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1、GeneralReview：EnglishMasterpiecesinStylisticAppraisalDecember，2010CompiledbyDrSony1.PrideandPrejudice[Chapter1][1]请你指出在第一章开始两段中作者使用了什么修辞手段？Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.Howeverlittleknownthefeelingsorviewsofsuchama

2、nmaybeonhisfirstenteringaneighbourhood,thistruthissowellfixedinthemindsofthesurroundingfamilies,thatheisconsideredtherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters.YourAnswers:1）Thefirstparagraphisanironyandhiddenantithesis;thesecondoneincludesametaphor:arichyoungmanis‘therigh

3、tfulproperty’.2）Theopeningsentencespresentusadeepmeaning:materialisticandcommercialaspectsofamarriage.Writerusesmetaphor(rightfulproperty)toemphasizethesenseofworthoftheEnglishmenthen,andindicatesthattheyjudgeapersonmerelythroughthepropertytheyhaveowned；moneyiseverythingintheire

4、yes.[2]参看语句“…heisconsideredtherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters”，你对‘therightfulproperty’给予什么反映或评价？.YourAnswers:1）Thissentencegivesusahint:materialisticandcommercialaspectsofmarriage.Novelauthorusesmetaphortoindicatethatthevillagepeoplejudgeapersonmerelythroughhiso

5、rherpropertyandtheydonotreallycareabouttruelovebetweenyoungpeople;moneyseemstobeeverything.2）该句中的暗喻（metaphor）“Therightfulproperty”将人物化，用人比喻成财产，表现邻居们都对有钱的绅士抱有一种势在必得的心态，都希望自己的女儿嫁给一个有钱人，直接进入上层社会。换言之，当时人们都希望自家女儿能攀龙附凤的小市民心态，讽刺了当时社会重视物质财富，势力拜金的腐化风气。3）“Therightfulproperty”的意义是‘一种理应享有的财

6、产’。首先我们看‘理应享有’，这体现了那个时代妇女的普遍意识，即嫁人后就不自己争取生活的幸福，而是理应不劳而获，沾丈夫的光，这体现了女孩子的不独立。再看‘财产’，这体现了男人在女孩子心中并非一个长久的心灵伴侣，而是一个获得好生活的手段，这既体现了女孩子在客观社会环境下，对于物质生活疯狂的拜金思想，也间接反映了男人被作为一个工具，在婚姻中，两个人都很悲哀，其实很容易出现睿智的贝内特先生和市侩的贝内特太太这样一种组合，悲哀，而又是一种在那个社会普遍存在的微妙平衡。[3]试用修辞手段术语解释作者是如何利用对话来刻画Mr.Bennet和Mrs.Bennet人物

7、性格的？Mr.Bennet"Youareover-scrupulous,surely.IdaresayMr.Bingleywillbeverygladtoseeyou;andIwillsendafewlinesbyyoutoassurehimofmyheartyconsenttohismarryingwhicheverhechoosesofthegirls;thoughImustthrowinagoodwordformylittleLizzy."Mrs.Bennet"Idesireyouwilldonosuchthing.Lizzyisnotabitb

8、etterthantheothers;andIamsuresheisnothalfsohand