MyFeelingsafterreadingWutheringHeights
WutheringHeightsisawell-writtentragedyoflove.Afterreadingthewholestory,Iwouldliketotalkaboutthemaincharactersofthestory—CatherineEarnshawandHeathcliff.CatherineEarnshawandHeathcliffloveeachotherverymuch,buttheydonothavetherightattitudetowardslove,whichleadstothetragedy.
InCatherine’slife,shemadeaveryfoolishdecision---marryingtoEdgar.Infact,herloveforEdgarcanneverbecomparedtothatforHeathcliff.Shedidso,becauseshethoughtthewealthofEdgarwouldbeusefultoHeathcliff.Butinreality,itdidnotwork.Shedidnothaveagoodunderstandingoflove,whichissomethingpureandsaint.Ifanyoneaddanypurposeintolove,loveitselflostitsmeaning.Catherine’swrongdecisionhurttwopeoplewholoveher,andevendestroyedthehappinessoftheiroffspring.
Heathcliffisamanfullofretaliation.HelovedCatherineverymuch,butwhathedid,onthecontrary,addedtothemiseryofCatherine.Inmyopinion,ifhereallylovedCatherine,heshouldnotwalkintoCatherine’slifeagainafterhisdisappearance.Furthermore,afterthedeathofCatherine,whatHeathcliffdidbroughtagonytoCatherine’sdaughter,aswellashisownson.
Afterreading,Ihaveabetterunderstandingoflove.Ifyoulovereallysomeone,hisorherhappinessisthethingthatmostmatters.
"LesMiserables"(1862)isrepresentativeworksofVictorHugo,asoneofthemostfamousnovelsintheFrenchliterature.
ThenovelbasicplotisRanARangpitifullifehistory.Heoriginallyisonepoorfamilybackgroundworker,becausetheincomeinsufficientfamilymembergetsby,byonetimestolethebreadisarrestedisputinprison.Passed19yearsfirmprisonandthebitterservicelife.Thepunishmentcompletelyafteralsohasthelarcenybehavior,butbenevolentbishopinthericethesorrowfulinfluence,thetransformationisoneshedoneselfmannerperson.HeusesanaliasisMadland,worksastheentrepreneur,andispushedformayor.Butsoonandfurtherbecauseexposedthestatusisarrestedisputinprison,afterescapesrescuesthedeceasedfemaleworkerFantin'sdaughterCosettematchfromonebastardhandspecial,wenttoParis.Afterwardsagainunceasinglyencounteredpolice'spursuit.TheRanARangentirelifefillsisimprisonedthepainwhichthebitterserviceanddriftsaboutdestitute,thisisthenovelmainclue.
"LesMiserables"istheworkwhichonerealismandtheromanticismunifies,theverymanychaptersglittertherealismglory,suchas,in1832Paris'sstreetbarricadewarallwroteisquitereal.Buttheromanticismtechniquequitewasalsoobviousintheplotarrangement,writesthemanyextraordinaryevents.IfRanArangletsliedownisliftedinthecoffinthemonastery,herescuesfromthestreetbarricadeMarilius,allisstrange,molds,environmentdescription,symbolicandcontrasttechniqueaspectandsoonutilizationinthecharacterimage,alsomanifeststheromanticismthecharacteristic.
SenseandSensibilitywasthefirstJaneAustenpublished.ThoughsheinitiallycalleditElinorandMarianne,Austenjettisonedboththetitleandtheepistolarymodeinwhichitwasoriginallywritten,butkepttheessentialtheme:thenecessityoffindingaworkablemiddlegroundbetweenpassionandreason.ThestoryrevolvesaroundtheDashwoodsisters,ElinorandMarianne.Whereastheformerisasensible,rationalcreature,heryoungersisteriswildlyromantic--acharacteristicthatoffersAustenplentyofscopeforbothsatireandcompassion.CommentingonEdwardFerrars,apotentialsuitorforElinor'shand,Marianneadmitsthatwhileshe"loveshimtenderly,"shefindshimdisappointingasapossibleloverforhersister.
Soonhowever,Mariannemeetsamanwhomeasuresuptoherideal:Mr.Willoughby,anewneighbor.SosweptawaybypassionisMariannethatherbehaviorbeginstoborderonthescandalous.ThenWilloughbyabandonsher;meanwhile,Elinor'sgrowingaffectionforEdwardsuffersacheckwhenheadmitsheissecretlyengagedtoachildhoodsweetheart.Howeachofthesistersreactstotheirromanticmisfortunes,andthelessonstheydrawbeforecomingfinallytotherequisitehappyendingformstheheartofthenovel.ThoughMarianne'sdisregardforsocialconventionsandwillingnesstoconsidertheworldwell-lostforlovemayappealtomodernreaders,itisElinorwhomAustenherselfmostevidentlyadmired;atrulyhappymarriage,sheshowsus,existsonlywheresenseandsensibilitymeetandmixinpropermeasure.
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