理解意象的含义对理解小说主题至关重要。小说《呼啸山庄》是艾米莉·勃朗特惊世骇俗之作,小说中作者用多种意象描绘人物的精神世界。意象这种修辞法在《呼啸山庄》以丰富的表现形式弥漫于小说中。作者通过鞭子、迷路的孩子、书本、窗户、荒原等意象的营造,用犀利的笔触刻画人物,荡涤人类灵魂深处,通过环境揭示人物内心世界。本文从主要的意象群中选取几个最具代表意义的意象进行分析。 Understanding the meaning of the image is crucial to understanding the theme of the novel. The novel Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s shocking novel, in which the author uses a variety of images to depict the spiritual world of characters. The rhetoric of image in “Wuthering Heights” filled with rich expressions in the novel. Through the creation of images such as whips, lost children, books, windows and wasteland, the author uses sharp brushstrokes to portray characters, cleanse the depths of human souls and reveal the inner world of people through the environment. This article selects the most representative images from the main group of images for analysis.