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1、山东经济学院英美文化学期论文论《老人与海》学期论文题目:__指导教师：张林栋　学号：2008110155姓名：窦志强外国语学院（部）　英语　专业2012届山东经济学院教务处制2011年5月10日TheTragicColorofTheOldManandtheSeaBydouzhiqiangSubmittedtoSchoolofForeignLanguagesinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheTermPaperForEnglishAmericanLiteratureatShandongEconomicUnivers

2、ityUndertheSupervisionofZhangLindongMay.10,2011山东经济学院外国语学院英汉翻译学期论文TheTragicColorofTheOldManandtheSea:ChallengetothePerfectionismABSTRACTThroughages,humanbeingshavealwaysbeeninpursuitoftheperfectionofeverything.Notallthings,however,areperfectintheworld.BothHemingwayandSantiago,thehero

3、inhisfamousworkTheOldManandtheSeaareperfectionists.Intheirdailylives,perfectionistshaveendlesssadnesssincetheyalwaysdemandmoreandmore.Whenapersonwantsmoreandhispresentsituationcouldnotsatisfyhim,heisboundtoinvolveinastrangecircle,whichwillmakehismentalityfullofcontradictories.Itisune

4、asyforhimtolethimselffree.Perfectionistscouldnotbeeasilyunderstoodbyothers.ThoughananalysisofthetragedyoftheoldmanandHemingway,thisthesismainlydiscussesthetragiccolorinTheOldManandtheSea,anddrawsaconclusionthattheirperfectionismleadstotheirtragedy.Inthatway,thepaperchallengesperfecti

5、onism.Justlikeanoldsayinggoes:“Nooneisperfect”.Thereisnoabsoluteperfectionismintheworld.Infact,pursuingperfectionisagoodmedicineforthosewhoarevacuoustoremedy,butonthepremisethattheyknowtheirpotentialwellinpursuitofperfection.Ifapersondoesnotknowhispotentialofperfectionandover-pursues

6、it,notonlydoeshelivewithouthappiness,buthegetsnothingintheendaswell.Theworldisimperfect.Therefore,itisessentialtoaccepttheimperfectionoftheworldandlearntoabnegatesomeunrealisticpursuits.Thisthesistriestoelucidatethetruththatpeoplewhoover-pursueperfectioncannotbuthurtthemselvesintheen

7、d.KeyWords：tragiccolor;perfection;perfectionism;Hemingway;Santiago摘　要千古以来，人们历来追求事事的完美，然而，事事皆不完美，即使是人们心目中最完美的东西也有它的破绽。就像是海明威和他的名著《老人与海》里的铁汉英雄---圣地亚哥一样，他们两人都是人们心目中的完美主义者。然而在日常的生活中，完美主义者总是有着无穷无尽的悲哀，因为他们一生的追求会随着自己目标的达成变得越来越多。若是一个追求完美的人为自己定了很高的目标而没有实现时，他们就很容易陷入一种精神的怪圈，这样的怪圈使得他们的内心总是充满矛盾，在

8、不断的挣扎中，他们难以脱