1、英语专业本科毕业论文 呼啸山庄与基督山伯爵中复仇对比 2论文 题目：呼啸山庄与基督山伯爵中 复仇之对比 A Comparison between the Revenge in Wuthering Height and The Count of Mont Cristo 班级：英语3班 姓名：张惠美 学号：201200000115 科任老师：张广勇 ContentsAbstractIntroductionI. The Sameness between the Revenge in Two novelsA. The Same Thematic CluesB. The Same Miserable F
2、ate of the HeroesII. The Differences between the Revenges Character in Two NovelsA. The Inhumanity of Heathcliffs RevengeB. The Justice of Edmonds RevengeIII. The Differences between the Revenges plot in Two NovelsA. The Differences of the Revenges ReasonsB. The Differences of the Revenges MethodsC.
3、 The Differences of the Revenges ResultsConclusionReferenceAbstractBoth of Wuthering Height and The Count of Monte Cristos thematic clues are revenge. Heathcliff and Edmond Dantes are the heroes of the two works respectively. Heathcliff is referred to as “like the devil” or as “evil”. His humanity i
4、s twisted by the revenge. He designs the plot, making people go bankrupt and does harm to his descendants. He makes everyone miserable until the end, when he gives up his plan of revenge and dies. But Edmond is different from Heathcliff. He is called the agent of god, and is an ideal and perfect cha
5、racter. Disguised as the Count of Monte Cristo, he carefully makes acquaintances with his enemies. Dantes formulates a plan to punish enemies who hurt him by the different means on the basic of law and morality. Though Heathcliff and Edmond Dantes have different characters, they are all the avengers
6、 who are filled with revenge in their hearts. They have the same miserable experience and fate. To a certain extent, they obtain rebirth eventually. Key Words: revenge; inhumanity; justiceThesis statement: This paper mainly analyzes the sameness and the differences of the revenge in Wuthering Height
7、 and The Count of Monte Cristo after reading through the two books. Introduction Wuthering Heights is a story about Heathcliffs revenge on the people of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange and its terrible effects. Heathcliff is an orphan with unknown family background. By chance, he is picked
8、up and adopted by old Earnshaw who is the owner of Wuthering Heights. Earnshaws son named Hindley detests the dark-skinned Heathcliff. But Catherine who is Hindley sister quickly comes to love him, and the two soon grow inseparable. Earnshaws favor on Heathcliff leads to Hindleys jealousness and res
9、entment. After Earnshaws death, Hindley inherits Wuthering Heights and begins to persecute Heathcliff. During the time, Catherine betrays Heathcliff and their love due to some worldly reasons. She marries a rich man Edgar Linton, who lives Thrushcross Grange next to Wuthering Heights. All the sorrow
10、 leads him to fulfill his crazy plans of revenge. He ruins Hindley by changing Hindleys life to a living hell. When Hindley dies, Heathcliff inherits the manor. In the mean time, He destroys Isabellas life by marrying her only for his revenge on Edgar. Heathcliff controls both Wuthering Heights and
11、Thrushcross Grange. But when he accomplishes his revenge and realizes his mistake, humanity finally returns to him. This paper depicts Heathcliffs cruel and the means of revenge, and tries to find the reasons behind his revenge. The Count of Monte Cristo describes the life of its main character Edmo
12、nd Dantes. He is promoted to captain of his ship, and has plan to marry his beautiful lover Mercedes . His success ignites the jealousy of his enemies. They write a letter falsely accusing him of being a Bonapartist. This means he sides with Napoleon Bonaparte and is committing treason against his o
13、wn king. He is arrested on his wedding day and sent to a prison called the Chteau dIf.These three enemies are Danglars, Fernand Mondego, and Villefort. Danglars will become captain of the Pharaon once Dantes is removed, Fernand aspires to win Mercedes love. While Edmond is in prison, he learns from
14、another prisoner of a secret treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Edmond concocts a daring and audacious plan: escape and find the treasure. When Edmond escapes, he takes revenge against his three enemies who conspired against him to send him to prison. Disguised as the wealthy count, Edmo
15、nd returns to his native land to find his enemies and make them pay for their crime. I. The Sameness between the Revenge in Two novelsA. The Same Thematic Clues Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, and The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas, are romantic tragedies which share many common eleme
16、nts. Heathcliffs desire for revenge begins in the Wuthering Heights, while Edmond Dantess desire for revenge begins in the Count of Monte Cristo.Emily Brontes character, Heathcliff, is the man with a desire for revenge. In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff does search for revenge on anyone who has done
17、harm to him, or in some cases punishes somebody in order to seek revenge on others. Earnshaw brings Heathcliff home from one of his journeys and he is immediately ostracized by Hindley. Hindley is afraid Heathcliff will usurp his position of power as head boy in the family. Similarly, Edmond, at the
18、 prime of his life and career, is betrayed by close friends because of their jealousy. His shipmate, Danglars, covets his designation as the captain of the mighty Pharaon. Ferdinand Mondego wishes to wed Mercedes who is affianced to Edmond. Desire for power and jealousy composes the two roots of the
19、 revenge tree. Both Heathcliff and Edmond lose status in their social surroundings. And they through the revenge to seek their authority.B. The Same Miserable Fate of the Heroes Both Heathcliff and Edmond experience miserable fate before vengeance. They share the same despair and grievances. They ar
20、e tragic figures. Generally speaking, all these sufferings which happen in their life are caused by the society. Heathcliff has an unhappy and grievous childhood and also suffers from the abuse of Hindley. Before joining Earnshaw family, he is apparently abandoned on the streets and looks like a gyp
21、sy. After entering Wuthering Height, all the other members of the household are opposed to the introduction of a strange boy. He is viewed as a thing rather than a child. He has suffered pain and rejection. Everyone dislikes him except for Catherine. Following the death of Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff s
22、uffers cruel mistreatment at the hands of Hindley. He is reduced to the status of a servant. He is harshly treated, working from day until night. Edmond Dantes used to be a successful, happy, young sailor. However he is wrongfully imprisoned. Dantes suffers for fourteen grueling years. Fighting off
23、the thoughts of suicide, Dantes suffers from years of horrible conditions in the dungeon. He is often abused and is covered with scratch. In prison, Dantes loses hope and decides to starve himself to death, but he fails. He suffers from body and heart.II. The Differences of the Revenges Characters i
24、n Two NovelsA. The Inhumanity of Heathcliffs RevengeThe main character in Wuthering Heights is the devilish Heathcliff. An orphan is despised since his birth. Heathcliff grows up to become a inhuman, sadistic, cruel, vengeful and immoral man .He is often referred to as “like the devil” or as “evil”,
25、 and that is certainly the result he acts. However, Edmond Dantes is different from him. Edmond Dantes is referred to as “Gods agent,” or as “An Angel of Providence”.Heathcliffs intense yet destroyed passion towards Catherine causes him to despise all members of the Linton family of Thrushcross Gran
26、ge, and he determines to destroy them in numerous. His character develops from chapter to another chapter when he becomes a horrible person, especially when he abuses Isabella who is Edgar Lintons sister. He uses her infatuation as a tool of revenge towards the Edgar, and he constantly and savagely
27、attacks Edgar Linton until Linton is tormented to death. Heathcliffs love for Catherine is tinged with danger and violence. Through the process of his revenge, people can find that Heathcliff is a selfish, inhuman person. And Heathcliff is the most hateful person in all the characters of Wuthering H
28、eights. He ruins Catherines life when he retune to Wuthering Heights after five years. He also ruins Isabellas life by marrying her only for his revenge. These are the major actions in the novel that show Heathcliffs selfishness and inhumanity. Of course, it is one aspect of his character. At the fi
29、rst glance he seems to be entirely wicked and brutal, even criminal. He breaks the law of society and its moral code.B. The Justice of Edmonds RevengeHeathcliff is called the representative of devil. But Edmond, unlike Heathcliff, is called the agent of god. People think well of Edmond because his g
30、oodness, charity and justice. He punishes enemies who hurt him by the law of society. It illuminates that Edmonds revenge is law-abiding and reasonable. When Edmond Dantes is unfairly given a life-prison by his enemies, he spends every waking moment planning his revenge. As soon as Dantes miraculous
31、ly escapes and returns to the world with riches, he sees it as a sign that God has opened for him the door of revenge. The rest of Edmonds life is spent, at first, performing acts of goodness and charity for the good people whom he has known, then he devotes his life to against the evil people who a
32、re responsible for his imprisonment. Edmonds actions testify to his good character. His mind and heart is not filled with revenge and anger absolutely, and he also has humanity. He does not forget people who ever help him before revenge. In the end, he also obtains a good result to novels.People worship Edmond due to his justice and morality. He is an ideal character. Edmond Dantes moral reconciliation brings a happy ending to this novel and is of great significance to the work as a whole. It completes the heroic charact
