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Wuthering Heights
did he live like a devil instead of enjoying the vest of his life.
The story showed the dark side of human being so genuine. The characters, which are just like us, have weakness and their weakness lead them into unhappiness. The purpose that Mr. Earnshan brought Heatheliff to his family was to let his two children learn to be a kind person. But Hindly was so selfish that he treated Heatheliff so badly and it created HeatheliffЎ|s hatred. Catherine was full of vanity. Although she clearly understood that her true love was Heatheliff, she still married Edger Linton because EdgerЎ|s wealth would make her a rich woman.
The background of this story is 18th ~ 19th century. We can realize from the book that people in that period used to have a hierarchical concept. The gipsy people are seriously despised as evil creatures. It was very unfair in that period.
Emily Jane Bronte was born July 30, 1818, at Thornton in Yorkshire, the fifth of six children of Patrick and Maria Bronte (nee Branwell). Two years after her birth, her father was appointed curate of Haworth, an isolated village on the moors. Both of Emily's parents had literary leanings; her mother published one essay, and her father wrote four books and dabbled in poetry. In 1821, shortly after Emily's third birthday, Maria died of cancer. Maria's sister, Elizabeth, came to live as a housekeeper and was responsible for training the girls in the household arts. Although Emilydid spend a few short times away from Haworth, it was her primary residence and the rectory where she resided now serves as a Bronte Museum. Emily's only close friends were her brother Branwell and her sisters Charlotte and Anne.
In 1824, the four eldest daughters were sent to Cowan Bridge School, a school for daughters of impoverished clergymen. The conditions were harsh and an epidemic soon broke out, taking the lives of Maria and Elizabeth. Charlotte becames very ill as well, and she and Emily were sent home to Haworth. About this time, Branwell, the only boy in the family, received a box of twelve wooden soldiers. The children began to write stories about them called the "Young Men" plays. In 1835, Charlotte became a teacher at Roe Head school and Emily joined her as a student. Emily, however, could not stand being away from her beloved moors, and became violently homesick. She returned home and her younger sister, Anne, took her place.
Emily began writing poems at an early age and published twenty-one of them, together with poems by Anne and Charlotte, in 1846. The slim volume was titled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Only two copies were sold, and the failure led all three to begin work on novels: Emily on Wuthering Heights, Charlotte on Jane Eyre, and Anne on Agnes Grey. At an even earlier age, she collaborated with Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne on the plays and tales that developed into the "Glass [next page]