Wuthering Heights is a highly imaginative novel of love and revenge and a shining pearl in the treasure of English literature.This thesis aims to make a full exploration of the inner and external reasons resulting in ...Wuthering Heights is a highly imaginative novel of love and revenge and a shining pearl in the treasure of English literature.This thesis aims to make a full exploration of the inner and external reasons resulting in the tragic love between Catherine and Heathcliff in the novel with the application of Freud’s theory of personality structure and from metaphorically geographical,social and economic perspectives as well.Readers are expected to fully realize the destructive force of a desperate soul,better appreciate the tragic beauty of a doomed love and,above all,capture the humane light beneath a tragic drama.展开更多
This paper discusses the implications of a tragic hero based on Aristotle's theory, and gives an analysis of the causes that lead to Ahab's tragedy, finally it comes to the conclusion that it is the combinatio...This paper discusses the implications of a tragic hero based on Aristotle's theory, and gives an analysis of the causes that lead to Ahab's tragedy, finally it comes to the conclusion that it is the combination of the inborn fate, his overconfidence and self-centered defiance that makes his quest end in disaster.展开更多
文摘Wuthering Heights is a highly imaginative novel of love and revenge and a shining pearl in the treasure of English literature.This thesis aims to make a full exploration of the inner and external reasons resulting in the tragic love between Catherine and Heathcliff in the novel with the application of Freud’s theory of personality structure and from metaphorically geographical,social and economic perspectives as well.Readers are expected to fully realize the destructive force of a desperate soul,better appreciate the tragic beauty of a doomed love and,above all,capture the humane light beneath a tragic drama.
文摘This paper discusses the implications of a tragic hero based on Aristotle's theory, and gives an analysis of the causes that lead to Ahab's tragedy, finally it comes to the conclusion that it is the combination of the inborn fate, his overconfidence and self-centered defiance that makes his quest end in disaster.