德伯家的苔丝

TessoftheD'UrbervillesSymbolisminTessoftheD'UrbervillesDefinitionofSymolismIntroductionSymolisminTessoftheD'UrbervillesA

literary

movement

in

the

late19th

century,

characterized

by

the

use

of

symbols

to

represent

things.

象征主义：十九世纪的一种文学潮流，运用象征来体现事物

SymbolismRose:AsymbolofloveandbeautySymbolisminTessoftheD'UrbervillesWaterColorSeasonwaterwaterMaiden(处女)MaidenNoMore(失贞)Purification(新生)Maiden

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代表生命力的河流Blackmoor“TheValeofBlackmoorwastohertheworld,anditsinhabitantstheracesthereof.”BlackmoorTessmaideninGenesis1:20“Letthewaterteemwithlivingcreatures...Letthewatersbringforthabundantlythemovingcreaturethathathlife...Letthewatersbefulloflivingthings...everylivingandmovingthingwithwhichthewaterteems.”圣经·创世纪写道，上帝创世的第五天发明的就是水MaidenNoMore

maideninNomore

Blackmoor:Ariver,thebordarybetweenMarlotandShaston,asymbolofsinking,dangerous

andborder“thestreamsinBlackmoor...wereslow,silent,oftenturbid;flowingoverbedsofmud(泥淖/不洁)intowhichtheincautious(不慎)wadermightsink(掉入/堕落)andvanishunawares.”maideninNomoreShewas“somewhatchanged—thesame,butnotthesame;atthepresentstageofherexistencelivingasastrangerandanalienhere”.PurificationPurificationFroom:AriverinFroomVale,asymbolofwashingandforgot“thenewairwasclear,bracingethereal”“morecheeringthantheoldplacesheknewwell”“TheFroomwaterswereclearasthepureRiverofLifeshowntotheEvangelist”TessisbaptisingherchildPurification“Afterwastingherpalpitatingheartwitheveryengineofmonsensehadilluminatedher.Shefeltthatshewoulddowelltobeusefulagain—totasteanewsweetindependenceatanyprice.Thepastwaspast;whateverithadbeen,itwasnomoreathand...andsheherselfgrasseddownandforgotten”.COLOR

colorRedWhiteStrawberryRosyRedRibbonWhiteHartMoonLightFeminineTissueMadderstainstarwberry“Theyhadspentsometimewandering...Tesseatingwhateverd’Urbervilleofferedher.Whenshecouldconsumenomoreofthestrawberries,hefilledherlittlebasketwiththem.”strawberryrose“Assheinnocentlylookeddownattherosesatherbosom,therebehind...waspotentiallythe‘tragicmischief’—onewhostoodfairtobetheblood-redrayinthespectrumofheryounglife.”rose“Herrosylipscurvedtowardsasmile,muchtotheattractionoftheswarthyAlexander”“Letmeputonelittlekissonthoseholmberrylips,Tess”redRibbonSheworearedribboninherhair,andwastheonlyoneofthewhitecompanywhocouldboastofsuchapronouncedadornment.

whiteHartasymbolofTesswhiteHartAwhitedoeinJamesThurber'swhimsicalfairytaleTheWhiteDeeristransformedintoayoungwomanwhentrappedbyhunters,butheronlymemoriesareoffieldsandtreessonooneissureifshewasoriginallyadeeroraprincess.whiteHartThedistrictisofhistoric,nolessthanoftopographicalinterest.TheValewasknowninformertimesastheForestofWhiteHart,fromacuriouslegendofKingHenryIII'sreign,inwhichthekillingbyacertainThomas....Inthosedays,andtillcomparativelyrecenttimes,thecountrywasdenselywooded.Evennow,tracesofitsearlierconditionaretobefoundintheoldoakcopsesandirregularbeltsoftimberthatyetsurviveuponitsslopes,andthehollow-trunkedtreesthatshadesomanyofitspastures.whiteHartThehartsthathadbeenhuntedhere,thewitchesthathadbeenprickedandducked,thegreen-spangledfairiesthat`whickered'atyouasyoupassed;theplaceteemedwithbeliefsinthemstill,andtheyformedanimpishmultitudenow.MoonlightHavingbuttonedtheovercoatroundhershouldersheplungedintothewebsofvapourwhichbythistimeformedveilsbetweenthetrees.Shecouldheartherustlingofthebranchesasheascendedtheadjoiningslope,tillhismovementswerenolouderthanthehoppingofabird,andfinallydiedaway.Withthesettingofthemoonthepalelightlessened,andTessbecameinvisibleasshefellintoreverieupontheleaveswherehehadlefther.FeminineTissueWhyitwasthatuponthisbeautifulfemininetissue,sensitiveasgossamer,andpracticallyblanka