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1、Disillusionmentof"Bliss"“Bliss”isoneofKatherineMansfield’sfinestshortstories.Despiteitsname,itisnothingbutpoignantinfact.Completedin1918,itoffersthereaderonedayinthelifeofBerthaYoung,afashionablethirty-year-oldwifeandmother.Fromafternoontolateevening,thegraphofheremotionsmovesf
2、romtheheightsofjoyousblisstothedepthsofdespairasshediscoversherhusband’sinfidelitywithherspecialfriend,PearlFulton.Itisalsoadaywithotherdiscoveries:thatBertha’smysticalrelationshipwithPearlFultoncannotberegained;thatBertha’srelationshiptoherownchildislessfirmthanthechild’stiest
3、ohernurseNanny;thatBertha’spositionashostesstoher“soundfriends”doesnotqualifyhertoenterintocommunionwiththem,orthemwithher;inshort,thatBerthaisplungefrominnocencetoawarenessofthedisillusionmentofherself-builtimaginarybliss.ThusdisillusionmentistheimportantmanifestationofBliss’s
4、theme.Bertha’sdisillusionmentoftheassumedcloserelationshipwithherhusbandisthebiggesthittoher.Berthaalwaysfeelssheisblissful.Shehasadesirablefamilyandherlifeisfullofhopeandconfidence.Inhereyes,allthethingsarewonderfulthatshefeelssatisfiedanywhereandanytime.Thepleasureissooverwhe
5、lmingthatit’salmostbeyondwordscanexpress.Everythingoccurredseemstoaddfurthersplendortoecstasythatfillsinherheart.Inthisshortstory,numbersofparagraphsareusedtodescribeBertha’sfeelingofhappiness,butthiskindoffeelingisalmostabnormal,unbearable,indicatingthedangeroussideofit.Asthes
6、torycomestoanend,allofasudden,Berthafindsherbelovedhusbandishavinganaffairwithherspecialfriend,PearlFulton.Thatallofherhappinessistitular.ThesuddenrevelationbreaksBertha’sdreamandexpelledherfromparadise.Herhusband,Harry,asdescribedinthestory,constantlycriticizesPearlFulton,hevo
7、tedherdullish,and“coldlikeallblondewomen,withatouch,perhaps,ofanemiaofthebrain.”HebehavesasifhereallydislikedhertoavoidBertha’ssuspicion.However,laterinthestory,“HarryalmostpushinghiswifeoverwhenMissFultonisreadytoleave,andthenheturnedMissFultontowardshimandhislipssaid,‘Iadorey
8、ou.’andthenMissFultonlaidherfingersonhischeek.ThenHarr
