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1、First, it is a love tragedy from which Emily presented a life of a deformed society and draws the outline of humanity that was warped by the abnormal society, and a series of terrible events caused by it. From this angle we can learn that its romantic ingredient is rare especially.This thesis will g

2、ive a detailed comment on the Romanism in Wuthering Heights by analyzing some main characters and the environment, as well as the whole background of this novel. 1.1 The Introduction of the AuthorEmily Bront was born in Thornton, near Bradford in Yorkshire, to Patrick Bront and Maria Branwell. She w

3、as the younger sister of Charlotte Bront and the fifth of six children. In 1824, the family moved to Haworth, where Emilys father was perpetual curate, and it was in these surroundings that their literary oddities flourished. Between the years 1824 and 1825 Emily attended the school at Cowan Bridge

4、with Charlotte, and then was largely educated at home. In childhood, after the death of their mother, the three sisters and their brother Patrick Branwell Bront created imaginary lands, which were featured in stories they wrote. Little of Emilys works from this period survived, except for poems spok

5、en by characters.In 1838, Emily commenced work as a governess at Miss Patchetts Ladies Academy at Law Hill School, near Halifax, leaving after about six months due to homesickness. Later, with her sister Charlotte, she attended a private school in Brussels run by Constantin Heger and his wife, Clair

6、e Zo Parent Heger. They later tried to open up a school at their home, but had no pupils.Her fathers bookshelf offered a variety of reading: the Bible, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott and many others. The children also read enthusiastically articles on current affairs and intellectu

7、al disputes in Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine,Frasers Magazine, andEdinburgh Review.Unlike Charlotte, Emily had no close friends. She wrote a few letters and was interested in mysticism. It was the discovery of Emilys poetic talent by Charlotte that led her and her sisters to publish a joint collecti

8、on of their poetry in 1846, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Bront sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the same initials: Charlotte became Currer Bell, Anne became Acton Bell and Emily became Ellis Bell. Durin

9、g their stay in Brussels in 1842, Emilys health, like her sisters, had been weakened by the harsh local climate at home and at school. She caught a cold during the funeral of her brother in September, which led to tuberculosis. Refusing medical help, she died on December 19th, 1848 at about two in t

10、he afternoon.1.2 The Background of the NovelIn 1847, she published her only novel, Wuthering Heights, a story-within-a-story, as two volumes of a three volume set （the last volume being Agnes Grey by her sister Anne）, did not gain immediate success as CharlottesJane Eyre. Its innovative structure so

11、mewhat puzzled critics. Although it received mixed reviews when it first came out, it has acclaimed later fame as one of the most intense novels written in the English language, the book subsequently became an English literary classic. In 1850, Charlotte edited and published Wuthering Heights as a s

12、tand-alone novel and under Emilys real name. In contrast to Charlotte and Anne, whose novels take the form of autobiographies written by authoritative and reliable narrators, Emily introduced an unreliable narrator, Lockwood. He constantly misinterprets the reactions and interactions of the inhabita

13、nts of Wuthering Heights. More reliable is Nelly Dean, the housekeeper, who has lived for two generations with the novels two principal families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons.1.3 A Summation for the Content of the Novel Lockwood is a gentleman visiting the Yorkshire moors where the novel is set. At

14、 night Lockwood dreams of hearing a fell-fire sermon and then, awakening, he records taps on the window of his room. . I discerned, obscurely, a childs face looking through the window terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on the broken

15、pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, Let me in! and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. （Emily Bronte, 1999: 20）. The hands belong to Catherine Linton, whose eerie appearance echo the violent turns of the plot.

16、In a series of flashbacks and time shifts, Bront draws a powerful picture of the enigmatic Heathcliff, who is brought to Heights from the streets of Liverpool by Mr Earnshaw. Heathcliff is treated as Earnshaws own children, Catherine and Hindley. After Mr. Earnshaws death Heathcliff is bullied by Hi

17、ndley and he leaves the house, returning three years later. Meanwhile Catherine marries Edgar Linton. Heathcliffs destructive force is unleashed. Catherine dies giving birth to a girl, another Catherine. Heathcliff curses his true love:. Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living!

18、You said I killed you haunt me then! 32）. Heathcliff marries Isabella Linton, Edgars sister, who flees to the south from her loveless marriage. Their son Linton and Catherine are married, but the always sickly Linton dies. Hareton, Hindleys son, and the young widow became close. Increasingly isolate

19、d and alienated from daily life, Heathcliff experiences visions, and he longs for the death that will reunite him with Catherine.Part Two. Romanticism in Wuthering Heights2.1 The Romanticism Reflected in the Novel First the romanticism is a movement prevailing in the 19th century in Western World in

20、 literature, art music and philosophy beginning as a reaction and protest against the bondage of rules and customs of neo-classicism. It was marked and is always marked by a story reaction .It returns to nature and plain humanity for material. It brings about a renewed interest in medieval literatur

21、e. It is also marked by sympathy for poor people and thus a deep understanding toward common people. It is a movement expression of individual originality and different poets realized their variety. A dream of golden age is established against stern realities .Imagination is the key point. On reflec

22、ting the real life, romanticism mainly starts from peoples subjective inner world, voices the pursuit to the ideal world. It always uses words with full enthusiasm as well as the rosy imagination and exaggerative devices to forge characters. It is rightly the enthusiastic aspiration to the ideal wor

23、ld that suggests the dissatisfaction towards the real world. So the romanticism in Wuthering Heights is not an easy topic at all. Instead of being dessert softly yummy cakes after a meal, it is more like a portion of poison, a rosy and fantastic dream made by those people who eager to find an outlet

24、 in the real world but in vain. Since the 1830s, even though realism gradually becomes the mainstream in literary world, the influence of romantic literary hasnt run out. Focused on romantic fiction, romanticism is interested in bizarre and terror. It always avoids realism that is of patient and car

25、eful observation; instead, it likes to make full use of imagination, likes the fierce words and deeds, ugly character and abnormal preference, and this situation in everything can be found in Wuthering Heights of rich examples.We can make a contrast between the features above and the content of the

26、novel. Emily wrote it in the 1840s when romanticism was popular at its most. Although Wuthering Heights was thought to be a realistic work by a large number of people, its undeniable that it must have been influenced by the great tide of romanticism. The romanticism has a tension to nature and the o

27、riginal humanity, in another word; it appeals to the undecorated things in life and likes to explore the deepest inner world of people in Wuthering Heights, there is a great deal description of nature and the author doesnt hide her love to that beautiful scenery. And at the end of the novel, Heathli

28、ff commits suicide after he took revenge and reached his purpose. His death is a dead love that expresses his love towards Catherine will never change till his death, a pursuit to love in the determination that although they cant live together but they can struggle to get rotten in the same tomb. Th

29、e revive of his humanity is a sublime of spirit and shines with the authors humanitarian ideal, and also give a beam of hopeful light in the horrible love tragedy. So Heathcliffs lovehatredrevengerevive of humanity一is not only the essence of the novel but also a red line throughout the story. Then as to the sympathy towards the poor, th