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1、DeathofaSalesman---ArthurMiller目录全剧概要剧作家简介--ArthurMiller课文重点字句赏析---剧情脉络(5)---矛盾体现(2)---人物刻画(2)全剧情超概要男主角WillyLoman是个年过六十的推销员,长年以来都各地波着劳碌工作,现却面临着工作危机,两个儿子也没能出人头地。(典型的美国小人物)儿子们在母亲Linda的鼓励下准备干一番事业,约见父亲会面。然而当天Willy被公司辞退了,又见到的一双儿子一事无成,浪荡不已。工作和家庭,梦想和现实,这一切都令Willy失望进而心灰意冷,选择自杀。课文节选的是第一
2、幕的开头部分:从Willy疲惫地回家直到与老婆谈论城市里人太多带来的压抑感。剧作家简介(1)ArthurMiller(1915-2005)anAmericanplaywrightandessayist.HewasaprominentfigureinAmericantheatre,writingdramasthatincludeplayssuchas:AllMySons(1947)DeathofaSalesman(1949)TheCrucible(1953)AViewfromtheBridge(1955).Heusedhisplaystoexpress
3、criticismofAmericanpoliticalandsocialissuesinthemid-twentiethcentury,fromhisanti-McCarthyismparableinTheCrucibletotheintangibilityoftheAmericandreaminDeathofaSalesman.(2)GentlemenPreferBlondes~Miller‘sspouses:MarySlattery(1940–56)MarilynMonroe(1956–61)IngeMorath(1962–2002)Mille
4、rwasofteninthepubliceye,particularlyduringthelate1940s,1950sandearly1960s,aperiodduringwhichhetestifiedbeforetheHouseUn-AmericanActivitiesCommittee,receivedthePulitzerPrizeforDramaandthePrinceofAsturiasAward,andwasmarriedtoMarilynMonroe.字词句P119brassbedstead铜床straightchair靠背椅ath
5、letictrophy银奖杯---厨房和居室陈列简单,表现生活境况。奖杯是为儿子骄傲。orchestra[‘ɔ:kistrə]乐队席,乐池---音乐伴随剧情而变换,衬托出人物性格。P120smash[smæʃ]vi瓦解,击溃studebaker美国汽车品牌P121sell[sel]vivt说服,宣传,使接受,P122prince名家,泰斗----amerchantprince商界巨子Lifeisacastingoff.人生就是一场空忙hell≈goddammit[‘ɡɔd’dæmit]该死,要命P123forGod’ssake看在上帝的份上,天哪wh
6、ip搅打(蛋,奶油)---It’swhipped.指奶酪已经搅拌好了。可见Linda的贤惠。AboutDramasIntheplayseachreasonedstepbringsthecharacterclosertotheirownending.Wepitythemastheyareunabletoescapetheirfate.Thenwefeelfearbecausewerecognize,inourowndilemmas.Thisisthepurposeofdrama:toallowustoparticipateintherepressed.
7、Baddramareinforcesourprejudices.Itinformsusofwhatweknewwhenwecameintothetheater-theinfirmhaverights,homosexualsarepeople,too.Itappealstooursenseofself-worth,and,assuch,isbutold-fashionedmelodramacomeagaininmodernclothes.Gooddramasurvivesbecauseitappealsnottothefashionofthemomen
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