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1、Unit3TheRiteofSpringArthurMillerContentTheauthorThemestructureLead-inDoyoulikegardening?Whyorwhynot?HisLifeArthurMiller(1915-2005)AHarlem-bornPolish-JewishboyMajoredinjournalismatUniversityofMichiganWrotefirstplayin1936ReceivedBAinEnglishin1938HisCareerFirstsucc
2、essfulplay:AllMySons,1946Hugesuccess:DeathofaSalesman,1949TheCrucible,1953AboutSalemWitchhuntin1692HUAC(HouseUn-AmericanActivitiesCommittee),anti-communistMcCarthyismAttendedaHUAChearingin1956,refusingtogivenames;sentencedtoa$500fineorthirtydaysinprison,blacklis
3、ted,anddisallowedaUSpassportConvictionoverturnedin1958Returntotheatricalsuccess:ThePrice,1968Experimentaldramain1970s,unsuccessfulKeptwritinguntil2004HisInfluenceOneofthegreatestdramatistsofthetwentiethcenturyPoliticallyengaged,commerciallysuccessful,socialplays
4、Numerousawardsandhonors:ThreeTonyAwards,PulitzerPrizeforDeathoftheSalesmanin19491965,ElectedthefirstAmericanpresidentofInternationalPen1993,awardedthe NationalMedalofArts2001,selectedforthe JeffersonLecture,theU.Sgovernment'shighesthonorforachievementinthe human
5、itiesDeathofaSalesman1949;1984moviestarringDustinHoffman)TheCrucible,1953,1996moviestarringDanielDay-LewisHisWorksHisMarriageMarySlattery,collegesweetheart,1940MarilynMonroe,1956Briefaffairin1951AccompaniedMillertohis1956trialMadeTheMisfitswithMillerasthescriptw
6、riterDivorcedin1961IngeMorath,1962SonDanielbornwithDownSyndrome;institutionalizedatMiller’sinsistenceSon-in-law,EnglishactorDanielDay-Lewis“TheRiteofSpring”rite:asolemnceremonyoract;asetoffixedwordsoractsTheRiteofSpringbyStravinsky:asacredpaganritualwherethewise
7、eldersareseatedinacircleandareobservingthedancebeforedeathofthegirlwhomtheyareofferingasasacrificetothegodofSpringinordertogainhisbenevolenceWhatdoes“TheRiteofspring”refertointhistext?Howisgardeningarite?Doesgardeningcarryanysymbolicmeaning?ThemeStructurePartI(1
8、-2)ParaII(3-10)A.(3-4)B.(5)C.(6-8)D.(9-10)ParaIII(11-12)GardeningasacelebrationofthecomingspringGardeninginvolvesconflictandchoice-making.Gardeningteachesyouaboutnatu
