Carroll wrote in her passage, “Wuthering Heights has proved exceptionally elusive to interpretation。 By foregrounding the idea of human nature, Darwinian literary theory provides a framework within which we can assimilate previous insights about Wuthering Heights, delineates the norms Bronte shares with her projected audience, analyzes her pided impulses, and explains the generic forms in which those impulses manifest themselves。 Bronte herself presupposes a folk understanding of human nature in her audience。 Evolutionary psychology converges with the folk understanding that provides explanations that are broader and deeper。 In addition to its explanatory power, a Darwinian approach has a naturalistic aesthetic dimension that is particularly important for interpreting Wuthering Heights。” J Carroll, “The Cuckoo's History: Human Nature in Wuthering Heights” Philosophy & Literature, 2008, 32(2):241-257

Inman’s opinion was, “Wuthering Heights’ death dominates the narrative, drives the plot, and is expressed thematically and symbolically。 However, its centrality has not been identified or explored by other analyses。 Emily Bronte’s own experience with death serves in part to explain the focus on death in the novel and, in particular, the presence of numeric symbols of death, which have gone unnoticed by critics。 Further, her poetic proclivity is the basis for understanding why Wuthering Heights is a veritable meditation on death。” L Inman, “The Awful Event in Wuthering Heights”, Bronte Studies, 2008, 33(3):192-202

3 The Study on Catherine Earnshaw’s Dual Character

3。1 Catherine’s innocence in Wuthering Heights 来:自[优.尔]论,文-网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

Before marrying Linton, Catherine lived in Wuthering Heights, which made her tameless, obstinate, and bold。 She was filled with rebellious spirit and her favorite toy unexpectedly was lash。 She was innocent and pure。 However her character was complicated and puzzling, innocence and purity was her original side。 Although she was naughty, she didn’t have bad ideas。 If she made someone cry, she would cry too。 When Heathcliff was been closed by Hindley, Catherine didn’t want to eat anything。 In her childhood, with the primitive and untouched environment, what we see was her wild feminine beauty。 She had her own ideas, and favored the equality of men and women, not taking orders from men。 

After her father adopted Heathcliff, most members of the family didn’t like the black dirty little one。 However, instead of excluding Heathcliff, Catherine was very kind to him and helped him a lot, then they became good friends—they worked together, played together and lived together。 Furthermore, they loved each other, which based on the consistency of character, the resonance of emotion and the identical of pursue。 Catherine was friendly and she accompanied with Heathcliff all the time, in contrast, other people in the family, except her father, mainly her brother Hindley hated Heathcliff and excluded him。 She was also selfless and treacherous。 She gave Heathcliff the whole love; she loved the nature and hated the regulation, just like Heathcliff: she yearned for freedom, which involved primitivism and wild; she was innocent, with no interference of foreign inventions。