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1、Atlengthasthecraftwascasttooneside,andranrangingalongwiththeWhiteWhale’sflank,heseemedstrangelyobliviousofitsadvance—asthewhalesometimeswill---andAhabwasfairlywithinthesmokymountainmist,which,thrownofffromthewhale’sspout,curledroundhisgreatMonadnockhump;hewaseventhusclose
2、tohim;when,withbodyarchedback,andbotharmslengthwisehigh-liftedtothepoise,hedartedhisfierceiron,andhisfarfiercercurseintothehatedwhale.Question:1.Fromwhichnovelisthisparagraphtaken?2.Whatisthenameofthenovelist?3.Whatisthethemeofthenovel?Answers:1.MobyDick2.HermanMelville3.
3、TherebelliousstruggleofCaptainAhabagainsttheoverwhelming,mysteriousvastnessoftheuniverseanditsawesomesometimesmercilessforces.Onwaking,hefoundhimselfonthegreenknollwhencehehadfirstseentheoldmanoftheglen.Herubbedhiseyes----itwasabrightsunnymorning.Thebirdswerehoppingandtwi
4、tteringamongthebushes,andtheeaglewaswheelingaloft,andbreastingthepuremountainbreeze“Surely,”thoughtRip,“Ihavenotslepthereallnight.”Herecalledtheoccurrencesbeforehefellasleep.Questions:1.Whatisthetitleofthiswork?2.Whoistheauthorofthiswork?3.What’sthesignificanceofthecreati
5、onofsuchacharacterinthebackgroundoftheAmericanRevolution?1.RipVanWinkle2.WashingtonIrving3.Ripiscreatedasamanwhoescapesfromhisresponsibilitiesandwhohastroublefacingtheadvancingage.Hisexperiencesillustrateman’simpulsetoseekleisure,whichrunsagainstthepuritanattitudetowardwo
6、rk..Hisrefusaltopassageoftimeandchangereflectstheauthor’sconservativeattitudetowardsthechangebroughtaboutbytheRevolution,whichisnotalwaysforthebetter.Rip,ontheotherhand,canalsobeseenasasymbolofmanyaspectsofAmerica----immature,self-centered,careless,imaginativeandjollyasch
7、ild.Rip’sconflictsaresimplythoseofthenationnewlybornaftertheRevolution----innocenceversusexperience,workversusleisure,theoldandthenew,theheadandtheheart. "Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself.AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou." Theauth
8、orThetitleoftheworkQuestion:Whatistheauthorcelebrating?theauthor:WaltWhitmanthetitleofthework:So