《呼啸山庄》中凯瑟琳双重性格分析

英语论文编号:YY482  论文字数:6100.页数:19

Contents

1．Introduction 1
2. Manifestations of Catherine’s Dual Character 3
 2.1 Catherine’s Primitive Nature 3
 2.2 Catherine’s Realistic Nature 5
3. Analysis on Causes of Catherine’s Dual Character 8
 3.1 External Factors 8
 3.2 Internal Factors 10
4．Conclusion 12
Acknowledgements 14
References 15

摘    要
 《呼啸山庄》是艾米莉·勃朗特的唯一一部小说，被文学界认为是一部传世之作。小说通过对凯瑟琳双重性格的描写，展现了其在维多利亚时期对爱情婚姻观的独特见解及对女性意识的自我追求。本文将从凯瑟琳的双重性格入手，结合维多利亚时期的特殊时代背景，和女性哥特式特点，从内外因，包括家庭、婚恋因素，社会、自然因素来分析凯瑟琳的双重性格表现及成因，以凯瑟琳为代表的女性在当时的女性自我解放意识，及对爱情婚姻观的独特见解，揭示该小说的独特时代意义。

 关键词：双重性格；凯瑟琳；自我追求

ABSTRACT
 Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s only novel and has been regarded as a great work in literature since its publication .By describing Catherine’s dual character, this novel reveals Catherine’s unique view of love and marriage in Victoria period. By analyzing the dual character of Catherine, combining the special background of Victoria age and the trait of Gothic female, this paper analyzes the manifestation of Catherine’s dual character and its causes from the perspectives of internal and external factors which include family and marriage factors, social and environmental factors. And this paper takes Catherine as a representative female in that period and analyzes her consciousness of self-liberation and her deep insight to love and marriage to reveal the unique significance of the novel in that epoch .
Keywords：Dual character; Catherine; Self-pursuit