第一篇：呼啸山庄的读书报告

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Wuthering Heights is a novel by , written between October 1845 and June 1846,[1] and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.It was her first and only published novel: she died aged 30 the following year.The decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte's novel, Jane Eyre.After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.[2]

Wuthering Heights is a story of love and revenge.The story is about 30 years of time span, described the emotional entanglements of two generations of the Earnshaw and Linton.Housekeeper, Nelly Dean told the story: master of Wuthering Heights, Mr.Earnshaw brought back an unidentified child and named Heathcliff who gained the favor of Mr.Earnshaw and that aroused Hindley’s(Mr.Earnshaw’s son)intense jealousy.When Mr.Earnshaw death.Hindley treated Heathcliff as a servant, and all sorts of persecution, but Catherine was close with him in their childhood, and they fell in love with each other.Later, Catherine is forced to marry a gentleman, Edgar Linton who lived in the Thrushcross Grange.Heathcliff left with distraught and returned wealthy after three years.Catherine has married Edgar, but not happy.Heathcliff was crazy to retaliated Hindley who was addicted to drink after his wife’s death and then died soon, his son Hareton became an orphan and raised by Heathcliff as slave.Heathcliff also deliberately marries Edgar’s sister Isabella for retaliation.And then Catherine was dead with grasped and held Heathcliff tightly.Ten years later, Heathcliff cheated and illegal custody Edgar’s daughter young Catherine, and forced her married to his dying son Linton.Edgar and young Linton died soon.Heathcliff final appropriated Edgar’s family property.His revenge was success, but he could not free from the dead Catherine’s love.Later, he died in her endless love.Young Catherine and Hareton inherited Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange;they finally fell in love and lived in Thrushcross Grange happily.Seen the loves in Wuthering Heights, we can see that the fanatical love is the devil.It can bring pain and tragedy.There is also true love in our real life, we must learn to sensible with love and never made a mistake because of fanaticism and regret it for life.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.We should find right way to go.Only in this way can we have a bright future.

第二篇：读书报告呼啸山庄

剪不断的情仇，理不完的因果

《呼啸山庄》这部人间情爱最宏伟的史诗，通过一个爱情悲剧向人们展示了一幅畸形社会的生活画面，勾勒了被这个畸形社会扭曲了的人性及其造成的种种恐怖事件，整个故事似乎很符合情理并不离奇，它宛如一首奇特的抒情诗，字里行间充满着丰富的想象和狂风般猛烈的情感，带给人们一种超乎想象的震撼力，使每一个读过它的人都心潮澎湃，久久不能平静。

使《呼啸山庄》成为不朽之作的是作者艾米莉·勃朗特丰富的想象力和强烈的激情以及把主题提高到哲理高度的才华。希思克利夫和凯瑟琳的生死恋，爱得这样强烈，这样真挚。可是在他们的爱情里没有阳光般的温柔，没有甜蜜的情语，有的只是弥漫在阴郁、仇恨、误解、怨愤交织混杂的情网下疯狂的爱。就像小说里贯穿始终的气氛：阴云密布、鬼哭狼嚎的旷野，风狂雨骤、阴森惨暗的庭院。

凯瑟琳是敢于追求真爱的，追求那种纯洁、美好、高尚的爱。她在对艾伦·丁恩讲到她爱希思克利夫时说：“我这么爱他，并不是因为他长得英俊，而是因为他比我自己更像我自己。不管我们的灵魂是什么做的，他的和我的是完全一样的。”在这个世界上，凯瑟琳最大的悲苦就是希思克利夫的悲苦，她活着的最大目的就是希思克利夫。及时别的一切全都消亡了，只要他留下来她就能继续活下去，而要是别的一切都留下来，只有他给毁灭了，那整个世界就成了一个极其陌生的地方，凯瑟琳就不再像是它的一部分了。她对林敦的爱就像林中的树叶，当冬天使树木发生变化的时候，时光也会使叶子发生变化。而她对希思克利夫的爱恰似脚下恒久不变的岩石。凯瑟琳曾经激动的说过：“我就是希思克利夫！他并不是作为一种乐趣，而是作为我自身存在我的心中。我爱他脚下的土地，他头上的天空，我爱他碰过的一切东西，他说的每一句话。我爱他所有的表情，他的一举一动，爱他的整个人，爱他的一切。”

可是画眉山庄宁静温存的诱惑，五个星期的时间把粗野、任性的凯瑟琳调教成了一个文雅的淑女，使这个两人的整体发生了分裂。凯萨琳爱上埃德加的年轻、英俊、活跃及他的财富。虚荣、无知和愚昧使她背弃了希思克利夫，成了画眉山庄的女主人。不久，沉闷的婚姻生活把她从幻想打回了现实，她最想要的不是贵妇般的生活而是野性的、冒险的自由。当她想重拾心底最真的情感，想要冲破一切束缚，试图越过难以逾越的造化的鸿沟紧紧握住希思克利夫的手的时候，却为这危险的爱付出了惨重的代价，重病而逝，从此二人阴阳两隔。对于凯瑟琳有同情也有愤慨，有惋惜也有鞭笞，既哀其不幸，又怒其不争。一切的不幸皆因她的年少无知和贪慕虚荣。

希思克利夫，这个被剥夺了亲情和温暖的弃儿在实际生活中培养了强烈的爱与恨，亨得利的皮鞭使他尝到了人生的残酷，也教会他懂得忍气吞声的屈服无法改变自己受辱的命运。于是他选择了反抗，决定挑战自己的命运。在呼啸山庄的那段日子里，他过的并不快乐，从小艰苦的生活让他心门紧闭，因为他是极度缺乏安全感的，在不确定别人是否真心前他是绝对不会付出真心的。凯瑟琳也许是他唯一敞开心扉真心对待的人，她陪他看书陪他玩耍，当他被亨得利欺负的时候她替他不平，她的热度渐渐融化了他冰封的心，两人萌发了真挚的爱情。老庄主死后，希思克利夫沦为仆人，此时的他除了拥有凯瑟琳的爱什么都没有，甚至是尊严。凯瑟琳几乎就是他的生命，是他生活的全部希望。

希思克利夫说：“两个词就可以概括我的未来了，死亡和地域。失去了她，或者也在地狱里。”为了要见凯瑟琳一面，他在画眉山庄等了三天三夜，他半夜去挖开凯瑟琳的坟墓。他撬开她的棺材的一侧，还买通教堂执事，待他死后吧他的棺材一侧也撬开，以便相通。直到最后睁眼闭眼都只见到凯萨琳而死去。尽管他们两人不被世俗的眼光所接受，一个是有修养的富家千金，一个是出身低贱的流浪儿，但是越是遥远的距离让两个默契的灵魂依偎得越

近。这样的爱，是自然之爱，原始之爱，精神之爱，灵魂之爱，因为他们俩的灵魂曾经是一个不分彼此的整体，只不过是肉体有两个而已。

上帝终究没有眷顾希思克利夫，这份让他赖以生存的爱并没有持续多久，在那个时代，爱情根本不能与世俗的社会、金钱的诱惑相抗衡，在那个时代贫穷是可耻的。再次被抛弃让他悲痛至极，爱人的离去激化了他人性中报复的阴暗面，曾经因凯瑟琳爱的感化而深藏心底的野性暴露无遗，日益尖锐直至占据他灵魂的绝大部分，他变得恐怖而阴森。在通往地狱的路途中希思克利夫没有一次偏离过轨迹，这不同于《基督山伯爵》里的复仇，他始终在爱与恨两个对立而并存的情感间盘旋着。希克厉的生命来源于没有爱的起点，复仇与堕落来源于对卡瑟琳由爱生恨的承接，结束于冻结的人性中一道宣告着复苏的光芒——还是爱。当希思克利夫亲耳听到凯瑟琳说嫁了他就降低了自己的身份便带着一颗破碎的心愤然出走。三年后他归来发现凯瑟琳已嫁给埃德加，后又与凯瑟琳相聚不成便决定展开一系列令人发指的报复。夺走亨得利的家财，故意娶伊莎贝拉进行迫害，强迫小凯瑟琳下嫁给自己将死的儿子，把哈里顿当成奴仆，待埃德加死后，把画眉山庄占为己有等等。这种疯狂的报仇泄恨，貌似悖于常理，但却淋漓尽致地表达了他非同一般的叛逆精神，这是一种特殊环境、特殊性格所决定的特殊反抗。

希思克利夫的爱毕竟还是战胜了自己的恨，当他的复仇计划一一实现的时候，他并没有胜利的喜悦，反而在凯蒂和哈里顿的眼里看到了凯瑟琳的影子，他被哈里顿和凯蒂的真爱感动了，他的人性复苏了，放弃了在下一代身上报复的念头，但是他的生命也走到了尽头。他在茫茫荒原上漫游着，呼唤着凯瑟琳在原野上孤单的飘荡了二十多年的灵魂，最后不吃不喝带着笑安然离去，到另一个世界与凯瑟琳携手而游。这样一个饱受苦难和屈辱的人物，对爱情至死不渝的渴求，对命运不屈不挠的抗争，真是一生追求，死而无悔，尽管复仇手段显得残忍，但读来还是让人感到苍凉和悲壮。后来，村里人看见有两个人在旷野上漫步，艾米莉用一种超越生死的完美让凯瑟琳与希思克利夫走到了一起。一场惊天动地的明争暗斗，剩下宁静的旷野，飘动的柔风，死去的人，活着的人，情在绵亘，情无绝期。

希思克利夫和凯瑟琳是紧紧相拥无法分离的恋人，用彼此的泪水洗刷彼此的爱恨，用刻薄绝情的话语刺伤彼此脆弱的心灵，用无法遏制的激情燃烧彼此的生命。希思克利夫从人到魔再到人的变化皆因情随坏境而变，人与环境是相互依存的，当环境与人相对立的时候，人的个性就会发生变化，随之，命运也将为之改变。他是那个黑暗的时代里千千万万个贫穷的苦命人的缩影，因为贫穷，他们挥霍不起一丝温暖，更何况是爱情。如果说希思克利夫是魔鬼那么凯瑟琳就是魔鬼的缔造者，他不能宽恕她也无法原谅，他们用彼此的恨延续彼此的爱，用彼此的怨念维持彼此的思念，在这份异乎寻常的爱和激情中选择万劫不复的纠缠。

作者的艺术构思和叙事手法也反映了《呼啸山庄》的独创性。它没有经过城市文明的熏陶和浸染，是完全用山乡荒原的自然色调绘成。故事的背景是一片狂风呼啸的荒原，故事中的人物还保留着大自然的风貌和原始的本性：爱起来不顾一切，恨起来不计后果。艾米莉打破传统，采用了倒叙的手法忙吧呼啸山庄的那种荒凉败落的环境和人际间冷漠、紧张的气氛，呈现在读者的面前，使读者和洛克伍德一起产生了种种疑团。通过洛克伍德夜宿山庄的所见所闻，更加增加了悬念，迫使读者非去寻根问底，弄个水落石出不可。尤其是洛克伍德睡进那张柜式的卧榻，看到窗台上画的“凯瑟琳·恩肖、凯瑟琳·希思克利夫和凯瑟琳·林敦”三个名字，梦见幽灵要进房间等步步扣人心弦，让人不得不感叹作者的艺术才能。世间的一切情仇皆有其因果，我们应当学会在适当的时候放手，退一步海阔天空。给别人宽恕就等于给自己幸福。

第三篇：呼啸山庄-读书报告

《呼啸山庄》读书笔记

这是一个异类“才子佳人”的故事，这是一部“精神恋”之巅峰之作，这是一部最宏伟的爱情史诗。整部小说宛如一首激情澎湃的叙事长诗，把主人公间惊天动地、超越生死的爱情与荒原和狂暴的自然融为一体，字里行间充满着丰富的想象和狂飙般猛烈的情感，具有震撼人心的艺术力量。

小说叙述了一个受尽社会偏见和屈辱的人用一生复仇的悲剧故事。流浪儿希思克利夫被呼啸山庄的主人老欧肖收养为子，欧肖女儿卡琵琳挚爱着他；儿子亨德莱却憎恨他夺了父爱，以致老欧肖死后将希沦为奴仆。卡、希二人探访画眉山庄时，卡爱上山庄长子林敦并与之结婚，希悲伤出走，三年后归来开始了复仇。他使亨德莱坠落，使其子哈里顿丧失人性，并引诱林敦的妹妹伊莎贝拉同他结婚生下儿子小林敦。卡死前生下卡茜。亨德莱死后，希成为呼啸山庄债权人并将哈里顿沦为奴仆，他迫使儿子小林敦与卡茜结婚，小林敦结婚没多久就去世了，他终于将两家财产都弄到手„„

初读这部书，觉得希斯克利夫是一个十恶不赦的虐待狂，他被仇恨蒙蔽了双眼，一心只想着复仇，并且为了复仇不择手段，给他人带来了巨大的灾难。就连夏洛蒂给她妹妹的遗作写序，也这么说：“只有希斯克利夫才真正是百罪莫赎，在他那直奔地狱的道路上从没有一次偏离过方向。”

为了复仇，他诱拐伊莎贝拉同他结婚，但婚后马上开始百般虐待她。为了复仇，他把小哈里顿教育成了一个浑浑噩噩、粗暴无礼、满口脏

话的野蛮人。为了复仇，他更是摧残了小凯茜的人性，把她从一个美丽活泼而又温柔多情的好姑娘变成了一个冷漠傲慢而又不近人情的少妇。他拿她的表弟做诱饵，把她骗进了他设的陷阱之中，于是她立即失去了一切自由，遭到了平生从未遭受过的拳打脚踢。并且，希还通过非法的手段，剥夺了她的全部财产，同时又剥夺了她的一切精神财富，把一个感情丰富的少女扔进了一片精神沙漠中。小林敦快要断气时，只有她整日整夜伺候那最难伺候的病人。在她最苦恼，最需要同情与帮助的时刻，却看不到一个善意的眼神，没有一个人向她伸出一只同情的手，于是她承受不了那样可怕的精神折磨，终于性格被扭曲了。以致于席拉这样批评她到：“在我们中间没有一个人爱她或是喜欢她，她也不配；只要谁对她说半句话，她就转过脸去，一点也不客气。”一位爱人、也被人爱的好姑娘，在他的摧残下，变成了一个恨人、也被人恨的冷漠少妇，这就是希斯克利夫酿成的悲剧。为了复仇，他使亨德莱坠落，并在他死后夺得了他的财产。为了复仇，他使林敦在凄苦中死去，还在其死后夺得了他的全部财产„„希斯克利夫为了复仇，让伊莎贝拉、哈里顿、小卡瑟琳、亨德莱以及林敦饱尝了苦果，他变成了一个十恶不赦的的恶棍。

但随着阅读和思考的深入，我逐渐意识到：希斯克利夫是这部小说中最可悲的一个人。童年时代的希斯克利夫是一个受尽欺侮的弃儿，虽然老欧肖把他收为养子并无私地爱着他，但其子亨德莱却憎恨他夺了父爱，以致老欧肖死后将希沦为奴仆，这个被剥夺了人间温暖的弃儿在实际生活中培养了强烈的爱与憎，亨德莱的皮鞭使他尝到了人生的残酷，也教会他懂得忍气吞声的屈服无法改变自己受辱的命运，他选择了反抗。而自己曾经最忠实的伙伴，和自己产生真挚的爱情的卡瑟琳最后却背叛了他，嫁给了有权势有地位的埃德加•林敦。于是他失去了希望，于是他决定离开，于是他对卡瑟琳满腔的爱化为了无比的恨。凯瑟琳一死，这腔仇恨火山般迸发出来，成了疯狂的复仇动力。这种疯狂的报仇泄恨，貌似悖于常理，但却淋漓尽致地表达了他非同一般的叛逆精神，这是一种特殊环境、特殊性格所决定的特殊反抗。希斯克利夫是可怜的，他被复仇蒙蔽了双眼，以致于一直活在复仇的阴影中，被人们所痛恨。恨虽然强大，却是孤独的，虚弱的，渺小的。最后希斯克利夫达到复仇目的后自杀，他的死是一种殉情，表达了他对凯瑟琳生死不渝的爱，一种生不能同眠、死也求同穴的爱的追求。而他临死前放弃了在下一代身上报复的念头，表明他的天性本来是善良的，只是由于残酷的现实扭曲了他的天性，迫使他变得暴虐无情。这是一种人性的复苏，是一种精神上的升华。

希斯克利夫的爱——恨——复仇——人性的复苏，是小说贯穿始终的一条红线。作者依此脉络，谋篇布局，把场景安排得变幻莫测，有时在阴云密布、鬼哭狼嚎的旷野，有时又是风狂雨骤、阴森惨暗的庭院，故事始终笼罩在一种神秘和恐怖的气氛之中。没有城市，工业，时尚，只是荒野，田庄，嶙峋的石，在旷野上飞奔的爱，扑朔迷离的眷恋，交杂无续的恨。艾米莉特意营造出诡异的梦魇般的夸张氛围，淋漓尽致地展现了最深的迷恋，最痴的执著，最痛苦的挣扎。

第四篇：呼啸山庄读书报告

Wuthering Heights

The old strange man, the hero of this book as well, drives my attention first, by showing his indifference and science.Then I guess something must happened to him and the curiosity urged me went through the book to found the answer.Mr.Lock wood invited his landlord, Mr.Heathcliff.Because of the bad weather, he had to stay here that night.And this is how the story really began.In the room he was arranged to sleep, he found a dairy written by a Catherine Earnshaw.That is not strange.What frightened me was that he heard someone knock on the window, and when he stretched out my hand towards the branch outside, his fingers closed around a small，ice－cold hand!When I read those lines, I was nerves, guessing what would happen later.Then it continued, “It held my hand tightly, and a voice cried sadly, „Let me in！Let me in!‟ ” Wasn‟t it terrifying? I thought so.And also, it succeeded to get all my attention.I almost thought it was truly happened, but later it was proved a dream, a horrible dream.Anyway, the story was to display.Heathcliff was adopted by Mr.Earnshaw when he was a little boy, abandoned by his parents.Gradually, Catherine and He became great friends, but Hindley hated him.He would not miss any chance to tease him.Heathciff and Catherine always played together and behaved wildly.The book didn‟t say that they fell in love with each other, but from many respects, we can sense their special relationship.Although they were often scolded by her brother after her father died, they felt happy.However, everything changed after Catherine was accidentally bit by Mr.Linton‟s dog.Edgar Linton is the master of Thrushcross Grange.Then Catherine stayed with Linton‟s family for five weeks, after which she began to change.When she returned home, instead of a wild, hatless girl, they saw a beautiful, carefully dressed young lady.That should not have had to be a problem, but it really was.Catherine began to feel Heathcliff was so dirty, cross and black that she worried if she would get dirty by touching him, which made Heathcliff upset and hurt.From then on, their relationship began to change.What really changed their relationship was Catherine‟s marriage with Edgar Linton.Till now, I haven‟t understood why Catherine at one hand behaved as Heathcliff was the

person really in her heart, and at other hand accepted Linton‟s proposal to her.Yes, there must be something related to money.Catherine once said, “in my heart and soul I know I‟m wrong!I can‟t live apart from Heathcliff!He is more myself than I am.Our souls are the same!I have nothing in common with Edgar.But I can‟t marry Heathcliff now!Hindley has made him become a poor, dull farm worker.He‟ll never know I love him.” Maybe this is the portrayal of her real thoughts.But I don‟t think Heathcliff was so important to her as she said and she didn‟t really love him, otherwise, how could she described him as a poor, dull farm worker? As a matter of fact, she only loved herself.Still, there is something right.Catherine and Heathcliff were the same kind of person----they were both selfish.Later I‟ll talk about this.Heathcliff accidently heard Catherine‟ words, and disappeared from then on.It has been five years before they met again.Heathcliif‟ disappearance had no influence on Catherine‟ marriage, though Catherine was anxious about his whereabouts at first.Catherine lived a abundant life as she thought after marriage, and Linton care much about her.All seemed so fine.Unfortunately, this happiness didn‟t last long.It was ruined by Heathcliff‟s coming.Catherine was very exciting to see Heathciff, talking about him so much that made her husband angry.Reading about those, I doubted what the real thought she had, and what the position Heathciff took in her heart.She said Heathciff was her friend.What kind of friend? Just friend, close friend or special friend? The answer is not difficult to figure out.To Catherine, Heathcliff was special, she wanted an abundant life, an exalted status, as well as, Heathcliff‟s company.Yes, she desired so much.Yet, Heathcliff was not back only for her.He was to take revenge on Catherine‟s brother, who leaded to his separate with Catherine to a degree.And he made it, without striking a blowing.He won almost all the property originally belonging to Hindley.But, this was not enough to him.When he found Linton‟s sister Isabella was in love with him, he took advantage of it, which also made Catherine annoying.Things went as Heathciff‟s plan, except that Catherine got sick and died after a period of time.The conversation between Catherine and Heathcliff gave me a strange feeling that I couldn‟t exactly figure out.It might be sadness, pity or something just touching me.“I won't lie there alone，Heathcilff！I won't rest until you're in the grave with me！”“Will you forget me，and be happy with others，when I'm in my grave？” If we couldn‟t see how she loved him before, we shouldn‟t ignore it this time.Although I thought of her love, or should say their love, as selfish and unreliable.After Catherine‟s death, I had thought all those would come to an end, no matter Heathcliff‟s hate or the love between him and Catherine.On the contrary, they kept company with Heathcliff all his remaining years, resulting in the tragedy between Cathy and little Linton.From Heathcliff‟s attitude to his son, I had a deeper understanding of his cruel, indifferent and selfish.It seems that on one was important to him.I even doubt if he cared about himself.His heart was full of hate and memory of Catherine.But how selfish he was!At one hand he loved Catherine so much, at

another hand he treated her daughter Cathy extraordinary bad;he even hit her!Is the way he loved Catherine? How could he be so selfish to think only about himself!

After all, all those complicated things came to an end with Heathcliff‟s death.He finally realized what he did was wrong.And he died smiling.I recalled that Catherine looked more beautiful that in life in death.They were similar.All that they once tangled with went away with their death.Death might be a solution to free them from miserable fate.It should be a comfort that Cathy and Hareton, Hindley‟s son, got married, of course, not concerning about their blood relationship.Story has all ended up there.Now seeing from the whole plot, the fate of its characters has so much in common.Cathy and Hareton just like Catherine and Heathcliff.They met similar difficulties, and they once had been the same proud.It seemed that all came back to the very beginning.But their ends were completely different;Cathy and Hareton got a happy ending, also giving the story a happy ending.The story showed us humans‟ selfish, weakness and some other dirty points, making me feel disappoint.I don‟t know if it was because the author had something bad in her memory.No matter how, finally the two youth had overcame them and lived happily.It‟s enough…

第五篇：《呼啸山庄》读书报告

《呼啸山庄》读书报告

这是一本让人印象深刻的书，不光是小说中描绘的那些奇异的，诡谲的，辽阔的场景，还有主人公离奇曲折的命运遭遇。小说主体上叙述了一个受尽社会偏见和屈辱的人用一生复仇的悲剧故事，这个人即是希斯克利夫。

这本书虽然没有全部看完，但是参照了影视作品后，最深的感触就是书中人物的不幸是来自他们自身的弱点，他们自私、高傲，又常陷于感情纠葛之中，又不能决定自己的命运。的确，人性的弱点是我们所不可回避的问题，但为了避免悲剧的发生，我们每个人都应该有意地克制。就像主人公希斯克利夫那样，由爱生恨，长大后报复身边的人，成为人们眼中的恶魔，到头来两个原本和睦的家庭被他破碎了，自己也在疯狂中死去。他本可有个不错的前程的，这都是人性中不好的一方面恣意放纵的结果。但我想这也恰恰就是艾米丽勃朗特的作品所散发出的艺术魅力与震撼力。我们大多数人现在都生活在一个较安逸的环境中，所以我觉得要珍惜，化解我们性格中的暴戾，以更加平和的态度对待周边的人和事，切莫因小失大，无意间伤害了身边的人。

作品中的人物，深深地投射着作者艾米丽勃朗特的性格特征。艾米丽把自己的梦想全放在希斯克利夫身上了。她把自己的激愤,无望的爱,嫉妒,对人类的憎恨和蔑视,都给了他。凯瑟琳,像她一样任性,一样充满激情。这种将作者自身深深地隐藏于作品人物中，是小说家的独特能力，能把自己拼凑起来的人物表现的就像一个活生生的人那样，还隐约地带着自己的性格。

整部小说是通过一个爱情悲剧，向人们展示了一幅畸形社会的生活画面，勾勒了被这个畸形社会扭曲了的人性及其造成的种种可怖的事件。

故事的情节基本上是通过四个阶段逐步展开的，第一阶段叙述了希斯克利夫与凯瑟琳朝夕相处的童年生活；一个弃儿和一个小姐在这种特殊环境中所形成的特殊感情，以及他们对辛德雷专横暴虐的反抗。第二阶段着重描写凯瑟琳因为虚荣、无知和愚昧，背弃了希斯克利夫，成了画眉田庄的女主人。第三阶段以大量笔墨描绘希斯克利夫如何在绝望中把满腔仇恨化为报仇雪耻的计谋和行动。最后阶段尽管只交代了希斯克利夫的死亡，却突出地揭示了当他了解哈里顿和凯蒂相爱后，思想上经历的一种崭新的变化——人性的复苏，从而使这出具有恐怖色彩的爱情悲剧透露出一束令人快慰的希望之光。因此，希斯克利夫的爱一恨一复仇一人性的复苏，既是小说的精髓，又是贯穿始终的一条主线。作者按照这条主线，安排布局，巧妙地贯穿人物关系，推动情节的发展，把场景安排得变幻莫测，有时在阴云密布、鬼哭狼嚎的旷野，有时又是风狂雨骤、阴森惨暗的庭院，故事始终笼罩在一种神秘和恐怖的气氛之中。

凯瑟琳的背叛及其婚后悲苦的命运，是全书最重大的转折点。它使希斯克利夫满腔的爱化为无比的恨；凯瑟琳一死，这腔仇恨火山般迸发出来，成了疯狂的复仇动力。这种疯狂的报仇泄恨，貌似悖于常理，但却淋漓尽致地表达了他非同一般的叛逆精神，这是一种特殊环境、特殊性格所决定的特殊反抗。希斯克利夫的爱情悲剧是社会的悲剧，也是时代的悲剧。故事是以希斯克利夫达到复仇目的而自杀告终的。他的死是一种殉情，表达了他对凯瑟琳生死不渝的爱。而他临死前放弃了在下一代身上报复的念头，表明他的天性本来是善良的，只是由于残酷的现实扭曲了他的天性，迫使他变得暴虐无情。这或许是因为人性的复苏是一种精神上的升华，也闪耀着作者人道主义的理想。