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1、BookReviewoftheMarkontheWallbyVirginiaWoolfAsamodernistwriter,VirginiaWoolfisn’tinterestedondescribingtherealityasitreallyis,butshewantstoprivilegetheimaginationandthelibertyofcreation.Inhershortstory“TheMarkontheWall”,asimpleelementlikeamarkonthewallis
2、responsibletothenarrator’sdeeplyreflectionaboutlifeandstimulatestheimaginationofthereader.Although,therearemanyelementsinthisshortstorythatarecapableofbeingdiscussed,thisanalysisonlypointsoutsomeofthem.Thefirstpointthatcanbeconsideredveryimportantisthes
3、ymbolismofthemarkonthewall.Duringallthestory,thenarratorimagineswhatthatmarkcouldbe,buthe/sheisneversureaboutit:“Butforthatmark,I’mnotsureaboutit;Idon’tbelieveitwasmadebyanailafterall;it’stoobig,tooround,forthat.Imightgetup,butifIgotupandlookedatit,tent
4、ooneIshouldn’tbeabletosayforcertain;becauseonceathing’sdone,nooneeverknowshowithappened.”Thisconfusionabouttheidentityofthemarkonthewallcanbeinterpretedastheconfusionthatpeoplehaveinrelationtothemeaningoflife.Asintheshortstorythatonlyinthefinalthenarrat
5、ordiscoversthetrueidentityofthemark,thehumanbeingswillprobablyknowwhatlifeisonlyinitsend.Otherimportantelementofthisshortnovelisthecriticismtothosepeoplethatdon’tdeveloptheirownideas,althoughtheyfollowsomebody’sthinking:“Everybodyfollowssomebody,suchist
6、hephilosophyofWhitaker”.Howeverthetoughercriticismistakentotherealiststhatwantedtodescribetherealityandthehumanbeingastheyareinfact.Thisliterarypatternwasverydiscussedbythemodernists,becausetheydefendthattherealityandthemanarechangingallthetimeanditwoul
7、dbeimpossibletoproveorknowsomethinginitstotality.Evenforaindividual,itisdifficulttoknowhimself/herselfdeeply,forthereasonthatanyonehasthecertainabouthis/herattitudeinfrontofabigproblem,forexample.Thispointofviewofthemodernistscanbeverifiedinsomepartsoft
8、hisstory,suchasthemomentthatthenarratorquestionstherealityandevenhimself/herself:“No,nonothingisproved,nothingisknown”,“WherewasI?Whathasitallbeenabout?Atree?Ariver?TheDowns?Whitaker’sAlmanack?Thefieldsofaasphodel?Ican´tremembera
