Antithesis(对照修辞格)讲解

.,对照,Antithesis,.,Definition,Fundamentally,contrastingideassharpenedbytheuseofoppositeornoticeablydifferentmeaning.ADictionaryofLiteraryTermsTherhetoricalopposingcontrastingofideasbymeansofgrammaticallyparalleledarrangementsofwords,clauses,orsentencesWebstersThirdNewInternationalDictionary,.,FourLevels,1.WordsKnowledgemakeshumble,ignorancemakesproud.Thebravemen,livinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecratedit,faraboveourpoorpowertoaddanddetract.(AbrahamLincoln:GettysburgAddress)Theseedyesow,anotherreaps;Thewealthyefind,anotherkeeps;Therobesyeweave,anotherwears;Thearmsyeforge,anotherbears.(PercyByssheShelley:SongtotheMenofEngland),.,2.PhraseWefindourselvesrichingoods,butraggedinspirit,reachingwithmagnificentprecisionforthemoon,butfallingraucousdiscordonearth.(R.M.Nixon:InauguralAddress)Theissuewassimple,hedeclared”TheChristianbelievesthatmancamefromabove.Theevolutionistbelievesthathemusthavecomefrombelow.”(AdvancedEnglish,Book1,Unit4),.,3.ClauseIknownotwhatcourseothersmaytake:butasforme,givemeliberty,orgivemedeath!(PatrickHenry)Andso,myfellowAmerican,asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyouaskwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.(JohnF.Kennedy:InauguralAddress)4.SentencesAnoptimistseesanopportunityineverycalamity,apessimistseesacalamityineveryopportunity.Craftymencontemnstudies;simplemenadmirethem;andwisemenusethem.(FrancisBacon:OfStudies),.,RhetoricalEffects,1.使用antithesis这一修辞格，可以使作者对事物的判断准确有力，揭示事物本质，刻画人物生动形象，入木三分。Inordertoprocureaquantityoffalse,perishablegoods,hehassoldtheonlytrue,lastinggood,hisownindependence.(GilbortHighet:DiogenesandAlexander),.,2.可使作品语言风趣幽默。Dickinson:(againpoundingthedesk)No,sir,Englishmen!Franklin:(Hehasbeenasleep,hischinonhischest;nowaneyeopens.)Please,Mr.Dickinsonbutmustyoustartbanging?Howisamantosleep?(Laughter)Dickinson:Forgiveme,Dr.Franklin,butmustyoustartspeaking?Howisamantostayawake?(PeterStoneandShermanEdwards:1776),.,3.作品运用antithesis修辞格，可以揭示事物内部对立统一的辩证关系，不但加强了语势，而且因为句式平分均匀，读起来朗朗上口，记忆深刻。Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes;itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity;itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness;itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair;wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus;wewer