Abstract

Emily Bronte was an excellent English poet and writer in 19th century. She published her only novel Wuthering Heights in 1847, which has established her status in the history of British literature and world literature. Wuthering Heights tells a story about a love tragedy between Catherine and Heathcliff. Catherine is a typical character created by Emily, who has been studied frequently in the past. This paper analyzes Catherine’s personality based on Jung’s persona theory, thoroughly discussing Catherine’s personality constituted of her different personas. The conclusion of the thesis is that Catherine’s love is infatuated and persistent. She is also a virtuous wife as well as a forthright “daughter” in front of Ellen, though she is not Ellen’s daughter. Catherine possesses different personality towards different people. However, those personalities are just derived from her different personas. Even Catherine herself has not realized what kind of person she is. By analyzing Catherine’s experience, people can realize that though no one can avoid developing personas, we should handle them appropriately.

Key Words: Catherine  persona  personality  wife  “daughter”
 
摘  要

艾米莉˙勃朗特是19世纪英国著名的诗人和作家。艾米莉在1847年发表了她唯一一部小说《呼啸山庄》。正是《呼啸山庄》这部小说奠定了她在英国文学史以及世界文学史上的地位。《呼啸山庄》讲述的是凯瑟琳与希斯克利夫之间的爱情悲剧。凯瑟琳是艾米莉所创造的经典人物。过去有许多人研究她。而本文立足于荣格的“人格面具”理论全面探讨凯瑟琳因不同人格面具所产生的性格特征。本文的结论是凯瑟琳的爱是痴情的，坚持不懈的。同时她也是位贤惠的妻子以及直爽的“女儿”，虽然凯瑟琳并不是艾伦的亲生女儿。凯瑟琳在面对不同的人的时候拥有不同的性格。然而，这些性格只是由于不同的人格而产生的。即使是凯瑟琳她自己也没能认识到她自己到底是怎样一个人。通过分析凯瑟琳的经历，人们可以意识到我们无法避免发展人格，但是我们要正确地处理它们。

关键词：凯瑟琳  人格  性格  妻子  “女儿”

1 Introduction
Emily Bronte was an excellent English writer and poet in 19th century. She and her sisters: Charlotte, the author of Jane Eyre and Anne, the author of Agnes Grey, are known as Bronte Sisters in the history of English literature. Since she was a child, she had been very fond of writing poems, creating 193 poems altogether throughout her life. Those poems all reveal that she desired freedom, equality and love. As a continuation of her poems, Emily published her only novel, Wuthering Heights in 1847. When Wuthering Heights was just published, the general public could not accept it. Even her sister Charlotte could not understand her thought. However, an outstanding work bears the test of people and time. Wuthering Heights is such a work. Finally, it is accepted and highly praised by people and it established Emily’s status in the history of British literature and world literature.