MindMap Gallery Wuthering Heights
This is a mind map about "Wuthering Heights", which mainly includes: theme discussion, artistic characteristics, character analysis, story line, and basic information. The novel is set in the wastelands in northern England, and mainly revolves around the story of Gypsy's abandoned son Heathcliffe being adopted by the old owner of the villa, who went out to get rich due to humiliation and love affair. After returning, he took revenge on the landlord Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole article is full of strong anti-oppression and struggle for happiness, and is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere.
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"Wuthering Heights"
Basic information
author
Life: Emily Jane Brontë was born on July 30, 1818 in the small town of Sauton, Yorkshire, England. He is one of the three Brontë sisters. Her family environment is special. Her father is a pastor and her mother dies prematurely. In a limited social environment, she and her brothers and sisters rely on reading and fantasy to build their inner world and develop an independent and restrained personality. She studied for a short time, but later went home because she was not used to the school environment. On December 19, 1848, Emily passed away from tuberculosis at the age of 30.
Creative Style and Achievement: Emily creates in a unique style that combines romanticism and realism. Her works are full of mysterious and wild temperaments, and are good at depicting extreme emotions and complex human nature. She only created the novel "Wuthering Heights" in her life, but with this work, it left a brilliant mark in the history of world literature. With its profound theme and unique narrative style, this work has become a classic work of British literature.
Creation time and background
Time background: Created in the 1840s, when Britain was in the late stage of the Industrial Revolution, with drastic social changes, rapid development of capitalism, widening gap between the rich and the poor, and sharp class contradictions. At the same time, romanticism is prevalent, and people pursue freedom and individual liberation, questioning traditional social order and moral concepts.
Personal experience and creative motivation: Emily lives in the wastelands of Yorkshire. The magnificent scenery and harsh environment of the wasteland shape her character and also provides a unique natural background for the novel. Based on her own thinking about human nature, love and society, she expressed her exploration of human nature, understanding of love and criticism of social reality through "Wuthering Heights".
Literary status
"Wuthering Heights" occupies an important position in the history of British literature and is one of the outstanding representative works of British literature in the 19th century. It broke through the popular novel model at that time, and had a profound impact on later literature with its unique narrative structure, profound themes and strong emotional expressions, and was hailed as a world literary classic.
Main storyline
Heathcliff's arrival
Old Eunshaw brings back Heathcliff: Old Eunshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heathcliff, brought back his abandoned son Heathcliff on the streets of Liverpool, and his arrival broke the original peace of Wuthering Heathcliff. Heathcliff lives with the children of Elsieur, Shindray and Catherine. At first he suffered from discrimination and bullying from Shindray, but established a deep relationship with Katherine.
Childhood growth and emotional budding: During the growth of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff and Catherine played freely on the wasteland. Their relationship gradually transcended the ordinary brother-sister friendship and developed into a passionate and sincere love. However, Hindley's disgust for Heathcliff grew day by day. After the death of Old Enshaw, Hindley became the owner of Wuthering Heights and began to abuse Heathcliff more violently and treat him as a servant.
The Breakdown of Love and the Beginning of Revenge
Catherine's choice and Heathcliff's departure: Catherine broke into the Thrush's farm in an accident, was attracted by the civilized life of the Lintons, and gradually had the idea of changing her identity. Although she loved Heathcliff deeply, she decided to marry Edgar Linton of the Thrush's Rural for her social status and material life. Heathcliff was heartbroken after hearing Catherine's decision and left Wuthering Heights that night.
Catherine's Married Life and Heathcliff's Return: After Katherine and Edgar got married, although she lived a rich life, she could never forget Heathcliff. A few years later, Heathcliff suddenly returned, at which point he had become rich and vengeful. He began to retaliate against the Sindray and Linton families, first using Sindray's depravity and gambling to seize the property of Wuthering Heights, put Sindray in desperate situations; at the same time, he deliberately approached Edgar's sister Isabella, seduced her to fall in love with him and elope with him in order to torture Edgar and Catherine.
The unfolding of revenge and the deepening of tragedy
Heathcliff's revenge move escalates: Heathcliff abuses Isabella in every way after marrying her, and Isabella suffers all the torture in this marriage. After learning about Heathcliff's revenge, Katherine collapsed and fell seriously ill. Heathcliff met Catherine when she was seriously ill. The two of them expressed their love, but this meeting also exacerbated Catherine's condition, and she eventually died after giving birth to her daughter, Catherine.
The fate of the second generation is involved: After Catherine's death, Heathcliff's revenge became even more crazier. After Isabella fled Heathcliff, she gave birth to her son Linton, little. Hindley also died in pain and depravity, and his son Harriton was raised by Heathcliff, but Heathcliff deliberately made Harriton a rude person in order to revenge Hindley. Years later, Catherine Little grew up, Heathcliff designed her to meet and fall in love with Little Linton in order to seize the property of the Thrush's Country after Little Linton's death.
The end of revenge and the return of love
Heathcliff’s Transformation and Death: Over time, Heathcliff gradually felt exhausted and empty during the revenge. His longing for Catherine never stopped, and in his deep nostalgia for Catherine, he gave up on revenge. He began a hunger strike and left the world on a stormy night calling Catherine's name.
Reconciliation and Hope of a New Generation: After Heathcliff's death, a relationship arose between Catherine and Harriton, whose relationship symbolizes the end of the two family hatred. After experiencing the love, hatred and love of several generations, Wuthering Heights and the Painted Thrush Village finally ushered in peace and hope, and a new generation began a new life on this land.
Character Analysis
Heathcliff
Characteristic traits: Heathcliff has a complex and multi-faceted personality. He was kind and simple at first, and had a sincere love for Catherine. But after suffering from the abuse of Hindray and the betrayal of Catherine, he became cold, cruel and full of revenge. His love and hatred were extremely strong, like the storm on the wasteland, with devastating power. He also has a tenacious and persistent side in his character, and his love for Catherine is unswerving.
Character's fate: From being adopted by Lao Enxiao, to being abused, breaking love, leaving angrily, to returning to revenge, and finally giving up revenge in his longing and dying, his life is full of tragedy. His destiny is the result of the combined effect of social oppression, human weaknesses and love tragedy.
Character role: Heathcliff is the core character of the novel. His experience promotes the development of the storyline. His transformation of love and hate deeply reveals the theme of the novel, showing the distortion and struggle of human nature in extreme environments.
Katherine
Characteristic characteristics: Katherine is lively, passionate, rebellious, full of yearning for freedom and love. She is innocent, but she also has a vanity and selfish side. Her desire to integrate into the upper class and pursue material enjoyment, which led to her making painful choices between love and reality.
Character Destiny: She fell in love with Heathcliff but couldn't be together. After marrying Edgar, she lived a rich life, but she was in a very painful heart. In the end, Heathcliff's revenge and his emotional entanglement, he collapsed and died young.
Character role: Catherine's love and choice are important clues in the novel. Her destiny triggered Heathcliff's revenge, which also reflects the conflict between love and reality, and the complex manifestation of human nature in the face of temptation.
Edgar Linton
Character traits: Edgar is gentle, kind and elegant, and is a typical upper class gentleman. He behaves well and pays attention to etiquette, but he also seems a little weak and indecisive.
Character Destiny: After he married Catherine, although he tried his best to give her material satisfaction, he could not truly understand Catherine's inner feelings for Heathcliff. In Heathcliff's revenge, he lost his sister Isabella, and he gradually died in pain and helplessness.
Character Function: Edgar's existence is in sharp contrast to Heathcliff, highlighting Heathcliff's wildness and rebellion, while also showing the hypocrisy and vulnerability of the upper class, as well as the sense of powerlessness in the face of love and hatred.
Artistic characteristics
Narrative structure
Double narrative perspective: The novel adopts the interlaced narrative perspective of tenant Lockwood and the butler Nally. As an outsider, Lockwood recorded what she saw and heard in Wuthering Heights in the form of a diary. His perspective adds a sense of strangeness and distance to the story; Nalie, as a witness to the story, tells what happened in the past in the form of memories. Her narrative is more detailed and vivid, enhancing the authenticity and emotional depth of the story.
Interleaving of timelines: The narrative timeline does not unfold in a linear order, but intertwines the past and the present through recall, flashback and other techniques. This interlacing of timelines increases the suspense and mystery of the story, allowing readers to gradually uncover the whole story in the switching between different time segments and deeply understand the characters' personalities and destiny.
Environment description
The symbolic meaning of the wasteland: The novel describes a lot of detailed descriptions of the wasteland where Wuthering Heights is located. The wasteland is not only the background of the story, but also a symbol of the character and emotions of the characters. The vastness, wildness and mystery of the wasteland echoes the passionate, unrestrained and uninhibited love of Heathcliff and Catherine, and also implies the ups and downs and irresponsibility of their destiny.
Contrasting scenes: Wuthering Heights and Huazu's Farm are in sharp contrast. The ruggedness and primitiveness of Wuthering Heights represent nature and wildness; the elegance and exquisiteness of Huazu's Farm symbolize civilization and order. The comparison of the two scenes not only reflects different lifestyles and values, but also reflects the contradictions and conflicts in the characters' hearts.
Language style
Expression of strong emotions: Language is full of strong emotional colors, both infectious whether it is the description of love or the catharsis of hatred. The author uses rhetorical techniques such as exaggeration, metaphor, and anthropomorphism to make the emotional expression more vivid, such as comparing Heathcliff's love for Catherine to a storm on the wasteland, showing his powerful power.
Poetic description: the text is poetic, and the description of the natural scenery and the inner world of the characters is delicate and vivid, creating a unique atmosphere. Such as the description of natural scenes such as strong winds, heavy rains, and moonlight on the wasteland is full of romanticism, making readers feel as if they are there and feel the deep emotions and mysterious atmosphere in the story.
Topic discussion
Love and destiny
The Power and Helplessness of Love: The love of Heathcliff and Catherine is one of the core themes of the novel. Their love transcends worldly boundaries and is indestructible. However, their love was hindered by factors such as social status, wealth, and moral concepts, and eventually ended in a tragedy, reflecting the helplessness of love in the face of fate.
The Impermanence and the Struggle of Fate: The characters in the novel are full of impermanence. Heathcliff goes from an outcast to possessing wealth, to emptiness after revenge, and Catherine goes from an innocent girl to falling into the pain of love, their destiny keeps changing. But at the same time, they are also fighting fate. Heathcliff tried to change his destiny through revenge. Despite his ultimate failure, his spirit of resistance demonstrated the tenacity of human nature.
Good and evil and redemption of human nature
The complexity of human nature: The characters in the novel have complex personalities, and good and evil are intertwined. Heathcliff has both a kind and affectionate side, a cruel and revenge side; Catherine has both a innocent and passionate side, and a vanity and selfish side. This complexity of human nature reflects the true appearance of human nature and reveals the changes in human nature in different environments.
Possibility and Realization of Redemption: After experiencing pain and hatred, Heathcliff finally gave up his revenge and went to self-salvation. His redemption reflects the return of kindness in human nature, and also brings a glimmer of hope to the novel, indicating that even in the dark world, the glory of human nature can still illuminate the soul and achieve redemption.
Social class and oppression
Differences and conflicts in social classes: The novel shows the differences in social classes in Britain in the 19th century. There is a huge gap between the lower class represented by Wuthering Heights and the upper class represented by Thrush Country. As the representative of the lower class, Heathcliff suffered discrimination and oppression from the upper class. This class difference triggered his hatred and revenge, revealing the contradictions and conflicts caused by social class inequality.
Criticism of social reality: Through the description of social classes and oppression, the novel criticizes the injustice, hypocrisy and cruelty of British society at that time. Emily Bronte reveals the depravity of human nature and moral depravity in capitalist society with sharp strokes, expressing his dissatisfaction with social reality and his pursuit of human liberation.