第1个回答 2009-08-28
Published in 1847, WUTHERING HEIGHTS was not well received by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural--and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when WUTHERING HEIGHTS received a second printing with an introduction by Emily's sister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked back. Today it is widely recognized as one of the great novels of English literature.
Even so, WUTHERING HEIGHTS continues to divide readers. It is not a pretty love story; rather, it is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness. It is cruel, violent, dark and brooding, and many people find it extremely unpleasant. And yet--it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of tremendous pity and great loss that sets it apart from virtually every other novel written.
The novel is told in the form of an extended flashback. After a visit to his strange landlord, a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans, a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights. It was once a cheerful place, but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named Heathcliff. And Catherine, daughter of the house, found in him the perfect companion: wild, rude, and as proud and cruel as she. But although Catherine loves him, even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station. She instead marries another, and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS is a bit difficult to "get into;" the opening chapters are so dark in their portrait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off-putting. But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way, setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature, a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays out across two generations. Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable, both vicious and cruel, and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the other.
As the novel coils further into alcoholism, seduction, and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff, driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world--dragging her corpse from the grave, hearing her calling to him from the moors, escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her memory will never fade, so that she may never leave his mind until death itself. Yes, this is madness, insanity, and there is no peace this side of the grave or even beyond.
It is a stunning novel, frightening, inexorable, unsettling, filled with unbridled passion that makes one cringe. Even if you do not like it, you should read it at least once--and those who do like it will return to it again and again.
这篇比较短，词汇量也不大，挺适合的
第2个回答 2019-03-05
呼啸山庄英文读后感
呼啸山庄---Wuthering
Heights
Many
people
in
the
world
are
trying
to
find
a
perfect
companion.Some
of
these
may
marry
and
not
know
what
their
new
husband
or
wife
is
like.This
kind
of
situation
often
leads
to
separation
or
hostility.
Other
situations
may
develop
between
two
friends
that
stem
from
jealousy,
desire
for
revenge,
uncaring
parents,
etc.
Emily
Brontë's
Wuthering
Heights
displays
several
characteristics
of
destructive
relationships.
Three
of
these
are
uncaring
parents,
marriage
without
knowing
the
person,
and
jealousy.
Uncaring
or
unsympathizing
parents
are
shown
throughout
this
story
to
be
an
element
of
destructive
relationships.
Because
Heathcliff
gained
all
the
attention
from
Mr.
Earnshaw,
Hindley
became
disassociated
from
his
father.
This
separation
continued
until
after
Mr.
Earnshaw
had
died.Another
example
is
between
Hindley
and
Hareton.
Hindley
became
such
a
drunk
and
a
gambler
that
he
could
not
properly
care
for
young
Hareton.
This
led
to
a
separation
between
Hareton
and
his
father
as
well.
One
primary
example
of
an
uncaring
parent
is
shown
between
Heathcliff
and
his
son
Linton.Heathcliff
did
not
even
want
his
son
for
anything
except
enacting
a
part
of
his
revenge.
This
is
shown
by
Linton's
fear
of
Heathcliff
and
Heathcliff's
enmity
toward
his
son.
Linton
even
says
"...
my
father
threatened
me,
and
I
dread
him
-
I
dread
him!"(244)
to
express
his
feeling
about
Heathcliff.The
hostility
and
separation
between
father
and
son
in
this
book
shows
that
uncaring
parents
can
cause
serious
damage
in
relationships
with
their
children.
This
element
of
destructive
behavior
may
stem
from
an
unhappy
marriage
in
which
the
husbands
or
wives
don't
know
each
other.
This
had
happened
between
Isabella
and
Heathcliff.
Isabella
did
not
really
know
Heathcliff
when
she
married
him,
but
after
she
had
married
him
she
saw
that
Heathcliff
was
not
a
gentleman
at
all.
To
declare
her
feelings
she
wrote
"Is
Heathcliff
a
man?
If
so,
is
he
mad?
And
if
not,
is
he
a
devil?
I
shan't
tell
my
reasons
for
making
this
inquiry;
but
I
beseech
you
to
explain,
if
you
can,
what
I
have
married
..."(125).
Another
example
of
this
is
when
Catherine
married
Edgar
Linton.
Although
she
had
been
happy
at
the
beginning
of
the
marriage,
she
thought
having
parties
all
the
time
was
going
to
be
fun.
Yet,
after
a
while,
she
became
bored.
She
also
realized
that
she
loved
Heathcliff
more
than
Edgar
and
would
always
love
Heathcliff.This
enlightenment
created
separation
between
Edgar
and
Catherine
during
the
final
hours
of
Cathy's
life.
An
additional
marriage
which
was
made
that
was
doomed
was
the
one
between
Catherine
and
Linton.
Because
this
was
a
forced
marriage,
Cathy
had
not
yet
learned
all
she
could
about
Linton.Because
she
did
not
know
until
after
the
marriage
that
Linton
was
selfish
and
inconsiderate,
she
became
distressed
and
grew
isolated
in
the
house.These
three
failed
marriages
described
in
this
novel
show
that
knowing
the
person
you
will
marry
is
very
important.While
these
marriages
took
place,
jealousy
also
took
a
hold
in
some
relationships.
One
example
of
this
is
when
Mr.
Earnshaw
starts
to
favor
Heathcliff
over
his
own
son,
Hindley.
Because
of
this,
Hindley
becomes
jealous
of
young
Heathcliff
and
sets
out
to
make
Heathcliff's
life
a
nightmare.
Hindley's
jealousy
becomes
evident
when
he
says
,"...
be
damned
you
beggarly
interloper!
and
wheedle
my
father
out
of
all
he
has;
only
afterwards
show
him
what
you
are,
imp
of
Satan."(35).
Jealousy
was
also
found
very
notably
in
the
relationship
between
Heathcliff
and
Edgar
Linton.
The
jealousy
between
them
is
expressed
when
Heathcliff
and
Edgar
start
a
hostile
conversation
after
Cathy's
homecoming
at
Christmas
near
the
beginning
of
the
book.
As
the
story
progresses
these
two
become
bitter
enemies
who
will
not
speak
to
one
another.
Another
relationship
which
jealousy
ruined
is
the
one
between
Hareton
and
Linton.
These
two
become
jealous
of
each
other
over
Cathy's
affections.
This
relationship
ends
as
Hareton
and
Linton
hating
each
other.
These
relationships
show
that
jealousy
can
ruin
a
relationship
very
quickly.
The
jealousy,
neglect,
and
unprepared
nature
of
the
many
relationships
in
this
book
indicates
that
many
of
the
relationships
in
this
book
have
gone
"sour".
In
spite
of
all
these
destructive
elements
one
relationship
may
succeed.
This
is
the
one
between
Cathy
and
Hareton.
Because
there
is
no
more
jealousy
or
neglect,
and
because
they
are
getting
to
know
each
other,
their
relationship
has
a
good
chance
of
succeeding.Because
all
the
other
failed
relationships
in
this
book
containing
the
第3个回答 2019-02-22
六年级的啊...我好多年前看的了..故事还记得一些，好像就是那个什么复仇啊很复杂的..主角名都记不太清楚了..好像有个凯瑟琳..
你就剪短说
i
like
this
kind
of
story
that
makes
me
feel
as
i'm
right
on
the
scene...the
complicated
relationships
among
these
roles
surprised
me
and
interested
me
so
much.
from
the
story，i
get
to
realize
that
，people
should
be
always
kind
to
others..and
be
cautious，because
maybe
someone
around
you
is
your
enemy.
我喜欢这种让我身临其境的故事。这种角色之间的复杂关系让我感到惊讶也很感兴趣。从这个故事，我意识到，人应该对他人友善，并且要警惕，因为也许你身边的某个人就是你的仇人。
第4个回答 2009-08-28
(1)
I spent twenty days reading this book. After reading this book, I felt for Heathcliff at first. Heathcliff begins his life as a homeless orphan on the streets of Liverpool, and then he tyrannized by Hindley Earnshaw. But he becomes a villain when he acquires power and returns to Wuthering Heights with money and the trappings of a gentleman. His malevolence proves so great and long—lasting. As he himself points out, his abuse of Isabella—his wife is purely sadistic, as he amuses himself by seeing how much abuse she can take and still come cringing back for more.
Catherine represents wild nature, in both her high, lively spirits and her occasional cruelty. She loves Heathcliff so intensely that she claims they are the same person. However, her actions are driven in part by her social ambitions, which initially are awakened during her first stay at the Lintons, and which eventually compel her to marry Edgar. Catherine is free—spirited, beautiful, spoiled, and often arrogant, she is given to fits of temper, and she is torn between her both of the men who love her. The location of her coffin symbolizes the conflict that tears apart her short life. She is buried in a corner of the Kirkyard. In contrast to Catherine, Isabella Linton—Catherine’s sister—in—law represents culture and civilization, both in her refinement and in her weakness. Ultimately, she ruins her life by falling in love with Heathcliff. He never returns her feelings and treats her as a meretool in his quest for revenge on the Linton family.
Just as Isabella Linton serves as Catherine’s foil, Edgar Linton serves as Heathcliff’s. Edgar grows into a tender, constant, but cowardly man. He is almost the ideal gentleman. However, this full assortment of gentlemanly characteristics, along with his civilized virtues, proves useless in Edgar’s clashes with his foil. He sees his wife obviously in love with another man but unable to do anything to rectify the situation. Heathcliff, who gains power over his wife, sister , and daughter.
The whole story make people’s mood heavy. Fortunately, the end is happy.
The author Emily Bronte lived an eccentric, closely guarded life. She was born in 1818, two years after Charlotte—the author of Jane Eyre and a year and a half before her sister Anne, who also became an author. Her father worked as a church rector, and her aunt, who raised the Bronte children after their mother died, was deeply religious. Emily Bronte did not take to her aunt’s Christian fervor, the character of Joseph, a caricature of an evangelical, may have been inspired by her aunt’s religiosity. The Brontes lived in Haworth, a Yorkshire village in the midst of the moors. These wild, desolate expanses—later the setting of Wuthering Heights—made up the Brontes daily environment, and Emily lived among them her entire life. She died in 1848, at the age of thirty.
(2)Published in 1847, WUTHERING HEIGHTS was not well received by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural--and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when WUTHERING HEIGHTS received a second printing with an introduction by Emily's sister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked back. Today it is widely recognized as one of the great novels of English literature.
Even so, WUTHERING HEIGHTS continues to divide readers. It is not a pretty love story; rather, it is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness. It is cruel, violent, dark and brooding, and many people find it extremely unpleasant. And yet--it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of tremendous pity and great loss that sets it apart from virtually every other novel written
The novel is told in the form of an extended flashback. After a visit to his strange landlord, a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans, a
?servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights. It was once a cheerful place, but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named Heathcliff. And Catherine, daughter of the house, found in him the perfect companion: wild, rude, and as proud and cruel as she. But although Catherine loves him, even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station. She instead marries another, and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS is a bit difficult to "get into;" the opening chapters are so dark in their portrait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off-putting. But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way, setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature, a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays out across two generations. Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable, both vicious and cruel, and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the other.
As the novel coils further into alcoholism, seduction, and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff, driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world--dragging her corpse from the grave, hearing her calling to him from the moors, escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her memory will never fade, so that she may never leave his mind until death itself. Yes, this is madness, insanity, and there is no peace this side of the grave or even beyond. beyond.