《呼啸山庄》凯瑟琳爱情与婚姻的困境.docVIP

毕 业 论 文 Catherines Dilemma Between Love and Marriage in Wuthering Heights 《呼啸山庄》凯瑟琳爱情与婚姻的困境 学 院 专 业 级 班 学生姓名 学 号 指导教师 　 职 称 完成日期 　　 教务处 制  Abstract: Emily Bronte is a famous British poet and novelist in mid-19th century. Her novel Wuthering Heights tells a poignant love story. This paper is to analyze Catherines plight between love and marriage, and irreconcilable contradictions which have led to the tragedy. The aim of the paper is to make people aware of which is extremely wrong that people measure personal values on social status. It is not only cruel, but will have devastating consequences to destroy the natural and sincere feeling. Key words: Love; marriage; tragedy Contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………1 1. Discussion of Catherines Love ………………………………………………… 2 1.1 Influences of Natural Society ………………………………………………… 2 1.2 Love Between Catherine and Heathcliff ……………………………………… 3 1.3 The True Love of Catherine ……………………………………………………4 2. Discussion of Catherines Marriage……………………………………5 2.1 Influence of Materialistic Society ……………………………………………5 2.2 Catherines Unlucky Marriage …………………………………………………6 3. The Irreconcilable Contradictions Between Love and Marriage …………………7 3.1 Catherines Childhood ——Repressive Stage …………………………………7 3.2 Youthful Catherine——Negative Stage ………………………………………8 3.3 Mature Catherine——Disillusioned and Destructive Stage …………………9 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………10 Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………13 Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………14  Introduction Emily Bronte only wrote a long novel which was named Wuthering Heights. No matter from the content or the format, this novel is absolutely a unique one. This is a novel with a strong passion and little wild even some freak opus. Wuthering Heights was themed by the love of Heathcliff and Catherine. It shows the love story between two families of two generations. This novel has two main narrators