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1、TheSymbolicStudyinTheRisingoftheMoon　　HarbinNormalUniversity　　【Abstract】Thispaperanalyzesthesymbolicmeaningofthecharacters，sceneandthemoonitselfinTheRisingoftheMoon.ItalsopointsoutthatLadyGregoryhassuccessfullyusedmultiplesymbolstoindicatethethemeoftheRisingoftheMoonfromdiffe

2、rentaspects，givesthethemeaconcreteimagetomakethemeaningofthescriptmoresubtleandricher.　　【Keywords】TheRisingoftheMoon；Symbolism；Theme　　Introduction　　TheIrishplaywright，LadyGregory，devotedallherlifetothecreationofIrishnationalplay.Mostofherworksexpresstheresistancetoforeignrule

3、，advocatetheconnotationofnationalindependence.Theone-actplay，TheRisingoftheMoon，depictsanIrishSergeantwhowasundertheBritishgovernmentatthattime，sawtheescapedpoliticalcriminalinthequayasawanderingballadsingerinthespecialhistoricalcontextoftheIrishstrugglefornationalindependenc

4、e.Undertheconflictionbetweentheofficialdutyofarrestingtheescapedprisonerandthenationalcompassionandnationalindependence，theSergeantfinallygaveupthearrest.　　Symbolismisawritingskillofcreativeliteraturebyusingconcreteobjectstoexpressamuchdeepermeaning.LadyGregoryusedmuchsymboli

5、cfeaturesinherwriting，suchasthemoon，thequay，eventhecharacters.ThispapermainlyfocusesontheanalysisofthesymbolismthatusedinLadyGregory’sfamousplay―TheRisingoftheMoon.　　I.TheSymbolicMeaningoftheMoon　　Thetitleoftheplay，TheRisingoftheMoon，issymbolic.Therisingofthemoonisasymbolofth

6、erisingofpoliticalawakeningaswellasasymboloftheawakeningofpoliticalindependence.BythetimeLadyGregorywrotethisplay，IrelandhadbeenunderthereignoftheBritishEmpire.EventhoughtheyweregovernedbytheBritishgovernment，theIrishpeopledidnotsufferamiserablelife.Forexample，theSergeantandh

7、istwoassistantsintheplayareallIrishwhoworkfortheBritishgovernment.Theirbasicneedsandnecessitieshavealreadybeenfulfilled.EveniftheyliveundertheBritishrule，theirliveswerequitecomfortable.　　However，therewerealsoIrishpeopleholddifferentopinions.Theythoughtthebasicfood，clothes，mon

8、eyandotherneedsforcomfortablelivesdonotmeantheycanforgetthebloodytru