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1、【标题】 对《白鲸》中两位主人公的分析【作者】秦敏【关键词】亚哈； 以实玛利； 白鲸【指导老师】蒋会【专业】英语【正文】I.AGeneralIntroductiontoHermanMelvilleandHiswork,MobyDickA.HermanMelvilleHermanMelvillewasbornin1819inNewYorkCity.TheancestorisprominentfamilyinScotland.Thematernalgrandfatheristheoutstandingac
2、complishment’sgeneralatwarofindependence,andcomesfromDutchimmigrant'sfamily.Hisfatherisaprosperousmerchant,buthediedindebtwhenHermanwaseleven.Thefather’sdeathtookhishappychildhoodawayandattheageoftwelvetheboywasforcedtoleaveschool.Afterleavingschoolheha
3、sbeenthebankcopyclerk,thesalesman,theprimaryteacherandtheworkerinthefarmlandandsoon.Aboveallofjobscan’tofferhismotherandhimasatisfactorylife.SohedecidedtogotoseaasasailorandworkedadventuresomemonthsontheBritishship,theSt.Lawrence,withwhichhesailedacross
4、theAtlantictoLiverpoolandonthereturnvoyagetoAmerican.Heagainthirstsforthesea.Afterthatheimmediatelysignedonawhalingship,Acushnet,whichmadethelongvoyagearoundSouthAmericanandintothePacific.TheshipfinallydroppedanchoratabeautifulislandoftheMarquesaslocate
5、dintheSouthPacificOceanthatHermanMelvillelaterusedasasettingofhisnovelTypee. Inhisdaysoffloatingonthesea,hissailingexperiencegavehimtherichmaterialonwriting.Hebegantowriteafterhecomesbackfromtheseabetween1846and1852.HisworksincludeTypeein1846thatisanove
6、lbasedonhislifewiththepersonwhoeatshumanflesh;Omooin1847,anovelabouthislifeinTahiti.Bothofthemwerereceivedwelcomeverymuch;MardiandRedburnin1849,thelaterisasemi-autobiographicalnovelaccordingtohisfirstvoyagetoEnglandandreturn;WhiteJacketin1850,whichdescr
7、ibewarshiplife,becauseitwasexposedtocarryoutpunishmentofhumanbody.FinallyUnitedStatesNavyabolishedthepunishment;MobyDickin1851,whichfailedtodrawattentiontohiscontemporaries,butlaterconsideredtobethebestamongallhisseaadventurestoriesandacceptedbymanyread
8、ers;Pierrein1852,whichwasadisappointingwork.WiththepublicationofPierre,Melville’sfamebecameweakergradually;finallyhedecidedtowriteaseriesofshortstories,sixofwhichappearedasIsraelPotterin1855,PiazzaTalesin1856.Afterthat,heturnedto
