简介:Romanticismisanimportantstageintheevolutionofman’sself-consciousness.Itshowsnewinterestinandnewconcernwithmanandnature.Wordsworthiswell-knownasanaturepoet.Thethemeofhumanmindandnatureinhispoemshaslongattractedreaders’attention.However,hedoesnotindulgeinnatureitselfbuttakesitasconsolationandinspirationforhumankind.Inordertohighlightthepoet’sconcernwithhumanmind,thepresentpaperchoosestoexploreWordsworth’sconcernwithchildren’smind,basedontheanalysisofWordsworth’sThePreludeandmanyofhispoemsaboutchildren.
简介:Sinceancienttimes,asoneofthesymbolsofuglyanddirty,prostitutesareinvariablylivingintheblackmarginsofsociety.Facingprostitutes’miseries,peoplealwayscannotunderstandtheiremotions,mentalitiesanddesires,ortreatsthemasequals,particularlyaswomen.ProstitutesareaspecialgroupintheoppressedwomeninWesternsocieties.MargaretandNanaaretwotypicalimagesoftheminthehistoryofwesternliterature.Withtearsandlives,theydeducetheirmiserablelifestoriessimilarly.
简介:InNewYorkCity,ononeofthehighhillsoverlookingtheHarlemRiverValley,standstheHallofFameforGreatAmericans.Fromtimetotime,acommitteeisappointedtoselectfamousAmericanmenandwomentothisHallofFame.Inordertomakesurethateachpersonsoselectedhasachievedlastinggreatness,noonecanbechosenunlesshehasbeendeadforatleast25years.
简介:AsamasterpieceofHawthorne’sworks,TheScarletLettersetsuponNewEnglandintheseventiethcenturyandsuccessfullydepictsthecrueltyofPuritansocietyandthekilltohumannature.However,itseemsthatthisisnottheonlypurposefortheauthortocriticizethePuritanism.Hawthornealsoendeavorstopursuitanidealharmonythroughtheimageoftheforest,whichisomittedbymostofthescholarswhoresearchHawthorne’sworks,especiallyforTheScarletLetter.Inthisthesis,itaimstoillustratetheidealharmonyfromtwoperspectives:first,theimageoftheforeststandsfortheharmonyoftheprimitivelife;second,theimageoftheforestrepresentstheharmonyofthedevelopmentbothinbodyandmind.