopandspread.Theauthoralsofinishedherfamouswork”WutheringHeights“undersuchbackground.Inthisnovel,theauthorcriticizedaseriesofsocialevilsthroughherdescriptionofplot.Wecouldfindthesefromthemaincharacters.ThesocialstrategybetweenHeathcliffandCathyliedintheirdifferentsocialclasses.CathywasayoungladywhocamefromawealthyfamilywhileHeathcliffwasonlyaGypsyorphan.Inthisnovel,hehadsuffereddiscriminationandpersecutionsincehewasyoung.JustlikethemainCharacterinthedrama”TheMerchantinVenice”Shylock,whorepresentedthethousandsofdiscriminatedandpersecutedJews.HeathcliffalsorepresentedmanyGypsieswholivedinhardshipofthattime.Inthenovel,HeathcliffandCathywereinnocentplaymate;theydevelopedtheirlovesincetheywereyoung.Butastheygrewup,Cathygraduallyrealizedtheimmensedisparitiesoftheirsocialstatusandtheirlovewasunacceptabletothesocietyofthattime.Stricthierarchyaccountedfortheirseparation.Sotheauthorherecriticizednotonlyracialdiscriminationburalsohierarchy.“WutheringHeights”wascomposedintheVictorianage.Inthattime,thereweresomestandardsofevaluationforwomen:womenwereconsideredasfamilyangelsandtheylivedasdaughters,wives,andmothers.Sowecanseethatwomenatthattimearenotallowedtoliveindependently,theyhavetodependontheirfathers,husbands,andsons.Inthisnovel,asalittledaughterwhowasdeprivedofallrights,Cathyhadakindofsub-consciousnesstorebelthepatriarchalsocietyrepresentedbyherbrotherHindley.WecanseethatfromthegiftshehopedfromherfatherwhenheleftforLiverpool;shewantedahorsewhipwhichsymbolizedpower.AfterHindleyinheritedtheWutheringHeighets,heforcedCathytoleaveHeathcliff,whichmadehimhostiletobothofthem.Cathytriedtorebelledagainsthim,butshefailed.Inthepatriarchalsociety,women’sindependentawarenesswasexcludedfromtheirstatusandbody.Theserepresentedauthor’scriticismtopatriarchy.DuringherstayinginThrushcrossGrange,CathyknewLinton,ahandsome,youngman,whowasthesuccessoroftheThrushcrossGrange.Duringthatperiod,hermindbegantochange.Shediscardedherpastmindwhichwasreplacedbysomematerialthoughts.AftershecamebackfromtheThrushcrossGrange,shedeterminedtomarryLinton.Itwasaharddecision,andthereasonwhyshemadesuchadecisionwascomplicated.Foronething,ifshemarriedHeathcliff,theirmarriagewasunacceptabletothesociety,andtheymightbecomebeggarsasshesaid.ButifshemarriedLinton,shecouldrelyonhiswealthandfametohelpHeathclifftogetpromotionandliveagoodlife.Besides,shealsocouldgetridofHindley’sinterferenceinherlife.Foranother,shealsohadsomeprivatepurposes,asshesaid,”Lintonisrich,youngandhandsome.Hemeetsalltherequirementsofgirls’choiceofhusband.IcouldbecomethemostfamouswomaninthatareabyrelyingonLinton.”Thereisnodoubtthatthesewordsrepresentinghermindofhypocrisy,money-worshipandignorance.Weshouldnotblameherforthese,becauseitwasthesocialbackgroundofthattimemadeshehadsuchideas.Inaword,thesocietyofthattimewasmoney-orientedandfullofhypocrisy.Undersuchcircumstances,itishardtokeepthepurityofhuman’snature.Heathcliffwasdiscriminatedbecauseofhisbackgroundandsocialstatus.Hebelongedtothelowclass.Thoughhebecamerichlater,peopleonlyrespected