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1、ThomasHardyTessoftheD’Urbervilles1.HowdoesTessreacttoClare’ssuggestionthattheyshouldleavetheirshelter?Why?Sheshowedastrangeunwillingnesstomove.Becauseshedoesn’twanttoputanendtoallthat’ssweetandlovelypeacefulnessandaffection.2.WhatisthesignificanceofTessrestingonanaltarintheheathente

2、mple?1）Sheisthesacrificeofthesocialconventionsandprejudicewhichsocietyhasplaceduponher2）InHardy'seyes,sheistheepitomeofthepurityofwomen,aspureasthesacrificeswhichareplaceduponthealtar.3）Sheknowsthefatewhichisabouttobefalluponher,justasthesacrificesonthealtar,inescapabledeath.4）Herde

3、athiscausedbyhumanhypocrisyandfoolishness,similartothatofasacrifice.5）Attheend,theonlyplacewhichcanacceptherforwhosheisisdeathandsacrifice.6）Biblicalallusion.Paralleltophrasethefirst,whenAbrahamandherwhereonthecarriage.SimilartothebiblicalstorywhereAbrahamwastosacrificehisson,thefam

4、ilysacrificedTess.3.Commentonthissentence:“Justice’wasdone,andthePresidentofthelmmortals(inAeschyleanphrase)hadendedhissportwithTess”.InwhatsenseisTess’storytragic?(1)Tessisatypicalvictimofthesociety.Povertyofthefamily,inhumanity,injusticeandhypocrisyofthesocietydecidehertragedy.The

5、twomen—theonewhotakesawayhervirginityandpurity,theotherwhotakesawayherlovebutdesertsherontheverywedingnight—thoughapparentrivals,jointheirforcesinbringingaboutherfinaldestruction.Hersisapersonaltragedy;itcanalsobeasocialone.(2)ThetragicfateofTessandherfamilywasnotthatofanindividualf

6、amily,butitwassymbolicofthedisintegrationoftheEnglishpeasantry---aprocesswhichhadreacheditsfinalandtragicstageattheendof19thcenturyJamesJoyceArabyP1711.Whatisthesignificanceofthetitleofthestory?1.Arabyis“asplendidbazaar”whereMangan’ssisterrecommendstheboytogo.Thereaftertheboy’simagi

7、nationseizesuponthenameArabyandinvestsitssyllableswith“anEasternenchantment”inwhichhis“soulluxuriates”2.ArabybecomesaplacewherehissoulcanfindthemysticalbeautylackinginhisownmundaneChurch.3.Theboyfeelsasummonsthathassymbolicover-tonesofaholycrusade.Butwhenhearrives,Araby,thedreamneww

8、orldfortheboy,turne