%0 Journal Article
%T Where There Is Oppression, There Is Resistance¡ªAn Analysis of the Motives of Heathcliff¡¯s Revenge
%A Jixing LONG
%J Studies in Literature and Language
%D 2012
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/j.sll.1923156320120503.1030
%X Wuthering Heights is one of the most successful novels in the world. Heathcliff¡¯s crazy revenge even gains lots of attention. From the perspective of psychology, especially Abraham H. Maslow¡¯s motivation theory, this paper studies the motives of Heathcliff¡¯s revenge. It finds out that the motives of Heathcliff¡¯s revenge were attributed to the dissatisfaction of the five basic needs of human beings, especially the safety needs, the esteem needs and the self-actualization needs. The revenge was, in fact, the instinctive resistance to the oppression. Key words: Wuthering Heights; Motivation; Oppression; Resistance; Heathcliff¡¯s revenge
%K Wuthering Heights
%K Motivation
%K Oppression
%K Resistance
%K Heathcliff¡¯s revenge
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/3066