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1、ThePortraitofaLadyLikeallgreatworksofliterature,ThePortraitofaLadydemandscarefulreadinginordertogetthefulltasteofitsdelights.However,unlikeotherworks,it’snotanovelofexcitingaction,nordoesithavethrillingadventure.Manytimes,Ijustwantedtoscanitandthenknewtheresult,butit’snotawork
2、thatcanbehastilyreadandappreciated,butaworkrichindetail,meaning,significanceandcreation.Afterfinishingthebook,Isatthereforminutes,Iwaswonderingandhesitatingwheretogoandwhichpointtowrite.Thebookcanbereadverysimply—it’sjustadescriptionofagirl,Isabelandfourmen.Itcanalsobereadvery
3、deeply—theJamesiannovelandhistheme.ThenIhadanimpulsetocry,whichIdidn’tknowexactlythereason,forhertragicendingorforRal’death?BasedontheinformationfromtheInternetandmyownunderstanding,hereismyreport.PeopleregardHenryJames’sfictionasaworkofart.Tohim,thenovelisaformcompleteitself.
4、InthePrefacetotheNewYorkEditionoftheNovelsandTales,Jamesprovidedsomeinsightsintothebook.Heassertedthathissubjectwasasinglecharacter,IsabelArcher,anditwasamatterofa“certainyoungwomanaffrontingherdestiny”.Hethenpicturesahousewithamillionwindows,outofwhichareeyeslookingout.Whatth
5、eseeyessee,Jamessysislife,thehumansceneandthechoiceofsubject.Actually,therearemanymetaphorsthere,andthemostcommononeistheuseofahouse.Inthebeginning,IsabelfallsinlovewithGardencourt,forthehousefulfillsheridealofaEuropeanromantichouse.Later,thePalazzoRoccaneraistheopposite,which
6、istheendofherillusion.Thehousereflectthepeople.Anotherthemeisthattheyouthful,passinatefreeAmericanconfrontEuropeansociety.Americahasnoconventions,whileAmericansarefreeofconventions.Isabeldisruptsthem,whileOsmondlivesbythem,butshefindsoutittolate.Thisisytheauthor’stheme:theAmer
7、icaninEurope.Isabel,justasthetitlesays,isalady.Sheisbeautiful,brilliant,knowledgableandidealistic.Shehasromanticsnotions.Shelovesfreedomandtheexperienceoflife,sheturnsLordWarburtondown,forshethinksmarryingwillrestraintherlifefullyandheistoogoodforher.ThenshechoosesQsmond,an“or
8、iginalwithoutbeinganeccentricman”.Heisnarrow,selfishandhetake
