Wuthering Heights

Poster： Gina Huang at 14:30:47 4/26/98 from h69.s28.ts30.hinet.net
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Catherine married to Edgar Linton, but deep in her heart, she still loves Heathcliff. Edgar is a gentleman and loves Catherine. He is mild, we can even say he is a coward. He is well educated and has higher social level, and he is rich as well. Considered all these, Catherine decided to marry Edgar. Catherine wants to raise her own social status so she chooses Edgar. Another reason is that she loves Heathcliff and wants to use her husband's money to help Heathcliff. Can she marry Heathcliff? If she did, both of them would lead a miserable life and that is not what she wants. However, Heathcliff thought she betrayed him when he heard Catherine said it would degrade her to marry him.

Catherine wants to open the window when she's very sick. She's anxious to jump out of the window-the right place for her to be again. But Nelly thinks Catherine is crazy and she would die if she opens the window. Actually, Nelly doesn't understand Catherine. She's so ignorant and cold to what Catherine really needs.

Heathcliff's miserable childhood makes him evil. He is an orphan and has no social level, so the society doesn't accept him. Hindly hates him, Mr. and Mrs. Linton disgusts him, even Catherine abandons him because of his pettiness. His dark skin and black hair, which is different from Linton family's white skin and gold hair, suggests that he is heterodoxy in this high-class society. When the dog bit Catherine, Heathcliff can only stay outside and watch his dear through a piece of glass. He can only stays in the darkness and never have the chance to get into that shiny and orderly world. Later his revenge is actually revolting this piece of glass. Everyone becomes his victim as well because of his hatred.

The stormy weather also reflected the situation in the novel. Usually when something is going to happen, the weather would change violently. For instance, when the night Mr. Earnshaw died, the weather was "a high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney. It sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were together."

In my opinion, there are two reasons why the author arranges Nelly and Lookwood to be the two main narrators. One is to make the story sounds more real. Telling his or her own experiences via a third person can add more reality, reliability and dependability. The second reason is by common people's standpoints and judgements, we can easily know that their point of views are subjective. What they said might not be completely true. Therefore, we shouldn't trust everything they say in the novel. Prejudices are unavoidable and this is what the author trying to tell us.

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>> Catherine married to Edgar Linton, but deep in her heart, she still loves Heathcliff.  Edgar is a gentleman and loves Catherine.  He is mild, we can even say he is a coward.  He is well educated and has higher social level, and he is rich as well.  Considered all these, Catherine decided to marry Edgar.  Catherine wants to raise her own social status so she chooses Edgar.  Another reason is that she loves Heathcliff and wants to use her husband's money to help Heathcliff.  Can she marry Heathcliff?  If she did, both of them would lead a miserable life and that is not what she wants.  However, Heathcliff thought she betrayed him when he heard Catherine said it would degrade her to marry him.

>> Catherine wants to open the window when she's very sick.  She's anxious to jump out of the window-the right place for her to be again.  But Nelly thinks Catherine is crazy and she would die if she opens the window.  Actually, Nelly doesn't understand Catherine. She's so ignorant and cold to what Catherine really needs.

>> Heathcliff's miserable childhood makes him evil.  He is an orphan and has no social level, so the society doesn't accept him.  Hindly hates him, Mr. and Mrs. Linton disgusts him, even Catherine abandons him because of his pettiness.  His dark skin and black hair, which is different from Linton family's white skin and gold hair, suggests that he is heterodoxy in this high-class society.  When the dog bit Catherine, Heathcliff can only stay outside and watch his dear through a piece of glass.  He can only stays in the darkness and never have the chance to get into that shiny and orderly world.  Later his revenge is actually revolting this piece of glass.  Everyone becomes his victim as well because of his hatred.

>> The stormy weather also reflected the situation in the novel.  Usually when something is going to happen, the weather would change violently.  For instance, when the night Mr. Earnshaw died, the weather was "a high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney.  It sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were together."

>> In my opinion, there are two reasons why the author arranges Nelly and Lookwood to be the two main narrators.  One is to make the story sounds more real.  Telling his or her own experiences via a third person can add more reality, reliability and dependability.  The second reason is by common people's standpoints and judgements, we can easily know that their point of views are subjective. What they said might not be completely true.  Therefore, we shouldn't trust everything they say in the novel.  Prejudices are unavoidable and this is what the author trying to tell us.

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