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1、4.Characterization:Heathcliff:a waif,swarthy,hard-featured,full of primitive vitality,mysterious,passionate,a revengeful rebel,oppressed-turned-oppressor.To Catherine,he is rock,lightening and fire.Linton:rich gentleman,well-protected,well-civilized,agreeable,charming and courteous.To Catherine,he i

2、s foliage,moon-beam(not clear and strong)and frost(still and calm).Catherine:rich farmers daughter,a rebel in her girlhood,passionate,violent,vain,conscious of class distinction and the impossibility of the union with Heathcliff.Her decision to marry rich Linton instead of poor,degraded,beloved Heat

3、hcliff is a turning point in her life,which leads to her tragic death.5.Theme:the story of Wuthering Heights is not concerned not with love in the abstract but with the passions of living people,with property-ownership,the attraction of social comport,the arrangement of marriages,the importance of e

4、ducation,the relation of rich and poor.It shows that true love in a society based on wealth cannot be attainable.6.Artistic features:a.Flashback at the very beginning when Heathcliff takes complete control of both Wuthering Heights and Trushcross Grange and the next generation creates suspense.Then

5、Nelly Dean starts to tell the love story of Heathcliff and Catherine and the tenant Lockwood narrates the present situation.b.Local color:The characters are typical Yorkshire people and the lifestyle,dialect and settings are typical features of the remote moorland.Even the title Wuthering Heights,a

6、Yorkshire dialect for“Weathering Heights”is an indication of the local color.c.Structurally speaking,the story is a well-balanced one.It tells about two families that are almost exact opposite of the other:the Earnshaws including Mr.and Mrs.Earnshaw,their son Hindley and their daughter Catherine liv

7、e in Wuthering Heights in the wild moorland;the Lintons including Mr.and Mrs.Linton,their son Edgar and their daughter Isabella live in Thrushcross Grange in the quiet valley.While the Earnshaws are full of passions and strength and capable of violence,brutality and savagery,the Lintons are well-pro

8、tected,well-civilized,gentle and mild,weak-minded people.The entry of Heathcliff breaks the balance and after his death peace and balance are restored.The spirits of Heathcliff and Catherine live in Wuthering Heights while Cathy and Hareton,married live in Thrushcross Grange.d.The language is very s

9、imple,concise and direct.Description is very vivid and effective.e.symbolism:the two houses stand for two living spiritual principles.Wuthering Heights stands for storm,harsh,ruthless,wild,dynamic.Thrushcross Grange stands for calm,gentle,merciful,passive,tamed.The title is a symbol of the atmospheric turmoil upheaval which is the dominant force of the book,a wild destructive force that twists the lives of everyone.Ghost story near the end of novel symbolizes the reunion of Heathcliff and Catherine in afterlife.