Heathcliff-a shelf corroded by the will of conquest
Abstract: Heathcliff, the hero of Wuthering Heights, is the most depicted character in the book. This book is focud on his tragic story. He was in true love with Catherine when he was young, but after Hindley’s oppression and humiliation against him and the betrayal of Catherine, his love towards Catherine was gone and all that he lived for was revenge. This paper mainly discuss his revenges on Hindley, Catherine and her husband Edgar, his ambition of conquest and his life of a walking corp.
Key words: Heathcliff, revenge, Hindley, Catherine, Edgar, ambition, conquest, walking corp
pursueri.Heathcliffppco’s revenge
Heathcliff was taken to Wuthering Heights and became one member of Earnshaw’s family. Mr. Earnshaw regarded him as his beloved son, and named him after the name of his son died in infancy. But after Mr. Earnshaw’s death, his childhood’s n of superiority, develo
2013年6月四级真题ped by the favor of Mr. Earnshaw, had faded away. Hindley drove Heathcliff from their company to the rvant and made him do labor work as hard as any other lad on the farm. What’s even wor, the only thing that he had-Catherine’s affection, was transferred to Edgar. What could a man become without love? He decide to ek revenge.
i. 1 Heathcliff’s revenge on Hindley
Three years after Heathcliff ran away from Wuthering Heights, he came back. He made his revenge plan on Hindley. He t a booby-trap, and Hindley fell into it step by step. Hindley sit up all night playing cards with Heathcliff, drinking and corrupting all the time. To his expectation, Hindley lost all his money on the bet and had to borrow money on his land. When he died, he owned nothing. “His father died in debt, the whole property is mortgaged, and the only chance for the natural heir is to allow him an opportunity of creating some sympathy in the creditor’s heart, that he may be inclined to deal generously with him.” This is the final verdict of his lawyer towards him-his son had to live
上海外国语大学自考at his enemy’s mercy and his past rvant became the owner of his property-Wuthering Heights.
i. 2 Heathcliff义务教育新课程标准sorting’s revenge on Catherine
which的用法Heathcliff returned to appear in Catherine’s life not becau he still loved her but becau he wanted to remind her of her humiliation on him. He made her believe that it was her betrayal that made him become so cruel and cold-blooded a man. He also attributed Isabella’s tragic marriage on her telling him Isabella is the heir of her brother unless she bore a son. So Catherine would torture herlf to death with lf-reproach and remor. Booby-trap again.
i. 3 Heathcliff’s revenge on Edgar
Edgar is the man who scratched his lover, Heathcliff also took revenge on him. He pretended to flirt with his wife to provoke him and make him feel that Catherine loved Heathcliff more than himlf. He didn’t want his daughter Cathy to marry weak Linton. He
athcliff detain his daughter and made her marry Linton. Edgar was so furious that he died in grief. He did make a will that he will left his legacy to his daughter or her son if she died. Heathcliff enjoyed his suffering even when he died, he took away everything he had, and became the master of thrushcross grange. Edgar had been in complete control of Heathcliff.
ii.The will of conquest deep in Heathcliff
ii.1 the origin of the will of conquest
The caus of the revenges are the will of conquest, the poison that permeates in Heathcliff惠州翻译’s body. This part will deal with the origin of the will of conquest.
In the Oxford Dictionaries, this item ”conquest” is defined as the act of gaining control of someone or something or deal with something that is difficult or dangerous.
The will of conquest is our free will. In the book ”Free Will” by Sam Harris, the author gave his opinions”Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making. Tho
ughts and intentions emerge from background caus of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.”
Yes. Heathcliff’traceroutes will of conquest comes from prior caus-the humiliations from Hindley, Linton’s family and the society, the oppression of Hindley and most deadly, the betrayal of Catherine. He is abandoned by the world. So he eks revenge to conquer all the people and properties over which he had no control in the past, which gives him the perceived greatest pleasure.
ii.2 the act of conquest by the will of conquest
诧异的意思In his revenges, Hindley, Catherine and Edgar are completely in control of Heathcliff, hence he felt the satisfaction of conquest. The occupation of the Wuthering Heights and thrushcross grange he didn’t have in the past also gave him a n of superiority.
Not only that the act of revenges and the posssion of the land and money, position help Heathcliff get the achievement of conquest but that his successful control on Hareton, his son and Cathy’s fate.
Hareton now lives at the mercy of Heathcliff, he becomes the poor thing like Heathcliff ud to be-a rvant under oppression. But Heathcliff becomes the dominator not the one being conquered.
His son Linton and Cathy are his captives. They are detained as he arranges and married as he plans. Linton dies and leaves his legacy to him as he will. Until now, his ambition of conquest is achieved. Everything is under his control thus he has nothing to wake up his desire of conquest which is all that he lived for. He doesn’t want revenge anymore becau the will of conquest has gone. He becomes a shell with a corroded heart. So he died soon.
