Commentary on Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights

Adela 2022-03-12 08:01:02

The image of Heathcliff is one of the characters that I have received the most inspiration for in this work. He is alive, he exists. He's not really a devil, at most he's a bit perverted. Even so, in terms of his personal experience, perversion is reasonable and should happen. Catherine's betrayal of love, the beating and contempt of his brother, made him gradually away from the beginning of human nature from an ordinary child, and the cruelty of reality made this already pitiful orphan even more helpless. Just think: if these bad things didn't happen to him, at least if Catherine didn't betray their love, Heathcliff would be completely self-reliant and could make Catherine happy, because he really loved her, and he cherished her at the same time. her, including her thoughts, her desires. If Catherine gave Heathcliff a chance, the brutal beatings and false accusations of the brothers would not cause Heathcliff to fear the future. If there was such a chance, Heathcliff would surely acquire a similar beautiful and rich manor.

However, everything is not so beautiful as imagined, so Heathcliff has changed, and his ugly actions completely cover up the pure heart that is kind and looking for love. After he achieved something, he returned to the villa and took it as his own. He began to take revenge. He wanted to erupt the flames that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time to burn down this place that made him fear and despair. He wanted to burn everyone who had hurt him.

Probably when the audience saw his inhuman revenge, they were full of resentment and dissatisfaction. Why did such a person want him to come back alive, and why not let him die? But I just want to say that the one who should die is not him, but those ruthless snobs. He also wanted to live his own life like a farmer. However, at the end of the revenge, Heathcliff's conscience was picked up again. When he got everything, he ended up not getting Katherine to accompany him for the rest of the year. So, it is a great regret after a big mistake. In his view, so many years of struggle and struggle are ultimately just a meaningless illusion. Let his definition of love be too superficial when he hits the head. In the end, it should feel like I was deceived. Life made fun of him, and his feelings also made fun of his youthful beauty. What I get in my later years can only be the pain left behind by deep thoughts and thoughts. In the end, from evil to good, he returned to the track of human nature. He forgave the world and gave back. The world also repented of its past and easily accommodated Heathcliff.

In my opinion, this is the most rational and perfect ending. Get what we deserve, get what we planted many years ago, whether it is the pain and sorrow left over, or respect and reverence; whether it is good or bad. you deserve this.

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  • Tanner 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    #新看# Cut off more than half, the characters are flat, the original work is distorted, the structure is not there, only a vulgar love story can be seen.

  • Gregory 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    12 years: Similar proposition to "Gone with the Wind": Two people with similar souls will love more deeply and hurt each other more deeply. 22 years: Looking at it again after 10 years, what impresses me most is Isabella's hopeless love, and the look in Heathcliff's head floating over her head, "Why doesn't your hair smell like heather? Why is your look in your eyes?" Is it empty?" So desperate.

Wuthering Heights quotes

  • Cathy: Heathcliff, make the world stop right here. Make everything stop and stand still and never move again. Make the moors never change and you and I never change.

    Heathcliff: The moors and I will never change. Don't you, Cathy.

    Cathy: I can't. I can't. No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me now; standing on this hill with you. This is me forever.

  • Cathy, as a child: Oh, it's a wonderful castle! Heathcliff, let's never leave it.

    Heathcliff, as a child: Never in our lives! Let all the world confess, that there is not in all the world a more beautiful damsel than the Princess Catherine of Yorkshire.

    Cathy, as a child: But I - I'm still your slave.

    Heathcliff, as a child: No, Cathy. I now make you my queen. Whatever happens out there, here you will always be my queen.