资源描述：
《An Analysis on the Causes of Tobe’s Enslaved Life》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、AnAnalysisontheCausesofTobe’sEnslavedLifeInARoseforEmily1IntroductionARoseforEmilybyWilliamFaulknerisashortfictionthathasrootsinthesouthernUnitedStateswithappearingovertonesofmysterythatisahistoricalcontext.ThenovelissetintheAmericanSouthaftertheCivilWar,whentheoldorderdeclinesandthenewordersemerg
2、e.UsingthedecayandcorruptionoftheSouthaftertheAmericanCivilWarasabackground,Faulknernotonlyportrayedthetragedytoreflectsocialchangesandconflictsinthework,butalsoimpliedatoughlifetheslavesliveinthesouthofAmerica.Inthestory,Tobe,asaroleofablackservant,waskeepinglookingafterMissEmily.Itmaybeamysteryf
3、orpeoplewhatTobeknewaboutEmilyandwhyTobedidnotsplitherbutwasstayedwithheruntilherdeath.Accordingtothewholebackgroundofthenovel,itisnotdifficulttoassumethatTobewasborntoaslaveorstayedwithafamily,thatis,Grierson’sfamily,throughtheCivilandevenlonger.Hisslaveryidentitygavehimfewoptionsofthelife.WhatTo
4、bewassupposedtodoistobecomeconvincedofhismaster.Helosthisfreedomandoptionsonthedayhebecameaslave,whichmeansheshouldbeloyaltytohismaster-MissEmilyinhislife.Therefore,althoughEmily’sfatherleftnothingforherafterhisdeathandsheisolatesherselffromtheoutsideinherdustyhouse,nobodyhasbeentoherhouseintenyea
5、rs,exceptforherblackservant,Tobestilldidnotleaveheralonebutstayedwithher.Ononehand,itishisloyaltytoEmily;ontheotherhand,asablackservantatthattime,Tobewasnotsurewhetherthefuturelifeafterhelefthismasterwouldbebetterandthesituationoutsidethehousewouldbeimproved.Thus,Tobe’senslavedlifeinthisworkhasman
6、ycomplicatedreasons,includingsocialfactors,racism,religionandculture.ThisthesisgivesastudyoncausesofTobe’senslavedlifeinthestory.Thelayoutofthethesiscanbedividedintothreeparts.Thefirstchaptermainlyintroducestheauthorofthenovel,WilliamFaulkner,explainsthebackgroundofthestoryandgivesawholeliterature
7、review,inordertogetreadersknowabouttheworkandunderstanditbetter;thesecondchapteranalyzesthecausesofTobe’senslavedlifeinARoseforEmilyfromtheaspectsofracialdiscrimination,whitesupremacycultureandreligion;thelastcha
