资源描述:
《Hills like white elephant 中象征手法的使用》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、SymbolismUsedin“HillslikeWhiteElephants”Asymbolisanobject,action,orideathatrepresentssomethingotherthanitself,oftenofamoreabstractnature.Symbolismcreatesqualityaspectsthatmakeliteraturelikepoetryandnovelsmoremeaningful.Thestoryistalkingaverysensitiveto
2、picatthattime,becauseofthat,Hemingwaydoesnotuseawordofpregnantorabortion.Hemingwayisgoodat“IcebergTheory.”Inthisway,theshortstorydoesnotdiscloseeverything,wemayfindthatalotofthingsaresymbolicinit.Thetitle“HillslikeWhiteElephants”containsthreedifferents
3、ymbols:hills,thecolorwhite,andthewhiteelephants.Firstly,hillscanbeinterpretedintwoways.TheshapeofthehillsJigseesisjustreallylikeawhiteelephant.“Allright,Iwastrying.Isaidthemountainslookedlikewhiteelephants.Wasn'tthatbright?”Sheusesthewhiteelephantsasam
4、etaphorforthemountains.Anotherinterpretation----Jigispregnant,inhereyes,theroundedenlargementofherstomachwithababyisjustlikethehills,anditcanalsobethoughtofastheimageoftheswollenbreasts.Whiteisthecolorofpuresnowormilk.Itisthecoloroflighttha
5、tcontainsallofthewavelengthsofthevisiblespectrumwithoutabsorption.InWesternculture,whiteisthecolormostoftenassociatedwithinnocence,perfection,thegood,honesty,cleanliness,thebeginning,thenew,neutrality,lightness,andexactitude.Inthegirl’seyes,thecolorwhi
6、tesymbolizestheinnocenceandpurityofherunbornchild.Asforthewhiteelephant,itisalargelyuselessobjectthatmaybeexpensivetoownandmaintain,accordingtooneofitsdefinitionsinstandarddictionaries.FromtheperspectiveofJig,oneofthehillsmayrepresentthelifestyleofhera
7、ndtheAmerican. Therearealsosomeothersymbolsofit.Itrepresentsavaluablepossessionwhichtheownercannotdisposeof.AccordingtoAsianlegends,thepossessionofawhiteelephantwasregardedasbothablessingandacurse.Itwasgoodbecausetheanimalwassacredandwasconsideredtobea
8、high-levelgift.Itwasbadbecausetheanimalcouldnotbeusedasalaboranimalandwouldbeexpensivetoownandmaintain;Itisaavoidanceofadifficulttopic(accordingto“anelephantintheroom”).Thephrase“anelephantintheroom”isaeuphemismforatopicpainfullyobvious