：《呼啸山庄》与《基督山伯爵》中复仇的对比
Abstract
Both of Wuthering Height and The Count of Monte Cristo’s thematic clues are
revenge. Heathcliff and Edmond Dantes are the heroes of the two works respectively.
Heathcliff is referred to as “like the devil” or as “evil”. His humanity is twisted by the
revenge. He designs the plot, making people go bankrupt and does harm to his
descendants. He makes everyone miserable until the end, when he gives up his plan of
revenge and dies. But Edmond is different from Heathcliff. He is called the agent of
god, and is an ideal and perfect character. Disguised as the Count of Monte Cristo, he
carefully makes acquaintances with his enemies. Dantes formulates a plan to punish
enemies who hurt him by the different means on the basic of law and morality.
Though Heathcliff and Edmond Dantes have different characters, they are all the
avengers who are filled with revenge in their hearts. They have the same miserable
experience and fate. To a certain extent, they obtain rebirth eventually. This paper
mainly analyzes the sameness and the differences of the revenge in Wuthering Height
and The Count of Monte Cristo after reading through the two books.
Key Words: revenge; inhumanity; justice