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1、,Reading Report of Wuthering Heights,Outline,1. Historical Background 2. Introduction of Emily Bront 3. Plot 4. Main content 5. Analysis of the main characters 6. Theme 7. Analysis of the complexity of plot 8. My thought,The Victorian Age is the Critical Realism in England from 1832 to 1901. The ear
2、ly years: a time of rapid economic development as well as serious social problems. The mid-Victorian period: a period of economic prosperity with a revival of trade and production and social peace. The last three decades of the century witnessed the decline of British Empire and the decay of Victori
3、an values.,Historical Background,Emily Bront,Emily Bront (1818-1848), novelist and poet, is one of the most famous representatives of the 19th century in English literature. Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1818. The Bront sisters: Charlotte Bront, Emily Bront, Anne Bront. Never received formal educat
4、ion; In 1847, Wuthering Heights, one of the great works of fiction in the English language, was published.,The story of Wuthering Heights is concerned with two families and an intruding stranger, and is a morbid love story between Catherine and Heathcliff.,Plot,Mr. Linton,Mr. Earnshaw,Isabella,Edgar
5、,Catherine,Heathcliff,Hindley,Little Catherine (Cathy),Little Linton,Hareton,Characters,Heathcliff：self-abased,selfish, jealous, sensitive, cruel, brutal, immortal love to Catherine,Catherine: warm-hearted,tender, inartificial, immortal love to Heathcliff,Linton: gentle,coward, timid, immortal love
6、to Catherine,Main content,This is a story of love and revenge. Master of Wuthering Heights, Mr. Earnshaw, brought back an unidentified child, took his name as Heathcliff. The owner died, Hindley treated Heathcliff as a servant, and give all sorts of persecution to him, but Catherine kept close with
7、him and they fell in love with each other. Later, Catherine was influenced by the outside, and instead, she fell in love with the quiet young Edgar of Thrushcross Grange.,Heathcliff got away from home in anger, when he returned home after three years, he is in prosperity. Catherine has married Edgar
8、. Heathcliff was crazy about the revenge, taking Hindleys family wealth through the gambling. Hindleyson Hareton became a slave. Hindley died of drinking. He also deliberately married with Isabella, Edgars sister, persecuting her. Catherine died in dystocia with heart broken.,Ten years later, Heathc
9、liff married Edgars daughter, little Catherine ,to his dying son, Linton. Edgar and Linton are dead , Heathcliff eventually occupied the property of Edgar family. Revenge succeed, but he can not survived from dead Catherines love and eventually died resulting in unrequited love. Little Catherine and
10、 Hareton inherited the small Villas industry, then they two eventually fell in love with each other, and moved to Thrushcross Grange.,From the social point of view，Heathcliff is a rebel against the bourgeois matrimonial system- a full human life in a capitalist society was impossible to attain it.,T
11、heme,As a love story， this is one of the most moving story: the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most intense and the most beautiful love.,Heathcliffs intense love for Catherine and relentless revenge on his enemy. Heathcliffs conflict with Hindley and the Lintons. Conflict betwee
12、n the privileged and the underdog, between the master and the hired hand.,Analysis of the complexity of plot,My thought,After I had read the book Wuthering Heights, I was deeply moved. What makes me regret is that Katherine and Heathcliffs deep love didnt have a happy ending. Though they were not so
13、 lucky to live a happy life, they loved each other until both of them had died. The unforgettable characters will be remembered for ever.,As Edgar said, “punishment of the wicked belongs to God, we should learn to forgive.” We all have love and hatred in our heart, more or less, weak or strong. However, we should never turn them into devastating storm which will not only hurt others but ourselves. We may find the best way out by learning from Edgar to properly love, to forget hatred and to forgive.,
