Abstract:

Wuthering Heights was written by Emily Brontë, who was an English novelist and poet. It is one of the most well-known works in the history of British literature. Wuthering Heights is a story about love and revenge, which tells the story of the tragic and intricate emotional relations between the two generations of the Earnshaws and the Lintons. This thesis is to analyze the causes of Catherine’s tragic fate in terms of Catherine’s own character flaws, the major influences of Heathcliff and Edgar, and the influences of the social environment. Based on the above analysis, we can achieve a better understanding of Catherine, who goes through an eventful life and ends up dying in agony.

Key word: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, Catherine, tragic fate

摘要：

《呼啸山庄》由英国小说家及诗人艾米莉.勃朗特创作。它是英国文学的代表作之一。《呼啸山庄》是一个关于爱情与复仇的故事。它向我们展示了恩萧家和林顿家两代人悲剧的、错综复杂的情感纠葛。本文的目的在于分析女主人公凯瑟琳悲剧命运的成因。其悲剧命运的成因包括了凯瑟琳自身的性格缺陷，希斯克里夫对她的影响，埃德加对她的影响，和社会环境对她的影响。基于以上的分析，我们可以对经历了不平凡一生并最终痛苦死去的凯瑟琳有一个更加深刻的认识。

关键词：《呼啸山庄》，艾米莉•勃朗特，凯瑟琳，悲剧命运

1. Introduction
1.1 An Introduction to Emily Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brotherBranwell. She wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell.
Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in the village of Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern England, to Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. She was the younger sister of Charlotte Brontë and the fifth of six children, though the two oldest girls, Maria and Elizabeth, died in childhood. In 1820, shortly after the birth of Emily's younger sister Anne, the family moved eight miles away to Haworth, where Patrick was employed as perpetual curate; here the children developed their literary talents.