The Different Love between Two Generations in Wuthering Heights 发布时间：2007-8-15 21:26:56
thout thinking of the results . That Catherine married Edgar satisfied her vanity , however , her love for Heathcliff didn’t diminish . Even when she was dying , who she didn’t forget was also Heathcliff . The love was so strong and seemed to be the most original and basic strength in her life . As Catherine said :
My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods . Time will change it , I’m well aware , as winter changes the trees ;my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath — a source of little visible delight , but necessary . (Emily, 2004 : 96-97)
Catherine felt that she shared her soul with Heathcliff , so marrying Edgar seemed to betray her soul . She thought all the time that Heathcliff was more herself than she was . Nobody could give Catherine love that she needed except Heathcliff . When he left her twice , she was seriously ill twice . When he returned twice , she was mad with joy twice . When she was dying , she wanted to meet Heathcliff and pled with him to forgive her . Finally , she devoted the whole heart to her real beloved Heathcliff and also devoted herself to the primitive love .
Comparsionly , Cathy’s love was civilized and tender . When she fell in love with Linton , she tried her best to keep him company , told him stories and jokes to relieve his loneliness . At the same time , she looked downed on her cousin Hareton . In her eyes , Hareton was a boor , whereas Linton was her real beloved . But she didn’t go into the extreme . Gradually , Cathy realized Linton’s ruffianism and wanted to break up with him . But it was too late , she was forced to marry the dying Linton under Heathcliff’s intrigue . Though there was no love between Cathy and Linton after their marriage , Cathy still took care of him carefully when he was seriously ill . She suffered not only physically but also mentally . Fortunately , Linton’s death changed her bad situation . In that situation , if Cathy wanted to get the happiness , she would have diverted her emotion to others . When she saw that Hareton was trying to approach to civilization and culture , she was eagar to get Hareton’s company and talk with him . She realized that the reason why he was unwilling to talk to her was that she laughed at him before . “ She was sorry for his persevering sulkiness and indolence — her conscience reproved her for frightening him off improving himself .” (Emily, 2004: 363) Facing this situtation , she didn’t give up and continued to make an effort to approach him . She said to Hareton that she would like to accept him as her cousin if he “ had not grown so cross” to her , “and so rough” . (Emily, 2004: 364) Finally , she found out her happiness and returned Thrushcross Grange with Hareton .
In my opinion , her progress was very obvious . At the beginning , Cathy’s mind was very narrow . She lived in the upper class , and she had no common language with Hareton , let alone accepting him as her cousin . If she wanted to上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
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