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1、“TheWildHoneySuckle”Understandthetitle:1.Thenamehoneysucklecomesfromthesweetnectarthattheflowerproducestointoxicatethegreedybee.Itspowerfulfragranceseducesthehumansensesasitpervadestheair.Theperfumeofthispassionateplantmayturnamaiden’shead,hencewildhone
2、ysuckleisasymbolofinconstancyinlove.2.Theword“wild”impliesherlivingplace;shelivesinwildernessnotinparadiseorhouse;soshewillnotbeappreciatedbyothersandfeelssorrowful.Alsoitimpliesthenature,sowecansaythewriterisdescribingthenature.TheWildHoneySucklePhilip
3、Freneau1ststanza:Thehoneysucklelivesanobscure,unknown,forgotten,serene,andsafelife.2ndstanza:Thepure,innocenthoneysuckleisnotcontaminatedbythevulgareyeofpeopleandprotected,embraced,andnurturedbyNature.3rdstanza:griefupontheflower’sdeath4thstanza:nothing
4、gained,nothinglostTheScarletLetter作者:NathanielHawthorne赏析:1.AstoryofrebellionwithinanemotionallyconstrictedPuritansociety.2.UndisputedmasterpieceofHawthorne.RevealHawthorne’ssuperbcraftsmanship3.Modernpsychologicalinsight;secretmotivationsinhumanbehavio
5、ur;guilt&anxietyresultedfromsinsagainsthumanity,esp.frompride.4.Setting:PuritanbackgroundofNewEnglandin17C5.Hawthorne:masterofSymbolism.Pearl=thematicsymbol:consequencethesinofadulteryhasbroughttothecommunityandpeoplelivinginthecommunity.LetterA=differe
6、ntsymbolicmeanings(adultery,angel,able,advance,admiration,etc.).Theambiguityisoneofthesalientfeaturesofthework.6.Hester:committedsinbuttruetoGodandherself;notarealsinner;sinfuljustinthesinfuleyesoftheconventionalPuritans.7.Chillingworth:physician,coldob
7、serveroflife,lookingonmankindasthesubjectofexperiment;lostinrevenge;nottruetohimself/others/God;realvillainofthestory,truesinner.8.Dimmesdale:partnerofHester’ssin;theconcealmentofthefirstsinledtothesecondsin;nolongertruetoGod/others,butkepttruetohimself
8、;intellectualarrogance&betrayingofhonestyconflictwithinhim,ledtothetwistinganddistortionofhispersonality;suffermostinstory.“SongofMyself”"SongofMyself"isallaboutthehumanexperience.Thehumanexperience,here,meanswhatmenofthepast,pre