Desire-Under-The-Elms-(榆树下的欲望)学生自主上课.ppt

DesireUnderTheElms 榆树下的欲望 EugeneO Neil 尤金 奥尼尔 Contents 1 Introductionoftheauthor2 Introductionofthedrama3 Analysisofmajorcharacters4 Thethemeofthedrama5 TheinfluenceaboutDesireUndertheElms 1 Introductionoftheauthor EugeneO Neil 1888 1953 HisLifeandWritingCareerAmerica sgreatestplaywrightWonthePulitzerPrizefourtimes theonlydramatistevertowinaNobelPrize 1936 FounderoftheAmericandrama BorninNewYorkonOctober16 1888intoatheatricalfamilyReceiveduniversityeducationforoneyearandlatertraveledallovertheworldIn1914 heattendedProfessorGeorgePierceBaker sdramaworkshopatHarvard 1 Introductionoftheauthor HisMajorPlaysAsadramatist O Neillwroteandpublishedaboutforty nineplaysBoundEastforCardiff东航加迪夫 1916 BeyondtheHorizon天边外TheStraw草 1921 andAnnaChristie安娜 克里斯蒂 1921 Achievementsinsymbolicexpressionism TheEmperorJones琼斯皇 1920 TheHairyApe毛猿 1922 AllGod sChillunGotWings上帝的儿女都有翅膀 1924 andDesireUndertheElms榆树下的欲望 1924 TheGreatGodBrown大神布朗 1926 LazarusLaughed拉撤路笑了 1927 StrangeInterlude奇异的插曲 1928 TheIcemanCometh送冰人来了 1946 LongDay sJourneyIntoNight长夜漫漫路迢迢 1956 1 Introductionoftheauthor O Neill sExperimentationsinDramaticArt O Neill sinventivenessseeminglyknewnolimits Hewasconstantlyexperimentingwithnewstylesandformsforhisplays 1 HeintroducedtherealisticoreventhenaturalisticaspectoflifeintotheAmericantheater 2 Heborrowedfreelyfrommodernliterarytechniquessuchasthestream of consciousnessdevicewiththehelpofwhichhemanagedtorevealtheemotionalandpsychologicalcomplexitiesofmodernman 3 Astohislanguage O Neillfrequentlywrotethelinesindialect orspelledwordsinwayswhichindicateaparticularaccentormannerofspeech 2 Introductionofthedrama DesireUndertheElmsisaplaybyEugeneO Neill publishedin1924 andisnowconsideredanAmericanclassic AlongwithMourningBecomesElectra itrepresentsoneofO Neill sattemptstoplaceplotelementsandthemesofGreektragedyinaruralNewEnglandsetting 2 Introductionofthedrama AbbieseducesEben AbbiefallsinlovewithEben AbbiehasababyNeighbourmockatCabot Abbiekillsthebaby EbendenouncesAbbietothesheriff P SgotoCalifornia Theyreturn Theyfacetheirjudgementtogether 2 Introductionofthedrama 2 Introductionofthedrama 2 Introductionofthedrama 3 Analysisofmajorcharacters Eben Twenty five tallandsinewy Blackhair mustache athincurlytraceofbeard Hisfaceiswell formed good looking butitsexpressionisresentfulanddefensive Hisdefiant darkeyesremindoneofawildanimal sincaptivity Dressedinroughfarmclothes 3 Analysisofmajorcharacters EphraimCabot Seventy five tallandgaunt withgreat wiry concentratedpower butstoop shoulderedfromtoil Hisfaceisashardasifitwerehewnoutofaboulder Hiseyesaresmall closetogether DressedinhisdismalblackSundaysuit 3 Analysisofmajorcharacters SimeonandPeter Tallmen mucholderthantheirhalf brother Simeonisthirty nineandPeterthirty seven Farmworker Theyclumpheavilyalongintheirclumsythick soledbootscakedwithearth Theirclothes theirfaces hands barearmsandthroatsareearth stained Theysmellofearth 3 Analysisofmajorcharacters AbbiePutnam Thirty five buxom fullofvitality Herroundfaceisprettybutmarredbyitsrathergrosssensuality Thereisstrengthandobstinacyinherjaw aharddeterminationinhereyes andaboutherwholepersonalitythesameunsettled untamed desperatequalitywhichissoapparentinEben 4 Thethemeofthedrama TheplayusesancientGreekthemesofmurderandfatefulretributuionuponthesinners JustasfateleadstoaGreektragedy theemotionalforcesofsuchhumandesiresasjealousy resentment lust andincestuousloveresultinthefataltragedyinDesireUndertheElms 4 Thethemeofthedrama DesireforwealthmakespeoplelosebalanceofahealthymindInthisdrama everycharacterappearingonthestageshowsadesireforwealth CabotisatypicalrepresentativeofPuritans Hewasselfish cheap cruelandhard Hegotpropertiesthroughhismarriageandforcedhistwoex wivestoworkextremelyharduntiltheywereabusedtodeath DesireforwealthdroveSimeonandPetertoCalifornia 4 Thethemeofthedrama ItalsodroveAbbietomarryCabot aratheroldman sothatshecangetCabot sproperty Itisfromherdesirethatallthetragedybegin Evenanunrelatedpersonlikethesheriffdesiredtopossessthefarm Hesays It sajim dandyfarm nodenyin WishedIownedit Itisfunny butthereliessomethingnotsolightheartedbehindit Thebitternessandsarcasmcanbesensedbysensitivereaders Thatis itishumannaturetodesireforwealth 5 TheinfluenceaboutDesireUndertheElms DesireUndertheElmsisa1958Americanfilmversionofthe1924playDesireUndertheElmswrittenbyEugeneO Neill ThefilmwasdirectedbyDelbertMannfromascreenplaybyO NeillandIrwinShaw ThefilmwasnominatedforBestBlackandWhiteCinematography DanielL Fapp attheAcademyAwardsandLaurelAwardsin1959 Itwasalsoenteredintothe1958CannesFilmFestival 5 TheinfluenceaboutDesireUndertheElms IntheLightofStrindberg sInfluence MurrayHartmanalsosawstrongparallelsbetweenDesireUndertheElmsandtheworkofAugustStrindberg writing Atanyrate thereishardlyaplotelementintheplaythatcannotbetracedtooneormoresourcesinStrindberg Specifically hepointsoutverysimilarlyconfusedrelationshipswiththewriters respectivemothersandcontentiousrelationshipswiththeirfathers Thiscanbeseenin