Phaedra was innocent but smitten by Aphrodite with passion for her stepson, Hippoytus. Rejected, she hanged herself. Here is the text.
- Hippolytus by Euripides
TJ Gong
Walking With Him Until I Am Not
Hippolytus
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It is 1801 and Thrushcross Grange has a new tenant, Mr. Lockwood. He visits his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, who lives at Wuthering Heights, the neighboring property. Mr. Heathcliff is out, and his young relatives, Mrs. Heathcliff and Hareton Earnshaw, are very disagreeable. It starts to snow, but no one is willing to help Mr. Lockwood get home, or to let him stay. He is attacked by a dog while leaving, and in his bloody state, Mr. Heathcliff begrudgingly allows him to stay.
Mr. Lockwood passes his time reading from the journals of a young girl named Catherine. He starts to dream. In the dream he quarrels with a preacher, and the parishioners attack him. A tapping awakens him, and he breaks a window in his attempt to quiet it. He grabs the hand of a ghost child, who calls herself Catherine Linton. Terrified, his scream awakens Heathcliff, who calls for the ghost to reappear. Heathcliff escorts Mr. Lockwood home through the snow-covered moors, but he still catches a bad cold.
Sick for several weeks with this cold, Mr. Lockwood asks Nelly Dean, his serving woman, to tell him about the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights. She was once their housekeeper, and she has lots of stories to tell. Mrs. Heathcliff, who was married to Heathcliff’s son, is the daughter of Mrs. Dean’s late master, Edgar Linton. Hareton Earnshaw, the nephew of Mrs. Linton, is Mrs. Heathcliff’s cousin. Mr. Heathcliff was married to Mr. Linton’s sister, who bore Linton, Catherine’s husband. Heathcliff was an orphan Mr. Earnshaw found wandering the streets of Liverpool. Hindley, the eldest child, was very jealous of him. When Mr. Earnshaw died two years later, Hindley made Heathcliff work in the fields. Catherine and Heathcliff remained close friends. One day, while spying on Thrushcross Grange, they saw two children, Isabella and Edgar, nearly tearing a puppy to pieces in a selfish rage. One of the Linton’s dogs attacked Catherine when they tried to run. She stayed for several weeks to heal, and when she returned from the Lintons, she was well mannered and nicely dressed, which annoyed Heathcliff.
In 1778, Hindley’s wife gave birth to Hareton, then died soon after. Hindley, crazed with grief, could not care for him. Despite their differences, Edgar and Catherine grew closer. Catherine agreed to marry Edgar, telling Nelly that Heathcliff was too inferior to marry. Heathcliff heard this, and disappeared without a word.
Catherine became sick, but when her health improved, she and Edgar married and moved to the Grange. The marriage was good until Heathcliff returned. Edgar’s sister Isabella fell in love with Heathcliff, but he despised her. Heathcliff kissed Isabella to hurt Catherine, and they had a big fight. During the fight, Edgar came in, demanding Heathcliff leave his house. Disgusted by both of them, Catherine shut herself in her room for three days, becoming ill and mad.
Isabella ran off and married Heathcliff, but she hated her new life at Wuthering Heights. One night, Catherine gave birth to Catherine Linton, and died. Soon after Catherine’s death, Isabella escaped to the Grange. She moved to London and had a child, named Linton, and died twelve years later. Hindley died six months after his sister.
Upon Isabella’s death, Edgar tried to keep Linton, but Heathcliff sent for him. A few years later, when wandering near the Heights, Cathy met her cousin. But Cathy’s father forbids the relationship. She starts a secret correspondence with Linton, and they think they are in love.
Mr. Earnshaw finally agreed the two cousins may visit if they do not go onto the Heights land. Linton coerced Nelly and Cathy to enter the house. Once inside, Heathcliff imprisoned them until Cathy agreed to marry Linton. With her father dying and escape impossible, Cathy relented. After her father died, Heathcliff moved his daughter-in-law to the Heights. Linton died soon after the wedding, and Catherine befriended Hareton, teaching him to read.
The following year, 1802, Mr. Lockwood returns to the Heights. He learns from Nelly that Heathcliff died unexpectedly after a strange and restless madness. He was buried next to Catherine, but several people believe they see he and Catherine wandering the moors. Cathy and Hareton are in love and plan to marry, then move into the Grange.
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Summary:
這個關於愛情與誤會的經典愛情故事發生在十八世紀末的英國，班奈特家的五千金－伊莉莎白、珍、莉蒂亞、瑪莉以及琪蒂－從小就被她們的母親洗腦，她的每個女兒都立志要找到一個金龜婿，過著安定美滿的婚姻生活，只有聰明活潑的伊麗莎白受到寵愛她的父親的影響，一心想要為自己打造一個更寬廣的未來。當一名有錢的黃金單身漢賓里先生搬到班奈特家附近的豪宅，他們全家上下都感到非常興奮，因為他們都認為這位交遊廣闊的黃金單身漢搬來以後，他在倫敦結識的有錢公子哥兒和年輕帥氣的軍官一定會經常來訪，這下班奈特家的五個姊妹花絕對不乏追求者。班奈特家的長女珍不但人長得美，個性又溫柔恬靜，她似乎一心想獲得賓里先生的青睞，至於伊莉莎白則認識了英俊卻傲慢的達西先生，一場男女之間的性別大戰就此展開。
伊莉莎白和達西先生經常有機會碰面，而且每次的相遇都擦出火花，因此伊莉莎白更是拒她的遠房表親柯林先生於千里之外，甚至斷然拒絕他對她的求婚，雖然她這個決定得到她父親的支持，但是卻讓她的母親和柯林先生錯愕不已。然而當個性隨和的賓里先生突然回到倫敦，讓對他抱著希望的班家長女珍傷心欲絕，伊莉莎白卻誤以為是達西先生讓她的姊姊心碎，但是後來她的小妹莉蒂亞發生一場危機，伊莉莎白這才真正了解她和達西先生之間的微妙關係。他們這段錯綜複雜的感情關係造成極大的震撼，最後讓班奈特一家人以及他們身邊的每一個人確認了人生最重要的東西到底是什麼。
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