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1、ComparisonbetweenCaptainAhabinMobyDickandSantiagoinTheOldManandtheSeaIntroductionTherelationshipbetweenhumanandnaturehasbeingafrequentlydiscussedtopicforcentries.ThereareagreatdealofliteraryworksthatarefocusedonthistopicamongwhichHermanMelville’sMobyDickandErnestHemingway’sTheOldManandtheSeaaretwog
2、reatexamples.MobyDicktellsastorythatCaptainAhab,withhiscrew,chasesawhitewhale,andfinallykillsitwiththecostofthedeathofeveryoneonboardexceptIshmaelwhotellsusthestory.ItisavoyageofvengeanceforCaptainAhab,oneofwhoselegswasshearedoffbyMobyDickthewhitewhaleinapreviousfight.TheOldManandtheSeaisaboutanold
3、CubanfishermanSantiagoandhisbattlewithagreatmarlin.For84daysSantiagodoesnotcatchasinglefishbuthedoesnotfeeldiscouraged.Hegoesfaroutintotheseaandhooksagiantmarlin.AdesperatestruggleensuesinwhichSantiagomanagestokillthefishandtieittohisboat,onlytofindthatonthewayhomehehastofightamoredesperatestruggle
4、withsomedangerousgiantsharks,whicheatupthemarlin,leavingonlyaskeleton.Theoldmanbringsithomeandgoestobedtodream,almostdeadwithexhaustion.Eco-criticism,anewbranchofliterarycriticism,madeitsappearanceinthe1990sinthewesternworld.CheryllGlotfeltygaveadefinitionofEco-criticismintheprefacetohisTheEco-crit
5、icismReader----“It’sthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenliteratureandenvironment.”(Glotfelty,C.&Fromm,H.1966:xviii)GlenLoveholdsthat“Themostimportantrolethat19literatureplaystodayisleadingpeopletoathoroughunderstandingoftheimportanceofthenatureinaworldfullofdisasters”.Inotherwords,literatureshoulddepic
6、ttherelationshipbetweenhumanandnatureandappealtoaharmoniousco-existancebetweenthem.MobyDickandTheOldManandtheSeaarebothliteraryworksthatreflecttherelationshipbetweenhumanandnature.Thispaper,fromanecologicalperspective,takingAhabandSantiagoastheobjectofanalysisandbythemeansofcontrastandcomparison,id
7、entifiestheirdifferentcharacteristicsanddifferentworldoutlooks.Furthermore,itanalysesthereasonofthedifferentfatesofAhabandSantiago,andtriestofindouttheanswertohowhumanbeingscanliveharmoniouslywithnature.19C
