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英语专业论文开题报告模板 题 目：呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫性格的双重性的分析一、选题的目的、意义(理论、现实)和国内外研究概况 1.目的和意义：《呼啸山庄》是十九世纪英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特生平创作的唯一一部小说。小说的故事情节主要是围绕希斯克厉夫和凯瑟琳的爱情展开的，希斯克厉夫的“爱一恨一复仇一人性复归”既是小说的精髓，又是贯穿作品始终的线索。评论家们对这部经典文学作品历来意见纷纭，尤其是对小说中的男主人公希斯克厉夫的讨论。评论家们对小说中希斯克利夫的性格从不同的方面进行了分析。全面而深入地分析希斯克厉夫这一人物对我们更好地研究小说起至关重要的作用。 小说中最精彩的部分就是希斯克厉夫与凯瑟琳之间的爱情故事，他们之间的爱情已远远超出了一般意义上的爱情，可以说是一种超人间的爱。但也就是这种爱情的产生和发展成了主人公西斯科历夫的性格中双重性形成的一个关键原因。本课题从西斯科历夫的被虐与自虐，懦弱与勇敢来分析主人公的性格成因，从而促使读者更好的理解艾米丽的呼啸山庄 2.国内外研究概况： 国内外许多的专家学者都对呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫的性格进行了分析。许多的专家学者从不同的角度分析了希斯克利夫的性格的双重性形成的原因进行分析，有的从社会背景原因进行了分析。有些学者认为他的性格是扭曲而自虐的，而有的学者则认为他是爱情中的英雄，敢爱敢恨。 许多的学者对希斯克利夫性格的成因进行了分析如闫红梅，张润翻译的艾米莉·勃朗特.呼啸山庄中说到因为欣德利“那样对待希斯克利夫，圣徒也会被他变成恶魔的” 。刘风辉也在《复杂的双面人》中说道希斯克利夫特殊的性格完全是他周围的环境所造成的。毋庸置疑，金钱主宰一切是当时社会的标准，贫穷是可耻的。无论是否因你的过错而导致的贫穷，无论是否你有努力的过程，只要你现在仍是衣衫褴 褛 ，你就注定遭受耻辱。贫穷带来的无穷无尽的耻辱生活就像一把刻刀，不断雕刻、改变着希斯克利夫的性格。而陈一萍在《希斯克利夫是浪漫主义英雄还是恶魔》中认为上帝是有报复性的，人类不会比他做得更好，希斯克利夫他不能超脱于人性，他也会为他所受到的.伤害进行报复。因此，从多角度出发，综合多种角度对希斯克利夫的性格分析有着重大的意义。 二、本课题的理论依据、研究内容和研究方法、步骤及进度安排 1.研究内容： 本课题对呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫的性格的双重性的形成进行分析，分析希斯克利夫性格中自虐与被虐的原因，在爱情中勇敢与懦弱的双重性性格成因。 首先会分析希斯克利夫在幼年时作为一个正常人得性格特征。 【幼年时的被虐】 其次分析长大后的希斯克利夫在复仇中所表现出来的冷酷与扭曲的性格。 【希斯克利夫的自虐】 再次：从希斯克利夫复仇后的性格分析，在他双重性的性格下是人性的扭曲。 最后通过对希斯克利夫的性格的分析，可以得到人性的回归。 2.研究方法： 查阅法：通过对相关文献进行查阅，从多种角度了解西斯科利福性格的成因。 分析法：通过对艾米丽笔下的西斯科历夫的性格分析，分析他性格双重性形成的原因。 比较法：通过西斯科厉夫的被虐与自虐，勇敢与懦弱进行对比。 3.步骤： 选题——开题——初稿——完善——截稿 4.进度安排： 11月 提交开题报告 12月 完成初稿 4月 完成论文写作 三、本课题的重点、难点，预期结果和成果形式 1.本课题的重点、难点： 本文将从西斯科历夫的被虐与自虐，勇敢与懦弱进行分析，从他最开始的正常性格到后来的性和扭曲的变化分析他性格中双重性的形成原因。以及他性格中的勇敢与懦弱也注定了他性格的扭曲。分析中凯瑟琳是一个影响西斯科厉夫的重要人物，而他们的爱情则是他性格双重性形成的至关重要的原因。最后，不论西斯科历夫的性格怎样扭曲，始终抵不过人性，从他最后的结局我们看到了人性的回归。 2.预期结果： 能够做到分析定位，表达清楚，提高对英文小说中人物性格的准确分析，达到论文研究的目的。 3.成果形式： 论文 ;

The Love and Hate in Wuthering HeightsShi Xueping1. IntroductionWuthering Heights, the great novel by Emily Bronte, though not inordinately long is an amalgamation of childhood fantasies, friendship, romance, and revenge. But this story is not a simple story of revenge, it has more profound implications. As Arnold Kettle, the English critic, said," Wuthering Heights is an expression in the imaginative terms of art of the stresses and tensions and conflicts, personal and spiritual, of nineteenth-century capitalist society.” The characters of Wuthering Heights embody the extreme love and extreme hate of the humanity.1.1 Introduction of the autherEmily Jane Bronte was the most solitary member of a unique, tightly knit, English provincial family. Born in 1818, she shared the parsonage of the town of Haworth, Yorkshire, with her older sister, Charlotte, her brother Branwell, her younger sister, Anne, and her father, the Reverend, Patrick Bronte. All five were poets and writers; all but Branwell would publish at least one book.Fantasy was the Bronte children's one relief from the rigors of religion and the bleakness of life in an improverished region; they invented a series of imaginary kingdoms and constructed a whole library of journals stories, pomes, and plays around their inhabitants. Emily's special province was a kingdom she called Gondal, whose romantic heroes and exiles owed much to the poems of Byron.Brief stays at several boarding schools were the sum of her experiences outside Haworth until 1842, when she entered a school in Brussels with her sister Charlotte. After a year of study and teaching there, they felt qualified to announce the opening of a school in their own home, but could not attract a single pupil.In 1845 Charlotte Bronte came across a manuscript volumn of her sister's poems. She knew at once, she later wrote, that they were "not at all like the poetry women generally write... they had a peculiar music-wild, melancholy, and elevating." At her sister's urging, Emily's poems along with Anne's and Charlotte's, were published pseudonymously in 1846. An almost complete silence greeted this volume, but the three sisters, buoyed by the fact of publication, immediately began to write novels. Emily's effort was WUTHERING HEIGHTS; appearing in 1847, it was treated at first as a lesser work by Charlotte, whose JANE EYRE had already been published to great acclaim. Emily Bronte's name did not emerge from behind her pseudonym of Ellis Bell until the second edition of her novel appeared in 1850.In the meantime, tragedy had struck the Bronte family. In Septermber of 1848 Branwell had succumbed to a life of dissipation. By December, after a brief illness, Emily too was dead; her sister Anne would die the next year. WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Emily's only novel, was just beginning to be understood as the wild and singular work of the world.1.2 Introduction of the storyThe beginning of the story was Mr. Lockwood’s visiting of Wuthering Heights. His amazement of Heathcliff's surliness and curiosity of beautiful Catherine's rudeness urged him to listen to a very strange and frightening love story from Nelly Dean. In the summer of 1771 Mr. Earnshaw brought home an orphan later called Heathcliff he had found in Liverpool. This waif was persecuted by young Hindley, but deeply loved by his daughter Catherine. So there was contradiction between Hindley and Heathcliff since childhood. After the death of their parents and his own marriage, Hindley treated Heathcliff as a servant, but this was relieved by the pleasant times with Cathy.On one of their expeditions they reached Thrushcross Grange where she stayed as the Linton’s guest for several weeks. When she returned to the Wuthering Heights, she was altered a lot: she had been deeply attracted by the dress, luxury of the Lintons, especially the handsome and gentle Edgar Linton. Although she still loved Heathcliff she could not compare Heathcliff’s snobbishness with the gentility of her new friends. Heathcliff was even more badly treated by Hindley after his wife’s death, which increased Heathcliff’s more anger. After overhearing part of Catherine’s conversation with Nelly that she would marry Edgar, Heathcliff could not bear the indignation and degradation and left Wuthering Heights.Catherine’s conversation with Nelly was that if Heathcliff could remain, even though all else perished, she should still continue to be. She and Heathcliff belonged to the same kind. But Heathcliff didn’t hear it. So after Heathcliff’s leaving, Catherine was desperately ill and recovered by the care of Linton couple. Three years later Catherine was married to Edgar.Six months later, Heathcliff, a different man, appeared. Catherine was so pleased at the news. But out of her surprise Heathcliff took on his two-fold revenge, first on Hindley who had treated him so badly in the past, secondly he threatened Catherine to marry Linton.Unfortunately Edgar’s sister Isabella fell in love with Heathcliff and Heathcliff married her out of love, but for the property of Thrush cross Grange. At the same time Catherine locked herself in the room because Edgar refused Heathcliff. The she became delirious from illness and had brain fever. Eventually she recovered but remained delicate. Edgar worried too much about Catherine’s health and emotion.Then Heathcliff and Catherine met again. There was a terrible scene between them. Both of them showed their anger and love to each other which worsened Catherine’s health. Then two hours after her daughter — Cathy’s birth Catherine died. When Heathcliff got the news he was desperately sad.After Catherine’s death Isabella returned to Thrushcross Grange after three months with Heathcliff. Hindley died and Heathcliff took Wuthering Heights.Thirteen years later Isabella died, leaving her son Linton to Heathcliff, a weakling boy. Then Edgar Linton and young Linton died and so Heathcliff, Cathy and Hareton, an ill-assorted trio, were left at the Heights; while Thrush Grange was left to Lowood, to whom Nelly told the tale.The story ended with the death of Heathcliff and the marriage of Hareton and Cathy. This was two generations’ love story. The first generation’s love was transcendental and the second generation’s love was earthy.1.3 Introduction of social backgroundIn Viction's period, the rich are enormously proud of their success and property; the secular sense of hierarchy penetrates into the daily life of common people; money and property is nothing but everything. In literature, the smoky, threatening, miserable factory-towns were often represented in religious terms, and compared to hell. The poet William Blake, writing near the turn of the nineteenth century, speaks of England’s “dark Satanic Mills.” Therefore, under the control of this concept, the spirit of human is vehemently suppressed, and the humanity is cruelly twisted and deformed. At this time, Emily who has great rebelling spirit and strong desire of freedom, wrote WUTHERING HEIGHTS, disclosed the evilness of society. The work depicts how humanity was twisted, broken, band destroyed under the hand of violent devastation. But the great death is the steady faith of and yearns for happy life. In the world reined by Heathcliff, the bud of love, coming from Hareton and Cathy, broke through the hard soil of hatred. The betrayal of love brings the twist of humanity but pure love cures the wound, consoles the injured heart, and saves the degenerated soul. Emily shows her positive attitude to the pure love and their destructibility of humanity.1.4 Theme of the novelWuthering Heights, the creation of Emily Jane Bronte, depicts not a fantasy realm or the depths of hell. Rather, the novel focuses on two main characters' battle with the restrictions of Victorian Society. Social pressures and restrictive cultural confines exile Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff from the world and then from each other. Hate can't make love disappear, and love is stronger than hate.2. LoveWuthering Heights is a love novel. It has praised human’s moral excellence, has attracted the will of the people’s darkness, unfolding the human with the common custom life and pursueing the fine mind.Love in the novel is manifested in many respects.2.1 Earnshaw's love for HeathcliffForty years ago Wuthering Heights was filled with light, warmth and happiness. Mr.Earnshaw, a farmer, lives happily with his boisterous children Catherine and Hindley. However, being a kind and generous fellow, he can’t help rescuing a starving wretch off on the streets of Liverpool, a gypsy child named Heathcliff. In time Heathcliff becomes one member of the family, loved by all except Hindley (who nurtures the feeling of being usurped). Thus it can be concluded that Earnshaw's love for Heathcliff stems from sympathy.2.2 Catherine' love for HeathcliffAs a child, her father was too ill to reprimand the free spirited child, ‘who was too mischievous and wayward for a favorite. (P46). Therefore, Catherine grew up among nature and lacked the sophistication of high society. Catherine removed herself from society and, "had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day; from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going--singing, laughing, and plaguing everyone who would not do the same. A wild, wicked slip she was--"(P51). Catherine further disregarded social standards and remained friends with Heathcliff despite his degradation by Hindley, her brother. ‘Miss Cathy and he [Heathcliff] were now very thick; ’(P46) and she found her sole enjoyment in his companionship. Catherine grew up beside Heathcliff, ‘They both promised to grow up as rude as savages; the young master [Hindley] being entirely negligent how they behaved, ’(P57). During her formative years Catherine’s conduct did not reflect that of a young Lady, ‘but it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, (P57). Thus, Catherine’s behavior developed and rejected the ideals of an oppressive, over-bearing society, which in turn created isolation from the institutionalized world. Therefore, Catherine's love for Heathcliff is pure, and Heathcliff's love for Catherine is tinged with danger and violence.2.3 Isabella's love for HeathcliffThe first time when Isabella sees Heathcliff, attracted by the charming man, she falls in love with him. No matter how Catherine persuades her, she makes her mind to get married with Heathcliff. Her love for Heathcliff is pure. While, Heathcliff just uses Catherine's sister-in-law Isabella Linton as a weapon, caring not for the poor lass.2.4 Catherine's love for EdgarWhen Catherine and Heathcliff exist their private island unchecked until Catherine suffers an injury from the Linton's bulldog. Forced to remain at Thrushcross Grange----the Linton's home, which isolates Catherine from Heathcliff and her former world of reckless freedom. Living amongst the elegance of the Lintons transforms Catherine from a coarse youth into a delicate lady. Her transformation alienates Heathcliff, her soul mate and the love of her life. Catherine fits into society like a square peg trying to fit in a round hole. However, she feels pressure to file her rough edges and marry Edgar Linton. All in all, it is the social pressures and restrictive cultural confines that force Catherine to pretend to fall in love with Edgar. However, Edgar loves Catherine with gracious and transquility.

《呼啸山庄》是英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特惟一的一部小说，它于1848年出版时，并未引起多大的注意。即便是书中的情节与人物所引起的巨大震撼也被认为是一种令人作呕的恐怖。评论界的一些人斥之为一部骇人听闻荒谬绝伦毫无意义的作品，小说充满阴森恐怖病态心理和异教思想。 《呼啸山庄》部分地继承了描写恐怖瀑力和神怪的哥特小说的传统，然而它却远远地超出了哥特小说，它和当时维多利亚时代的浪漫主义小说也有很大的不同。当人们认识到它的所有价值的时候，已是半个世纪以后了。无论在主题结构上，还是在艺术构思上，作品都表现出女作家超乎寻常的独创性。特别是小说主人公希思克厉夫那奔腾呼啸的激情，鲜明强悍的爱恨意识以及残酷无情的报复手段更深深吸引着读者，他也成为英国小说史上最为复杂的人物之一。 希思克厉夫，这个叛逆的孤儿闯入呼啸山庄以后，那里的生活就再也不能平静了。他和呼啸山庄仿佛是格格不入的两个世界，所有的人都不能将他融入他们的生活，当然，所有的人都不能理解他。于是，他的出走和重新回来后的报复就成了必然。这是一个可怕的，充满了原始野性的复仇者:“两颊灰黄，一半被黑胡子遮住;两道眉毛低压，两眼深陷而且颇为特别。”伊莎贝拉被他吸引住了，但是婚后她看到的希思克厉夫跟她想像中的不一样。后来，当她从他身边跑开时，她把他叫做“怪物’，耐莉反驳道:“嘘，别说了!他是个人啊..…你要宽容一点，比他坏的人还有呢户后来在希思克厉夫临死之前，耐莉却有许多沉思:他是个食尸鬼，还是个吸血鬼?我心里暗想..…后来我又回想起，他从小就由我照看，我看着他长大成人，几乎跟了他一辈子，现在竟被他吓成这样，多么荒诞可笑啊!” 呼啸山庄对希思克厉夫的孤立和排斥理所当然受到了更为有力的回应，他几乎对所有人都充满了敌视。他认为，艾德嘉·林顿是“田庄的窝囊废”。他贬低艾德嘉对凯瑟琳的爱(“他八十年的爱抵不上我一天的爱，’)以及凯瑟琳对艾德嘉的爱(“对她来说，他还几乎不如她的狗或马亲爱’，)。他同样贬低小凯茜:“我急切地希望不要见到她。” 对凯瑟琳·恩肖以外的呼啸山庄的人来说，希思克厉夫是一个外来者，只有凯瑟琳爱他，因为他们两人天性相同:疯狂而又任性。就像凯瑟琳告诉耐莉的那样:“因为他比我更像我自己，不管我们的灵魂是由什么构成的，他的和我的是一样的。” 当希思克厉夫把艾德嘉称为“羊羔”，“不值得一击”时，他的价值观取决于原始的野性，力量决定价值。他在心底里鄙视艾德嘉，在听到凯瑟琳向耐莉坦白心声的部分对话后，他离家出走，其目的就是要超过艾德嘉。但当他三年之后回来时，凯瑟琳已经结婚，于是他为失去的爱而向艾德嘉、辛德雷复仇。具有讽刺意味的是，他复仇时采用的仍然是别人的价值尺度:身世财富和社会地位。他的目标就是得到更高的地位—当然包括财富，同时使他的敌人堕落。最终，他拥有了呼啸山庄和画眉田庄并使哈里顿堕落，他对待哈里顿就像当年辛德雷对待他一样。他反抗恩肖和林顿家族的武器正是金钱和包办婚姻。当辛德雷死去时，他把不幸的小哈里顿放到桌子上，带着少有的兴致咕嚷道:“哦，我的好孩子，现在让我们来看看，要是让同样的狂风来刮扭这棵树，它会不会跟另外一株一样长得弯弯曲曲。” 希思克厉夫为哈里顿的堕落而沾沾自喜，后来他告诉耐莉:“跟他那邪恶的父亲比起来，我把他捏得更紧，压得更低，因为他为自己的粗俗而骄傲。我教会他嘲笑兽性以外的东西，以为那是愚蠢不中用的。”哈里顿身上其实隐含着一种价值观:疯狂的野性，而这也正是希思克厉夫的天性本质。 从某种意义上说，希思克厉夫比他的敌人更为残酷，因为这是人性被扭曲之后所产生的一种变态的反射。根据他的计划，他的儿子小林顿将成为另一个希思克厉夫，哈里顿成为另一个辛德雷，而凯茜成为另一个凯瑟琳。林顿将同凯茜结婚，而哈里顿将像希思克厉夫当年那样堕落。这是一个疯狂的计划，希思克厉夫这时已变成了一个战无不胜的恶魔。然而，这一切却从另一个角度折射出他的懦弱和不知所措。林顿并没有成为另一个希思克厉夫，他的计划落空了。他承认这是一个“很糟糕的结局..…我拼死拼活，竟落得这么个荒唐结局..…等到一切都安排妥当，全在我的掌握之中的时候，却发现自己连掀掉一片瓦片的意志都没有了户 但是，希思克厉夫性格的双重性主要体现在他自身所具有的强烈的爱和深切的恨之中。他爱凯瑟琳胜过他自己，却又是一个残酷、残暴的人。 对他来说，凯瑟琳比他自己都重要，他说:“凯瑟琳，你知道，我忘了你也就忘了我自己!”甚至当她死了之后，她一直萦绕着他将近二十年。他对耐莉说:“因为对我来说，还有什么不跟她联系在一起呢?还有什么不使我想起她呢?我哪怕低头看一下这地面，她的面容就印在地面的石板上!在每一朵云里，在每一棵树上—充满在夜晚的空中。白天，在每一件东西上都能看到她，我完全被她的形象所包围……整个世界都处处提醒我她确实存在过，可我却失去了她!’，他长期以来一直渴望在天堂同凯瑟琳重聚，最后带着微笑死去。正是这种爱使他变成了一个“怪物”少地狱恶棍”少低贱的暴徒”。也正是这种爱扭曲了他的一切，使他具有了一种可怕的世界观，甚至对自己的所作所为死不后悔:“至于说到反省我做过的不公正的事，我要说，我从来没有做过什么不公正的事，也就没有什么可反省的。”他曾说过:“我深信有鬼魂，相信鬼魂能够而且确实存在于我们中间。”他以为他死后不进入地狱而是进入天堂同凯瑟琳相聚:“昨天晚上，我是踩在地狱的门槛上，今天，我可看到我的天堂了。”“我已经几乎到达我的天堂了。”很明显，他以为自己死后会进入天堂。对于一个意识到自己的罪恶却又拒绝悔改的人来说，这真是一件怪事。由此可见，希思克厉夫的性格是矛盾的、复杂的和双重性的，在他的性格中既体现了善与恶的对立统一，又体现了美向丑的转化。 艾米莉·勃朗特创作《呼啸山庄》时，正是英国社会动荡的时代。资本主义正迅速发展并越来越暴露出它内在的缺陷，社会矛盾激化，社会现实复杂残酷。尽管艾米莉·勃朗特从未投身于任何运动，但当时整个时代的动荡情绪和反抗精神却潜移默化地影响着她。艾米莉·勃朗特以艺术的想像形式表现了19世纪资本主义社会中个人的精神压迫和矛盾冲突，创造了一幅令人难以置信的完全被扭曲了的，笼罩着恐惧不安和绝望的现实图景。女作家以人性的观点来看待社会和人生

《呼啸山庄》是英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特惟一的一部小说，它于1848年出版时，并未引起多大的注意。即便是书中的情节与人物所引起的巨大震撼也被认为是一种令人作呕的恐怖。评论界的一些人斥之为一部骇人听闻荒谬绝伦毫无意义的作品，小说充满阴森恐怖病态心理和异教思想。 《呼啸山庄》部分地继承了描写恐怖瀑力和神怪的哥特小说的传统，然而它却远远地超出了哥特小说，它和当时维多利亚时代的浪漫主义小说也有很大的不同。当人们认识到它的所有价值的时候，已是半个世纪以后了。无论在主题结构上，还是在艺术构思上，作品都表现出女作家超乎寻常的独创性。特别是小说主人公希思克厉夫那奔腾呼啸的激情，鲜明强悍的爱恨意识以及残酷无情的报复手段更深深吸引着读者，他也成为英国小说史上最为复杂的人物之一。 希思克厉夫，这个叛逆的孤儿闯入呼啸山庄以后，那里的生活就再也不能平静了。他和呼啸山庄仿佛是格格不入的两个世界，所有的人都不能将他融入他们的生活，当然，所有的人都不能理解他。于是，他的出走和重新回来后的报复就成了必然。这是一个可怕的，充满了原始野性的复仇者:“两颊灰黄，一半被黑胡子遮住;两道眉毛低压，两眼深陷而且颇为特别。”伊莎贝拉被他吸引住了，但是婚后她看到的希思克厉夫跟她想像中的不一样。后来，当她从他身边跑开时，她把他叫做“怪物’，耐莉反驳道:“嘘，别说了!他是个人啊..…你要宽容一点，比他坏的人还有呢户后来在希思克厉夫临死之前，耐莉却有许多沉思:他是个食尸鬼，还是个吸血鬼?我心里暗想..…后来我又回想起，他从小就由我照看，我看着他长大成人，几乎跟了他一辈子，现在竟被他吓成这样，多么荒诞可笑啊!” 呼啸山庄对希思克厉夫的孤立和排斥理所当然受到了更为有力的回应，他几乎对所有人都充满了敌视。他认为，艾德嘉·林顿是“田庄的窝囊废”。他贬低艾德嘉对凯瑟琳的爱(“他八十年的爱抵不上我一天的爱，’)以及凯瑟琳对艾德嘉的爱(“对她来说，他还几乎不如她的狗或马亲爱’，)。他同样贬低小凯茜:“我急切地希望不要见到她。” 对凯瑟琳·恩肖以外的呼啸山庄的人来说，希思克厉夫是一个外来者，只有凯瑟琳爱他，因为他们两人天性相同:疯狂而又任性。就像凯瑟琳告诉耐莉的那样:“因为他比我更像我自己，不管我们的灵魂是由什么构成的，他的和我的是一样的。” 当希思克厉夫把艾德嘉称为“羊羔”，“不值得一击”时，他的价值观取决于原始的野性，力量决定价值。他在心底里鄙视艾德嘉，在听到凯瑟琳向耐莉坦白心声的部分对话后，他离家出走，其目的就是要超过艾德嘉。但当他三年之后回来时，凯瑟琳已经结婚，于是他为失去的爱而向艾德嘉、辛德雷复仇。具有讽刺意味的是，他复仇时采用的仍然是别人的价值尺度:身世财富和社会地位。他的目标就是得到更高的地位—当然包括财富，同时使他的敌人堕落。最终，他拥有了呼啸山庄和画眉田庄并使哈里顿堕落，他对待哈里顿就像当年辛德雷对待他一样。他反抗恩肖和林顿家族的武器正是金钱和包办婚姻。当辛德雷死去时，他把不幸的小哈里顿放到桌子上，带着少有的兴致咕嚷道:“哦，我的好孩子，现在让我们来看看，要是让同样的狂风来刮扭这棵树，它会不会跟另外一株一样长得弯弯曲曲。” 希思克厉夫为哈里顿的堕落而沾沾自喜，后来他告诉耐莉:“跟他那邪恶的父亲比起来，我把他捏得更紧，压得更低，因为他为自己的粗俗而骄傲。我教会他嘲笑兽性以外的东西，以为那是愚蠢不中用的。”哈里顿身上其实隐含着一种价值观:疯狂的野性，而这也正是希思克厉夫的天性本质。 从某种意义上说，希思克厉夫比他的敌人更为残酷，因为这是人性被扭曲之后所产生的一种变态的反射。根据他的计划，他的儿子小林顿将成为另一个希思克厉夫，哈里顿成为另一个辛德雷，而凯茜成为另一个凯瑟琳。林顿将同凯茜结婚，而哈里顿将像希思克厉夫当年那样堕落。这是一个疯狂的计划，希思克厉夫这时已变成了一个战无不胜的恶魔。然而，这一切却从另一个角度折射出他的懦弱和不知所措。林顿并没有成为另一个希思克厉夫，他的计划落空了。他承认这是一个“很糟糕的结局..…我拼死拼活，竟落得这么个荒唐结局..…等到一切都安排妥当，全在我的掌握之中的时候，却发现自己连掀掉一片瓦片的意志都没有了户 但是，希思克厉夫性格的双重性主要体现在他自身所具有的强烈的爱和深切的恨之中。他爱凯瑟琳胜过他自己，却又是一个残酷、残暴的人。 对他来说，凯瑟琳比他自己都重要，他说:“凯瑟琳，你知道，我忘了你也就忘了我自己!”甚至当她死了之后，她一直萦绕着他将近二十年。他对耐莉说:“因为对我来说，还有什么不跟她联系在一起呢?还有什么不使我想起她呢?我哪怕低头看一下这地面，她的面容就印在地面的石板上!在每一朵云里，在每一棵树上—充满在夜晚的空中。白天，在每一件东西上都能看到她，我完全被她的形象所包围……整个世界都处处提醒我她确实存在过，可我却失去了她!’，他长期以来一直渴望在天堂同凯瑟琳重聚，最后带着微笑死去。正是这种爱使他变成了一个“怪物”少地狱恶棍”少低贱的暴徒”。也正是这种爱扭曲了他的一切，使他具有了一种可怕的世界观，甚至对自己的所作所为死不后悔:“至于说到反省我做过的不公正的事，我要说，我从来没有做过什么不公正的事，也就没有什么可反省的。”他曾说过:“我深信有鬼魂，相信鬼魂能够而且确实存在于我们中间。”他以为他死后不进入地狱而是进入天堂同凯瑟琳相聚:“昨天晚上，我是踩在地狱的门槛上，今天，我可看到我的天堂了。”“我已经几乎到达我的天堂了。”很明显，他以为自己死后会进入天堂。对于一个意识到自己的罪恶却又拒绝悔改的人来说，这真是一件怪事。由此可见，希思克厉夫的性格是矛盾的、复杂的和双重性的，在他的性格中既体现了善与恶的对立统一，又体现了美向丑的转化。 艾米莉·勃朗特创作《呼啸山庄》时，正是英国社会动荡的时代。资本主义正迅速发展并越来越暴露出它内在的缺陷，社会矛盾激化，社会现实复杂残酷。尽管艾米莉·勃朗特从未投身于任何运动，但当时整个时代的动荡情绪和反抗精神却潜移默化地影响着她。艾米莉·勃朗特以艺术的想像形式表现了19世纪资本主义社会中个人的精神压迫和矛盾冲突，创造了一幅令人难以置信的完全被扭曲了的，笼罩着恐惧不安和绝望的现实图景。女作家以人性的观点来看待社会和人生。她认为，人对现实幸福的渴望完全出于人的本性是自然的和合理的，而社会的错误恰恰在于抑制了人的渴望，从而使这些被压抑的欲望畸形滋长，其恶果必然是使人性中那些健康的积极的因素畸变为病态的、消极的因素，并对社会产生了一定的破坏性.希思克厉夫正是这样一个被资本主义社会所扭曲的灵魂，本来善良的希思克厉夫被侮辱折磨之后，明白了人生的残酷和社会的无情，变成了恶魔。他的双重性格的形成完全是当时社会摧残的结果。