英语专业本科毕业论文范文：《呼啸山庄》与《基督山伯爵》中(2)

A. 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 elements.

Heathcliff's desire for revenge begins in the Wuthering Heights, while Edmond

Dantes’s desire for revenge begins in the Count of Monte Cristo.Emily Bronte's

character, Heathcliff, is the man with a desire for revenge. In Wuthering Heights,

Heathcliff does search for revenge on anyone who has done 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 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 Pharon. Ferdinand Mondego wishes to wed Mercedes who is

affianced to Edmond. Desire for power and jealousy composes the two roots of the

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 are 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

gypsy. 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.

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Following the death of Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff suffers 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 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.

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II. The Differences of the Revenge’s Characters in Two

Novels

A. The Inhumanity of Heathcliff’s Revenge

The 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”, and

that is certainly the result he acts. However, Edmond Dantes is different from him.

Edmond Dantes is referred to as “God's agent,” or as “An Angel of Providence”.

Heathcliff’s intense yet destroyed passion towards Catherine causes him to

despise all members of the Linton family of Thrushcross Grange, 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

Linton’s sister. He uses her infatuation as a tool of revenge towards the Edgar, and he

constantly and savagely attacks Edgar Linton until Linton is tormented to death.

Heathcliff's love for Catherine is tinged with danger and violence. (标点)

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 Heights. He ruins Catherine’s life when he retune to Wuthering Heights

after five years. He also ruins Isabella’s life by marrying her only for his revenge.

These are the major actions in the novel that show Heathcliff’s selfishness and

inhumanity. Of course, it is one aspect of his character. At the first 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 Edmond’s Revenge

Heathcliff is called the representative of devil. But Edmond, unlike Heathcliff, is

called the agent of god. People think well of Edmond because his goodness, charity

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and justice. He punishes enemies who hurt him by the law of society. It illuminates

that Edmond’s 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 miraculously 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 Edmond’s 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 are responsible for his imprisonment. Edmond’s

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.

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