文档介绍：Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
CONTENT
● Background
● Introduction of Emily Brontë
● Plot
● Analysis of the main characters
● Theme
● Analysis of plexity of plot
Historical Background
The Victorian Age is the Critical Realism in England from 1832 to 1901.
The early 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 Victorian values.
Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë (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 Brontë sisters: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë.
Never received formal education;
In 1847, Wuthering Heights, one of the great works of fiction in the English language, was published.
Mr. Linton
Mr. Earnshaw
Isabella
Edgar
Catherine
Heathcliff
Hindley
Little Catherine
(Cathy)
Little Linton
Hareton
Plot
The story of Wuthering Heights is concerned with two families and an intruding stranger, and is a morbid love story between Catherine and Heathcliff.
Analysis of the main characters
Heathcliff:self-abased,selfish, jealous, sensitive, cruel, brutal, immortal love to Catherine
Catherine: warm-hearted,tender, inartificial, immortal love to Heathcliff