The Tragedy of Tess

The beautiful and warm-hearted girl,Tess of the D’urbervilles was Thomas Hardy’s masterpiece.In this novel,Hardy described a beautiful and warm hearted girl’s experience.As we take pity on her,we can’t restrain ourselves from wondering what caused her tragedy.The capitalist moral bias and hypocritical martial system were the main reasons.Of course,there were also other related factors,which worked together:this pure girl became the sacrifice of that society.     

The End of the American Dream——On the Tragedy of Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is considered as F.Scott Fitzgerald's most important book.This paper will concentrate on the symbolic meaning of Gatsby's tragedy-the end of the mythical American dream.Gatsby's personal experience approximates the whole of the American dream.This paper gives a detailed analysis on the formation of his dream,his great efforts in realizing his dream and his disillusionment.     

On Character of Tess of the D''''URBERVILLS

托马斯·哈代在《德伯家的苔丝》中以看似互相矛盾的景物描写为切入点 ,引出了苔丝性格之中的矛盾与不一致性 ,也为苔丝最终的悲剧埋下伏笔 ,充分展示作者独具匠心的巧妙设计和审美价值 ,同时籍此区别于同时代的其他作家     

A Tragedy of Egoism——an Analysis of George Eliot''''s Moral Concern in Middlemarch

I.IntroductionVirginia Woolf speaks of Middlemarch as“the magnificentbook which with all its imperfection is one of the few Englishnovels written for grown-up people.”(Rubinstein,795)Middlemarch is also George Henry Lewes’favorite amongEliot’s books.Indeed,compared with Eliot’s earlier works,Middlemarch,a close“study of provincial life”,is more matureand complex.In the small provincial town——Middlemarch,individualsfrom different classes interact with each other and theirrelations…     

On Analysis of English Taboos

Taboo,as a social phnomenon,exists in every culture,and it is greatly influenced by culture.In this paper the author attempts to study and analyze early English taboo from its orgion and type.The focus of the study on it is the type of taboo.Furthermore,the author also shows that Modern taboos are motivated more by notion of decency,politeness,decorum and communicative appropriateness than by pure fear sense of danger in earlier taboo practice.They reflect the sensitivity and respect of others' feelings.in 4 aspects     

The Acorn-Gatherer-an Inevitable Tragedy

Richard Jefferies' The Acorn-Gatherer depicts the miserable life of an illegitimate child and his whole family in a backward village. Through a Freudian tripartition of the human psyche combined with social analysis, this paper intends to explore the cause of the tragic life. Through the above analysis, this paper maintains that the life of the protagonist is an inevitable tragedy.     

A Streetcar Named Desire——A Tragedy of Women

A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragedy.Blanche,a beautiful woman,finally goes insane.She has an indecent past.She tells lies and is indulgent in her behavior toward men.All these seem to suggest that she deserves such a consequence.However,the fact is that Blanche once was a pure girl who dreamed of true love and happy family.It is the cruel reality that results in her tragedy.Compared with her,Stella's tragedy is a tragedy of toleration.Unlike Blanche,Stella prefers to tolerate when confronting with the reality.The tragedy of Blanche and Stella is typical of the time in which women cannot enjoy the same rights as men.     

On Man’s Potential for Evil——An Analysis of Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a thought-provoking novel written byWilliam Golding in 1954.The book describes in detail the hor-rific exploits of a band of English boys who,ranging in agefrom six to twelve,make a striking transition from civilized tobarbaric on a Pacific island.Golding’s experiences in the RoyalNavy during World War II and his meditation on human naturearoused by the two world wars constitute the creative source ofthe story.Although one cannot be sure of Golding’s motives forchoo…     

Eustacia——Victim of Fate——On Thomas Hardy''''s The Return of the Native

Owing to the influences of Greek's view of fate, Dorset peasant's fatalism and Schopenhauer' s pessimistic philosophy, Hardy showed more or less a pessimistic tendency in his early writings and this tendency illustrated itself in his writing of Eustacia, heroine of The Return of the Native. He believed that Eustacia' s tragedy resulted from the disagreement between her aspiration for a brilliant life outside Egdon Heath and the fate imposed on her by some mysterious force working at odds with her. This is what the paper attempts to prove.     

A Myth of "Wessex"──On the symbolic Description of Settingsin "Tess of d''''urbervilles

TheheinhtofThomasHaxdy's(1840-1928)achievementasanovelistwasreachedinhisnovel"Tessofd'Urbetwlles"publishedin1891-ThisnovelisconSderedbymanytbbehismOStsuccessfulwork,inwhichhenotoulycreatesavividtragicheroine-Tess,butalsothescenelandscapeinhis"Wessex",aplacecreatedbyHardyrepresentingthesouthOfEngland.Inthisnovel,justlikeinhismanyOthnysettingnotonlyservesasabadi-ground,butisthoroughlyinterwovenint0theplotSofthestoryaswellasthecharacters.In"Tess",thelandscapeandthetitlecharactertakeparallel…     

The Quantitative Analysis of Test Papers

Testing, as a part of English teaching, is a very important procedure, not just because it can be a valuable source of information about the effectiveness of learning and teaching but also because it can improve teaching. But most people are only interested in the scores of the test and neglect the reliability of the scores. This article tries to describe the test paper quantificationally and thus has the conclusion that the scores are imperfect.     

On Re-understanding the Properties of the Left-wing Spiritual History——On Chen Yinzhen's The Country Village Teacher

从左翼思想史的观点来看,陈映真《乡村的教师》是极为重要的文献,从1960年眺望、想象战后台籍左翼分子进入40年代末、50年代初期的思想困境,刚由殖民地独立出来,要清理过去又因开始进入冷战而丧失条件,要重新联系到贫穷的红色祖国又已经进入两岸割裂的初期,要展开思想的变革又被冷战、分断所阻扰.陈映真在书写中承继了20世纪50年代左翼的思想情感,其重要性在于,不仅在台湾内部搭起了与过去衔接的桥梁,同时连接回中国大陆、联系到第三世界,延续了社会主义世界革命的精神.要如何持续挖掘、抢救、研究、书写台湾战后左翼历史,是学术思想界当前所面临的挑战.     

An Analysis of Gertrude Morel in Sons and Lovers——On her Desire to Dominate

D.H.Lawerence's masterpiece Sons and Lovers portraits one vivid female figure,Gertrude Morel,who adds a great luster to the work itself.With a discussion of her desire to dominate the thesis brings the completeness and vividness of her characteristics into full display.     

On Anti-interpretation in Endgame——Man Is Unable to Change the Miserable Life ——Analysis of the Arrangement of Four Characters in The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams is considered as one of the most important American playwrights since World War II. The Glass Menagerie is his first successful drama, which describes a tragic situation of family and means to say that Man is unable to change the miserable life, no matter whatever means he try. This essay focuses on the analysis of the arrangement of the four main characters： Laura, Amanda, Jim and Tom to reveal the theme. Laura is fragile. Amanda is brave. Jim is vital. Tom is sensible. And all of them develop and try the different means to struggle against life, but fail tragically. With the evidence, the paper comes to conclusion naturally that Man is unable to change the miserable life, and he dooms to fail.     

The Analysis of the Chinese Politeness Scale

With the introduction of pragmatic studies, politeness has aroused great interest among Chinese scholars. Different cultures have different traditions and values, which bring out different understanding and application of politeness strategies. Great Chinese culture brings out the complicated Chinese politeness scale. A successful communication depends on politeness principle. Learning the Chinese politeness scale will make we know more about the Chinese culture. By researching this, we will perform better in communication.