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1、OntheThreeFemaleCharactersinTheGreatGatsby20111151121中国青年政治学院外语系潘思岑1.GeneralintroductionThe"Americandream"isauniqueculturalphenomenoninAmericanhistory,alsoisaeverlastingthemeinAmericanliterature.Fitzgerald,mostgoodatwritingabout"Americandream",isagenuineauthorbornunderAmericancul
2、tureandthe"Americandream".FitzgeraldisoutstandinginliterarycirclesintheUnitedStatesalongwithHemingway,Faulkner.TheGreatGatsbyistherepresentativeworkofFitzgerald,publishedin1925.BydescribingtheprotagonistGatsbypursuingtheAmericandream,achievingtheAmericandreamandeventuallybecoming
3、akindofsacrificeduringtheprocessoftheAmericandream,thenovelcriticallyreflectedthecorruption,erosionandthestrongcriticismoftheAmericansocietyundertheaflashy,brightandexcitingsurface.ThisworkhasbeenpraisedasthemostprofoundcontemporaryAmericannovel,whichhasbeenrecognizedembodimentof
4、creativethinkingandartisticstyleofFitzgerald.Theauthorhimselfalsoacknowledgesthatthenovelishisconsciousartisticachievementfromcreativethinking.ItisGatsby,asoneofFitzgeraldprotagonistsinthenovel,whohasbeenatypicalfigureintheworldliterarygalleryandrecordedintothewesternliteraryclas
5、sic(114).InTheGreatGatsbyFitzgeraldexquisitelyandaccuratelydepictsthe“jazzage”.Thethreeimportantfemaleimagesareparticularlyimpressive:Gatsby'sdreamlover,DaisyBuchananfromanoblefamily,Daisy'sgirlfriend,alsoagolfplayerJordanBaker,andTomBuchanan'smistressMyrtleWilson.AsforJordanBake
6、r whoalwayskeepsskepticalfortheworld,“thereareonly peoplejustpursuing and beingpursued, alsothebusyand leisureintheworld.”(107).Whatleadstothedecay andparasitic valuesforlife ofthesewomen, wethink, istheerathey livein.Inthenovel "TheGreatGatsby",Fitzgerald created 3different fema
7、lecharacterswithdifferentsocialclass,different culturebackground,different personality temperaments.Buttheyshareanimportantthingincommonthattheylivedependingonmanandtrytheirbesttorealizetheirlifevaluefromthepursuitofmen.Thissuggeststhatthedecadentparasiticlifestyleandconsciousnes
8、softhesefemalecharactersinthefieldreflec
