Idleness in Characters of Rip Van Winkle 瑞普·凡·温克尔的性格分析

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1、题目IdlenessinCharactersofRipVanWinkle专业班级2007级英语1班学号0710010123学生姓名X-X指导教师指导教师职称教授学院名称外语学院完成日期：2010年6月1日1IdlenessinCharactersofRipVanWinkleAbstractWashingtonIrvingheldthepropositioninwritingnottoattempttoloftythemeortoseektolookwiseandlearnedandpreferredaddressinghimselftothefeeli

2、ngsandfancyofthereadermorethanhisjudgment.Thispaperisaimedatanalyzingcontextuallyhismasterpiece,“RipVanWinkle”accordingtotheseideastowhichheadheredincomposition.ItutilizesthethoughtthatavoidsmoralizingfromthepointoffocusingonRipVanWinklehimself,inparticularhischaracters.Asanimpo

3、rtantpartofRip’sdisposition,idlenesscomplementsandenrichesthefigureofRip.ThispaperconcentratesonananalysisofRip’scharactersatfirstthenofhisidlenessandattemptstoseekwhatcausestheidlenessandwhattheidlenessreflects.Keywords:RipVanWinkle;character;idleness;cause;implication1.Introdu

4、ction“RipVanWinkle”，oneimmortalarticlein“TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent”ofWashingIrving,tellsusanunbelievableandmagicaladventureofahenpeckedvillager.RipVanWinkle,theprotagonist,goeshuntinginquestforpeaceescapingfromhiswifeintheKaatskillMountains,meetsahostofsingularmenplayin

5、gninepins,drinkstheirbeverageandhasadeepsleepfortwentyyears.Whenhereturnshome,notknowingtheAmericanRevolutionaryWarhastakenplace,hefindsalmosteverythinghaschanged.Ittakeshimsometimetoadjusthimselftothechangesandliveanormallife.“RipVanWinkle”isofeternalfascination,whichoftenattri

6、butestoexpressingchangeswithcontinuityandpreservationoftraditionandpresentingthemagicofimaginationintheshortstory(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_van_Winkle).Butsuccessofanexcellentfictioncanalsobefoundonthefiguresitcreates.Sothispaperskipshugetopicslikehistory,time,lifeanddeat

7、hbuttohaveananalysisoftheNobody,RipVanWinkle,inthevillage.2.Rip’scharactersThevividdescriptioninthearticlegivesageneraloutlineofRip’sentirepersonalities.Ashasbeenmodeled,Ripis“asimplegood-naturedman”,“akindneighbor”,“anobedienthenpeckedhusband”,and“apliantandmalleablefarmer”andh

8、as“ahappymortaloffoolish,well-oileddisposition”