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1、BookReviewoftheMarkontheWallbyVirginiaWoolfAsamodernistwriter,VirginiaWoolfisn’tinterestedondescribingtherealityasitreallyis,butshewantstoprivilegetheimaginationandthelibertyofcreation.Inhershortstory“TheMarkontheWall”,asimpleelementlikeamarkonthewallisresponsibletothenarrator’sdeep
2、lyreflectionaboutlifeandstimulatestheimaginationofthereader.Although,therearemanyelementsinthisshortstorythatarecapableofbeingdiscussed,thisanalysisonlypointsoutsomeofthem.Thefirstpointthatcanbeconsideredveryimportantisthesymbolismofthemarkonthewall.Duringallthestory,thenarratorimag
3、ineswhatthatmarkcouldbe,buthe/sheisneversureaboutit:“Butforthatmark,I’mnotsureaboutit;Idon’tbelieveitwasmadebyanailafterall;it’stoobig,tooround,forthat.Imightgetup,butifIgotupandlookedatit,tentooneIshouldn’tbeabletosayforcertain;becauseonceathing’sdone,nooneeverknowshowithappened.”T
4、hisconfusionabouttheidentityofthemarkonthewallcanbeinterpretedastheconfusionthatpeoplehaveinrelationtothemeaningoflife.Asintheshortstorythatonlyinthefinalthenarratordiscoversthetrueidentityofthemark,thehumanbeingswillprobablyknowwhatlifeisonlyinitsend.Otherimportantelementofthisshor
5、tnovelisthecriticismtothosepeoplethatdon’tdeveloptheirownideas,althoughtheyfollowsomebody’sthinking:“Everybodyfollowssomebody,suchisthephilosophyofWhitaker”.Howeverthetoughercriticismistakentotherealiststhatwantedtodescribetherealityandthehumanbeingastheyareinfact.Thisliterarypatter
6、nwasverydiscussedbythemodernists,becausetheydefendthattherealityandthemanarechangingallthetimeanditwouldbeimpossibletoproveorknowsomethinginitstotality.Evenforaindividual,itisdifficulttoknowhimself/herselfdeeply,forthereasonthatanyonehasthecertainabouthis/herattitudeinfrontofabigpro
7、blem,forexample.Thispointofviewofthemodernistscanbeverifiedinsomepartsofthisstory,suchasthemomentthatthenarratorquestionstherealityandevenhimself/herself:“No,nonothingisproved,nothingisknown”,“WherewasI?Whathasitallbeenabout?Atree?Ariver?TheDowns?Whitaker’sAlmanack?Thefieldsofaaspho
8、del?Ican´tremembera
