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1、Unit2EdgarAllanPoe1)Whoisthenarrator?Whatwrongdoeshewanttoredress?ItisMontresor.FortunatohasgivenMontresorthousandsofinjuriesthathehastobearbeforehehasthisopportunityoftakingrevenge.2)WhatisthepretextMontresorusestolureFortunadotohiswinecellar?HeclaimsthathehasjustgotacaskofAmontiladoa

2、ndstoresitinthewinecellarbeforehemayfindaconnoisseurtotestifytoitsauthenticity.3)WhathappenstoFortunadointheend?ThedeceivedFortunadoiskilledbecauseofhisinabilityofgettingoutofthecatacomb.4)DescribebrieflyhowPoecharacterizesMortresorandFortunadoascontrasts.PoecharacterizesMortresorandFo

3、rtunadoasseeminglycontrastingcharacterschieflybypresentingtheiridenticalhabitinwineandtheirdifferentmannerstowardseachother,butactuallyheintendstoshowsomesimilarlydefectiveaspectsintheirnature.ThesimilarityintheirnatureisalsosuggestedbytheirnamesassynonymsinItalian:Mortresormeans“fortu

4、ne”whileFortunado“treasure”.TheirdefectivenatureishighlightedwhentherevengerMortresor,whoisfullypreparedonpsychologicalandoperatinglevels,throwsthehardlypreparedbuttotallydeceivedwrong-doerFortunadointothedeepanddampcatacombandblocksupitsentrancewithhugerocks.Lecture4NathanielHawthorne

5、Questions:1.WhyistheprisonthesettingofChapter1?Nomatterhowoptimisticthefoundersofnewcoloniesmaybe,theyarequicktoestablishaprisonandacemeteryintheir“Utopia,”fortheyknowthatmisbehavior,evil,anddeathareunavoidable.ThisbelieffitsintothelargerPuritandoctrine,whichputsheavyemphasisontheideao

6、foriginalsin—thenotionthatallpeoplearebornsinnersbecauseoftheinitialtransgressionsofAdamandEveintheGardenofEden.heisthereforeusingtheprisonbuildingtorepresentthecrimeandthepunishmentwhichareaspectofcivilizedlifeWhatistheimplicationofthedescriptionoftheroses?Therosebushsymbolizestheabil

7、ityofnaturetoendureandoutlastman'sactivities.ThenarratorsuggeststhatrosesofferareminderofNature'skindnesstothecondemned;forhistale,hesays,itwillprovideeithera“sweetmoralblossom”orelsesomereliefinthefaceofunrelentingsorrowandgloom.2.DescribetheappearanceofHesterPrynneandtheattitudeoft