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1、09级英语二班耿莉娟0915101035SymbolicMeaningofGreenLightinTheGreatGatsbyInthenovelthe"greenlight”appearsthreetimes,andrespectively,thethreepositionsare:inthebeginningofthenovel,inthemidwayandintheend.Thatistosay,the"greenlight"runsthroughthewholestoryasanimportantsymbol,andgivesustheappearancethatGatsby's
2、fatehasalwaysbeencloselylinkedtoit.FirstthegreenlightisthesourceofGatsby’sfaithandhope.Traditionallypeoplealwaysassociategreenwithyouth,vitality,springandhopetocontact.However,inthisnovel,Fitzgerald,theauthor,gavethegreensomenewsymbolicmeanings.The"greenlight"isfirstseenintheendofthefirstchapter:
3、“Involuntarilyglancedseaward—anddistinguishednothingexceptsinglegreenlight,minuteandfarway,thatmighthavebeentheendofadock.”SituatedattheendofDaisy’sEastEggdockandbarelyvisiblefromGatsby’sWestEgglawn,thegreenlightrepresentsGatsby’shopesanddreamsforthefuture,foratthattimeGatsbyisonlyanimpoverishedr
4、etiredsoldier,down-and-out,cannotaffordevennewclothes.NeverthelesshefallinlovewithDaisyandtrytoseekhisfortune,hopingtomatchherstatusandtowinherfavor.Gatsbyoftenstareatitinthealonenight,andspreadouthishandstoembraceit,fromwhichwecanseethegreenlightrepresentsyouth,ambitionandbecomesthesymboloflove.
5、Gatsby’sfaithcompleterelyonit;hereachestowarditinthedarknessasaguidinglighttolead09级英语二班耿莉娟0915101035himtohisgoal.Second,thegreenlightbecomestheincarnateofDaisy.GatsbyregardeditasDaisy.ForGatsby,"heandDaisyaresofaraway,incontrast,thegreenlightwillappearfromherverynear,justlikethemoonnexttoasmalls
6、tarsDaisysnuglyinDaisy'sside”,hisboundlessmissanddeepfeelingsforDaisyareonthegreenlight,eventhe"armscreativepassionintoreverie,alsocontinuetobedottedandrendering,witheachfloatingfeatherstodecorateyourdreams."AtthattimeDaisyissodignity,nobleandunreachable,whileheishumbleandlow.Hehasnochancetowinhe
7、rlovebackandbewithher,soheimagesthegreenlightasherloverandthenhecansee“her”wheneverhemissesher.Third,thegreenlightsymbolizestheAmericandream.Inthisarticletheauthormentionedthegreenlightagainattheend,thuscorrespondingwi
