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1、QuestionsonAmericanLiteratureQuestion4onP16DescribebrieflyhowPoecharacterizesMontresorandFortunatoascontrasts.“TheCaskofAmontillado”bestexplainsPoe’sliterarytheoryonshortstorywritingthatliteraturecreatesbeautyandshowsintensityofemotionashecharacterizesMo
2、ntresorandFortunatoasstrikingcontrasts.Atthebeginningofthestory,Montresor’sself-introductionleftreadersanimpressionthathewasapersonwithgreatpatienceashehadborneFortunato’sinsultmanyatimebefore.Andhisdeterminationtorevengeseemedonlywordswithoutaction.Yet,
3、heturnedouttobeacunning,discreetavenger,plottingsecretlyandwaitingpatientlyforabestopportunitytoappear.Whenaperfectmomentcame,hegraspeditandsmilinglybeggedforFortunato’sfavorwhilehecoveredhisevilintentionsowellthatFortunatocouldn’thelpbutfallintohistrap.
4、Theso-calledbadguy,Fortunato,tooksuchunusualprideinhisknowledgeofwineandhisskillofwinejudgmentthathebecameinsensitive,foolishlyblind,unabletodetectMontresor’ssinisterpurpose.HegraduallyapproachedhisgravequitewillinglyandMontresoreasilytookhisadvantage.It
5、wastowardstheendofthestorythattruthwasrevealed.Montresor,therelentlessavenger,attackedFortunato,thebigfool,andburiedhimalive.Wereaderstookaback,hardtobelieveMontresor’scruelty.Theemotionalintensitywasthusnaturallyachieved.ThroughsuchcharacterizationPoere
6、vealshispurposeofwriting,i.e.,thereisevilinhumannature,whichisusuallycoveredandignored,andtoomuchpridebringsonehisfinaldestruction.Question1.p.33.WhyistheprisonthesettingofChapterIandwhatistheimplicationofthedescriptionoftheroses?Hawthorne’sintentionofus
7、ingtheprisonasthesettingofChapterIisquiteobvious.Here,theprison–“blackflowerofcivilizedsociety”symbolizesthe17th-centuryPuritansocietyofBoston,whereitsresidentswereallprisonersastherewasnofreedom(ofspeech,willorlove)butcruelandoutdatedrulesandregulations
8、.Yetnomatterhowdarktheprison-likePuritanenvironmentwas,therehadbeensomebraveandsteadfastpeoplefightingforjustice,rightandfreedom.AnneHutchinsonwasagoodexample.Hawthorne’sdescriptionoftherosescarriessuchimplicationthatHeste
