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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,*,Themes of,Moby Dick,1.Search for truth,The story deals with the human pursuit of truth and the meaning of existence.,2.Conflict between Good and Evil.,3.Conflict between Man and Nature.,4.Isolation between man and man;man and nature;man and society.,Symbols,1,.,The Pequod,The,Pequod,is a symbol of doom.It is painted a gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones,literally bristling with the mementos of violent death.It is,in fact,marked for death.Adorned like a primitive coffin,the,Pequod,becomes one.,2.Moby Dick,Moby Dick possesses various symbolic meanings for various individuals.,1)Symbol of nature for human beings,because it is mysterious,powerful,unknown.,2)Symbol of evil for the Captain Ahab.,3)Symbol of good and purity because of its whiteness.,3 Voyage of the Pequod,Symbol of the pursuit of ideals,adventure,and the hunt in the vast wilderness.,4)Ahab,Symbol of revenge and then evil.,5),Starbuck,Symbol of good and noble.,6)Sea,Symbol of vastness,loneliness,and isolation.,Analysis,Ambiguity,First,it can be underst,oo,d as a tragedy of man fighting against overwhelming odds in an indifferent and even hostile universe.Thus,Captain Ahab is a hero who dares to fight though he failed at last.,Then,it can be understood as a bitter satire.Captain Ahab believed in his own power(a human beings power)too much and thus he doomed to fail,because humans power is limited and there is a mysterious thing existed in the universe which controlled mans life and cannot be understood by human being.,Nowadays some new research indicated that the story means man should protect the nature otherwise man will be punished.,白鲸,故事以第一人称表达。表达者是有时比较为作者的伊什梅尔，他受雇于“裴郭德号”出海猎鲸，船长亚哈是个狡猾老练的水手，准备向一只前次航行中毁了他一条腿的白鲸莫比报仇。大副斯达巴克试图说服放弃报仇的准备，但疯狂的老人胁迫他遵从命令。在查找莫比的过程中，他们捕到了一些鲸鱼。后来，他们觉察了白鲸莫比，亚哈在与之交战三昼夜后，用鱼叉刺中莫比。白鲸被激怒了，将床撞沉，全部水手只有伊什梅尔被救起，得以表达此故事。,1851年梅尔维尔出版白鲸，这部小说以充实的思想内容、史诗般的规模和沉郁瑰奇的文笔，成为精彩的作品。,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882朗费罗,He became the first American poet to be honored with a bust in the revered Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey in London,England.,Life,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland,Maine,Longfellow was early fond of reading-Washington Irving”s Sketch Book was his favorite,Among Longfellow”s classmates at Bowdoin College was Nathaniel Hawthorne,whom he helped later reviewing warmly his Twice-Told Tales.,After graduating in 1825 he traveled in Italy,France and Spain from 1826 to 1829,and returned to the United States to work as a professor and librarian in Bodwoin.,Queen Victoria,who was his great admirer,invited him to tea.,The poets 70th birthday in 1877 was celebrated around the country.,Longfellow died in Cambridge on March 24,1882.In London his marble image is seen in Westminster Abbey,in the Poet”s Corner.,Works,The Song of Hiawatha 海华沙之歌-美国人写的第一部印第安人史诗;,Voices of the Night 夜吟;,Ballads and Other Poems 歌谣及其他;,Tales of a Wayside Inn路边客栈的故事,Evangeline 伊凡吉琳(长篇表达诗),The Courtship of Miles Standish 迈尔斯斯坦迪什的求婚-叙事长诗；,Poems on Slavery 奴役篇-反蓄奴组诗,From 1864 to 1867,he spent much of his time translating“The Divine Comedy”by Dante(1265-1321)the Italian Renaissance poet.,Longfellows Influence,Longfellow influenced America”s artistic and popular culture.,Schools,geographic locations,and ordinary products,even cigars,were named for him and for characters from his poems.In the 1870s,schoolchildren celebrated his birthday as if it were a national holiday.,He is quoted by merchants and manufacturers on their products,by journalists and preachers in their articles and sermons,and by ordinary men and women in their daily lives.,Some of his lines and phrases-“A boy”s will is the wind”s will,“Ships that pass in the night,“Footprints on the sands of time“-are so well known that they have entered the American language.,Commentary,Probably the best loved of American poets.,There are two reasons for the popularity and significance of Longfellow”s poetry,1.He had the gift of easy rhyme.,2.He wrote on obvious themes which appeal,to all kinds of people,Poetic Features,Longfellow was greatly influenced by the German Romanticism,One of the reasons why he was loved best in his time is his optimistic attitude in his poetry,he was one of the“schoolroom(讲堂，教室)poets”or“fireside poets”,His reputation as a major American Poet declined between the two wars for the gentleness and sweetness,and the common subjects,He is lacking in passion and high imagination,His style and subjects are conventional 传统的compared with modern poets,A Psalm of Life 生活的赞美诗/人生礼颂,The Theme of“A Psalm of Life”,A Psalm of Life”:from Voices of the Night(1839),In 9 quatrains 四行诗(alternately rimed),in trochaic tetrameters,The importance of a full and sincere activity in making the most of lifes brief span,Tell me not in mournful numbers,请别用哀伤的诗句对我讲；,Life is but an empty dream!人生呵，无非是虚梦一场！,For the soul is dead that slumbers 由于沉睡的灵魂如死一般，,And things are not what they seem.事物的表里并不一样。,Life is real!Life is earnest!人生是实在的！人生是吵闹的！,And the grave is n
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