：《呼啸山庄》与《基督山伯爵》中复仇的对比
III. The Differences between the Revenge’s plot in Two
novels
A. The Differences of the Revenge’s Reasons
The thematic clues of the two novels are the same, but the reasons of revenge are
different. The reason of Heathcliff’s revenge is Hindley’s maltreatment to him and
Catherine’s betrayal to love. However, Edmonad’s revenge is because that he is
betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon.
The first person who is hated by Heathcliff is Hindley. The role of the usurper
leads to Heathcliff's suffering at the hands of Hindley. it is the treatment that is neated
out by Hindley to Heathcliff after the death of Mr. Earnshaw, which arouses a deep
and abiding hate and a consuming passion for revenge in Heathcliff’s heart. Heathcliff
is a strange, silent person, who appears not to mind the blows he receives from
Hindley, but he is in fact very vindictive. He comes to hate Hindley more and more.
Heathcliff never forgets an injury inflicted on him during childhood .
Heathcliff also wants revenge on Edgar who marries the woman Heathcliff loves.
Heathcliff’s rivals for Catherine’s love leads directly to the central conflict of the
novel. Catherine, daughter of the house, likes him very much. Although Catherine
loves him and even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry
he so that belows her social station. Catherine, being an extremely proud girl, is
tempted arrogance of the rich. A lovers’ triangle begins to take definite shape when
the aristocratic Edgar Linton falls in love with Catherine, upsetting the balance
between the relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff. The richman’s son Edgar
Linton who lives next to Catherine requests her love, and she answers his love. So
Heathcliff lefts the family angrily. After Catherine's death, Heathcliff leads himself to
become crueler and commits more acts of revenge towards the people. It is revenge
that leads him to get back on all who cause his sorrow in his heart.
Edmond Dantes, a young sailor with a promising future, is arrested on his
wedding day and imprisoned on the island fortress of the Chateau d'If with no hope