A-rose-for-Emily-分析(人物-象征-背景)

作品分析题（18分）

1oFaulkner'sARoseforEmily

ThisstoryhappensaftertheAmericanCivilWar,inJeffersonTownoIfsastory

aboutaneccentricspinsternamedEmiIyGriersonwhosemarriageistotaIlymanipulated

byherfather.TwoyearsafterherfatherJsdeath,poorEmilyisacquaintedwitha

northernercalledHomerBarron,adayIaborerandshefallsinIovewithhim。However,

theirreIationisshort-IivedasHomerbecomestiredofherandintendstogetrid

ofher（＞InordertokeepHomerathand,Emilykillshimwitharsenicand“obtain”

him,thus,shesIeepswithhiscorpsefordecades.ThisisthetruththatviIIagers

findafterherdeath.Frommyownperspective,thismasterpiecerefIectsthedecIine

ofthesouthernsocietyandreveaIstheconfIictsbetweenthetwodifferentvaIuesystems

andtwosocietiesaftertheAmericanCivilWar.Then,IwiIIexplainmyopinionsfrom

thefollowingtwoaspects:character,symbol.

Emilyisanembodimentofthesouth,theoldandtraditionoAttheverybeginning

ofthisstory,thewriterrecountsthedecorationofherhousewhichisstill1870s

styIe,isn,tchangeanymore.Besides,sheisaIsoobstinate.Whenthenewgovernment

compeIthetaxesonher,sherefusestopaythetaxandevenridicuIouslymentionsa

colonelwhohasbeendeadaImosttenyears.AnotherexampIeisthatshepreventspeopIe

frominstaIIingmaiI-boxonthewall.ShekeepsthetraditionaIviewsaIItheIong,

butresiststochangeanything.However,poorEmilyisadeterminedwoman.RegardIess

ofpeople,scriticism,sheinsistsonmarryinganorthernerwhosesocialposition

isapparentIyIowerthanher。Itisknownthatinthatperiodoftime,hierarchyis

prevaiIinganddeep-rootedthroughoutthesociety.Itparticularlyhasaprofound

infIuenceonmarriage。Whensomeonechoosesapartner,heorshemustconsiderthe

sociaIpositionoftheotherpartytothemarriageoHowever,Emilychoosestodisobey

theconventionandchaIIengestradition.Giventhissituation,herfaiIureisquite

expectabIe.However,shecannotgetridoftheshackIesoftheSouthernconventions.

Afterall,shecapturesherIoverinherownwayandtheIoveistreatedwithhonoro

Herfather,theoIdGrierson,isaIsoanincarnationoftheSouth,patriarchyand

tradition.Hewasveryfastidiousaboutherdaughterysmarriageanddroveawayevery

manwhocaughtthefancyofhero“Whenshegottothirtyandwasstillsingle"o

?

Obviously,bothherbodyandmindareensIavedbyherfatherstraditionsIconcepto

Therefore,shefeeIsreleasedwhenherfatherisdead,andthereisno“traceofgrief

onherfaceMO

InthisnoveI,EmilysymbolizestheSouth,oIdandtradition,theYankeerepresents

theNorth,newandmodern.Bothyoungguysmightbeinterestedineachotherwhenthey

firstmeetoButtheypossessaltogetherdifferentvaIuesorconceptofIives.Sothey

inevitabIyseparatedbeforelong。TheconfIictbetweenthetwopartnerssymboIizes

theconfIictbetweentheSouthandtheNorth.Andtheabsurdmurderaggravatesthe

contradictionso

The“Rose”,thatisnevermentionedinthisnovel,isalwaysinterpreted

conventionallyasasymboIofIoveoItmightbeusedastheIoveEmilygetsfromher

loveroButinmyopiniontherosemainlyrepresentsdecayanddeath。Atthetimethe

viIIagerswenttoherroomandfoundthevaIancecurtainsoffadedrosecolorandthe

rose-shadedIightsintheroom.ActuaIIy,theauthorpIaysatrickonMissEmiIyo

Infact,shedoesn'treaIlygetanyIovefromanymanwhetheritisfromherIover

orherfather.EmilycouIdhaveafavorabIemarriagebutforherfather'sinterferenceo

ShecouldhavegotherdeservedIovefromHomeroButonaccountofherobstinacyand

pride.shereceivestirednessandindifference,insteadofaffection----rose,from

him.Thus,asanoutsider,theauthorortheviIlagers,theygivearoseasatribute

toEmiIy.Besides,therosealsostandsfortheauthorJsandviIlagers,pity,sympathy

andIamentforEmily,whosemindisimprisonedinthepastandfailstoadapttothe

change.What'smore,theauthor,uWiIIiamFaulknerobjectifieshiscompIicatedand

emotionaIinvoIvementintheSouthandinthepeopIewhogrowupandIivethereever

since',.

2ORobertFrost'sTheRoadNotTaken

Tworoads

divergedinayeIlowwood,黄色的树林里分出两条路

AndsorryIcouIdnottravelboth可惜我不能同时去涉足

Andbeonetraveler,IongIstood我在那路口久久伫立

AndIookeddownoneasfarasIcouId我向着一条路极目望去

Towhereitbentintheundergrowth;直到它消失在丛林深处

Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,但我却选择了另外一条路

Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂

Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;显得更诱人，更美丽

Thoughasforthatthepassingthere虽然在这条小路上

HadwornthemreaIIyaboutthesame,很少留下旅人的足迹

AndboththatmorningequaIlyIay那天清晨落叶满地

InIeavesnostephadtroddenbIack.两条路都未经脚印污染

Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!呵，留下一条路等改日再见

YetknowinghowwayIeadsontoway,但我知道路径延绵无尽头

IdoubtedifIshouIdevercomeback.恐怕我难以再回返

Isha11betellingthiswithasigh也许多少年后在某一个地方

Somewhereagesandageshence:我将轻声叹息把往事回顾

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-一片森林里分出两条路

ItooktheoneIesstraveIedby,而我却选择了人迹更少的一条

AndthathasmadeaIIthedifference。从此决定了我一生的道路

赏析："TheRoadNotTaken"isapoembyRobertFrost.11isthefirstpoeminthevoIume

andisprintedinitalics。ThetitleisoftenmistakenIygivenas"TheRoadLess

Traveled”,fromthepenu11imateline:"ItooktheoneIesstraveIedby”o

Thepoemhastworecognizedinterpretations:

oneisamoreIiteraIinterpretation,whiletheotherismoreironic。

AccordingtotheIiteraIinterpretation,thepoemis

inspirationaI,apaeantoindividuaIismandnon-conformismo

ThepoemconsistsoffourstanzasoInthefirststanza,thespeakerd

escribeshispositionoHehasbeenoutwaIkinginthewoodsandcomes

totworoads,andhestandslookingasfardowneachoneashecan

seeo

HewouldIiketotryoutbothtbutdoubtshecoulddothat,sothereforehe

continuestoIookdowntheroadsforaIongtimetryingtomakehis

decisionaboutwhichroadtotake

TheironicinterpretationwidelyheIdbycritics,[1I

[5]isthatthepoemisinsteadaboutregretandpersonaImyth-making,

u

rationalizingourdecisionoInthisinterpretation,thefinaltwoIines:Itookthe

oneIesstraveIedby,andthathasmadeaIIthedifference。"areironic:thechoice

madeIittIeornodifferenceatall,thespeaker'sprotestationstothecontrary0The

speakeradmitsinthesecondandthirdstanzasthatbothpathsmaybeequaIIywornand

equaIIyIeaf-covered,anditisonlyinhisfuturerecoIIectionthathewiIIcaIIone

road“lesstraveIedby".

3.EmilyDickinson's

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