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1、(20__届)本科毕业设计英语《双城记》中修辞的应用-10-1IntroductionCharlesDickens(1812-1870)wasborninasubordinatestafffamily,andhehadmanybrothers.Helikedreadingwhenhewasveryyoung,soheaccumulatedarichliteraryheritage.Attheageofthirteen,hewenttotherefinerstobeachildlabor.Theexperiencehada
2、greatimpactonhischildhood.Wecansaythathehaddrunkendeepoflife'sexperiencewhenhewasveryyoung.(Noman,1984:136)Dickenscreated14novelsandmanyshortstoriesinhiswholelife.HisworksdescribedawiderangeofpicturesofBritishsocietyintheVictorianera,andtoobservethemodernlifewith
3、sharpeyes,revealingalltheevilsofcapitalistsociety.ThereisacluerunningthroughalltheworksofCharlesDickensthatishiscriticalsocialanalysis.Thebreadthanddepthofhisanalysiscouldnotbesurpassedbyanyothernovelists.ManycriticsthoughtthiscreationwasnotlikeDickens'sothercrea
4、tion,andtheydidn'tgiveitatinyspace(Gross,1981:275).ButATaleofTwoCitiesisstilloneofthemostimportantcreationofDickens’s,withaclearpoliticalorientation.ThehistoricalbackgroundofthenovelistheFrenchrevolution,butthesocialrealitywhichitreflectswastheUnitedKingdom.ATale
5、ofTwoCitiesusedFrenchrevolutiontoanalogizetoday,whichreflectedthesharpclassconflictandviolentclassstruggle.Throughtheexperienceofvariousfiguresandhumananalysis,wecanseethereasonoftherevolutionandmadnessofrevenge.Theauthorwantstopromotethespiritofloveandforgivenes
6、stoovercomehatred,andtochangetheheartsofthosewhohavebeendistorted.ATaleofTwoCitiesisastoryaboutloveandhatredoffamily.DoctorMannetwascaughtandsenttotheprisonbecauseofknowingaterriblesecret.ThesecretwasabouttheAlfredbrother.SohewassenttotheBastille—oneofthemostterr
7、ibleprisonintheworld.InaTaleofTwoCities,theauthortookMr.Mannet’smisfortuneasthemainline,interspersedinthestorybetweenaristocracyDarnayandtheciviliansMadameDefarge's,expressingtheFrenchsocialpictureof18thcentury.Dr.MannentwasimprisonedintheBastilleasoffendedAlfred
8、nobility.Eighteenyearslater,hewasrescuedandbroughttolight.However,thegodofdestinymakesfoolsofthepeople.Darnay,DrMannet'sdaughter’shusband,wasthedescendantofAlf