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1、1.DoyouthinkGatsbydeservestobecalled“thegreat”?Why?-------fromF.Scoot.Fitzgerald  TheGreatGatsby Gatsbypursuit“auniverseofineffablegorgeous”inhisyoungage.Infact,GatsbyfromWestEgginsistshisPlatonicfantasy.Hefellinlovewiththeblondeandhisineffablegorgeousidealiscombinedwith

2、Daisy’sbreathinganddesire.Daisybecomestheimageofidealinhismind;thoughshemarriesTomandmaydoesnotlovehim,thoughhecanrealizehersoulfullofmoneyanddesire,hecannotchangehismindwhichbackhisloveandbetogetherasbefore.Maybethatistheshiningandgreatpartofhissoul.MaybethatistheAmeric

3、andreamwhichcanshowtous.Butthroughthenovel,wecanhavetheclearideathatDaisy’sdesirewasnothisdream,itisnotDaisy’sfaultbuthisdreamhasgiantvitalityandenergy.HisdreamisfarbehindDaisyandeverythingexists.Hedoeshisbesttobuildtheperfectworldandaiminhismind.Sohisspiritwhichpursuits

4、onidealanddedicationisalsofarbehindsecularfrolickinginthebed.Forrealizinghisdream,hedonatedhimselftomudofmoneyinNewYork;heshowednointerestsinwealthitselfandthelifeofdebauchery.Justlikethelotuslivesinthepoundaroundwithmudbutnotbepolluted.Hissoulnodoubtissufferinginthesoci

5、allifebutwithoutanycomplain.3.Whatdo“petals”and“bough”standsfor?-----fromEzraPound  InAStationoftheMetro. Firstofall,thispoemstandsthepointsofeconomybyImagism.Everywordinthispoemhasitsownuniquemeaning.Forexample,thecolorofblackinthispoemmayrepresentthetrain’scolor,therai

6、lway’scolor,thepillar’scolororthedimlightofthemetrostation.EzraPoundwasverysensitivetothecolorandusuallyusedtheirdifferentmeaningsinhispoetry.Heusedtheskillofpaintinginhisprocessofcreatingthepoem.Inthispoem,everywordisusedasthepigment.Petalsstandforthemeaningofcolorfromt

7、heiruniqueimage.Theword“wet”bringsthefeelingoffreshandbrighttothepeople.Andtheword“apparition”givesthedimcolorofpaleandweaktothe“faces”and“petals”.Andtheauthorputthepetalsandfacestogetherletthefaceshavethefeelingoftenderandred.Severalprettyfacesappearinthemetrostationfro

8、mthedimlylit,andtheybecometheshiningpetalsintheblackboughwhichwaswetbytherain.Thistransformationisbased