毛猿The-Hairy-Ape-PPT

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,毛猿The Hairy Ape,Team Topics for Discussion,Writer&background,Plot,Character analysis,Writing t,echniques,Theme,s,Eugene ONeil(1888-1953),He successfully introduced the European theatrical trends of realism,naturalism,and expressionism to the American stage as devices to express his interest in life and humanity.His success in realistic and expressionistic drama has turned the American drama from the traditions of romantic comedy to a modern mode.,Background,The play was created in 20th century when western people suffered an intellectual crisis.In the crisis,Nietzsche shouted“God is dead”that meant human beings lost their absolute value,which made people fall into confusion and desperation.Besides,mans desire to emotions was ignored in the rapid development of technology.People put existence of individuality first at that time.Sartres existentialism was well welcomed.Existentialism is a term applied to the work of a number of philosophers since the 19th century who,despite large differences in their positions,generally focused on the condition of human existence,and an individuals emotions,actions,responsibilities,and thoughts,or the meaning or purpose of life.,The plot,Yank,the hero of the play,is a barbaric ship stoker.At first Yank feels innocently proud as he stokes the engines of an ocean liner,and is highly confident of his physical power and his leading position in front of his fellows.However,when the frail daughter of an industrialist in the steel business calls him as a filthy beast,Yank suddenly suffers a crisis of identity.He leaves the ship and wanders into Manhattan,only to find he does not belong anywhereneither with the class on Fifth Avenue,nor with the labor organizers on the waterfront.Finally he goes to a zoo,trying to seek a sense of belonging with the gorilla in the zoo and dies in the animals violent embrace.,Analysis of characters,Scene 1(exposition),Scene 2(rising action),Scene 3&4(climax),Scene 5(falling action),Scene 6(falling action),Scene 7(falling action),Scene 8(denouement),Robert Smith/Bob Smith/Yank,He is kind of authority among the firemen,.,“he seems broader,fiercer,more truculent,more powerful,more sure of himself than the rest.They respect his superior strengththe grudging respect of fear.Then,too,he represents to them a self-expression,the very last word in what they are,their most highly developed individual”(p301).,He is satisfied with the status quo and reluctant to make any change.Steelwhere he thought he belonged.,“dis is home,see?”(He regards the forecastle as home),“I m de end!I m the start!I start somep n and de woild moves!”(self-glorification).,大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流,可以互相讨论下，但要小声点,Mildred Douglas,She is the daughter of the owner of Nazareth Steel.She studied sociology in the college.,She shares with Yank the need to find a sense of usefulness or belongingthe fates of both characters were decided before they were born.,She describes herself as the waste of her fathers steel company.,Though Mildred has more education and cultural experience than Yank,she still cannot escape her cultural identity.,Paddy,An old wizened Irishman,Good at singing“Whiskey Johnny”,Nostalgic,“oh,to be back in the fine days of my youth,ochone!”(p307),“for the day that was,was enough,for we was free men and Im thinking tis only slaves do be giving heed to the day thats gone or the day to comeuntil theyre old like me.”(p307),Long,Has clear understanding of their situation,“this is ell.We lives in ell.”(p305),Has strong class consciousness,“all men is born free and ekal.Thats in the bleedin bible,mates.But what dthey care for the biblethem lazy,bloated swine what travels first cabin?Thems the ones.They dragged us doen til were ony wage slaves in the bowels of a bloody ship,sweatin,burnin up,eatin coal dust!Hits thems ter blamethe damned capitalist clarss!”(p305),Symbolism,Ape,The ape symbolizes man in a primitive state before technology,complex language structures,complex thought or money was necessary.,Yank,like the ape,struggles with thought,doesnt understand the,class system,has at best basic language skills and is most concerned,with his survival on Earth.,Steel,Steel is both a symbol of power and oppression.It is symbolic of the technology that forces Yank and the Firemen into slave-like jobs.Yank is in a virtual cage of steel created by the ship around him.,The Thinker,The Thinker is symbolic of Yanks need to think.While he physically embodies the cultural symbol of a thinker he cannot think himself.,The real ape is the only other character that takes The Thinker position.The ape sharing this habitual body position reflects on Yanks,own animalistic state.,Writing Techniques-Expressionism,Eugene ONeil is the master of expressionism.He is the first American playwright to use the expressionistic techniques in play.By using these techniques,ONeil successfully externalizes modern mans internal world,deepens his