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1、工业文明下丧失自我的悲剧：TheHairyApe《毛猿》——EugeneO’Neill(1888-1953)尤金·奥尼尔上海海事PlotTheplaynarratesthestruggleandtragicdeathofYank,afiremanwhoworksaboardaTransatlanticLiner.Yank,theprotagonist,isaleadingstokeronatransatlanticliner.Strongandbrutish,hehaswonrespectfromhisfellowmen,thekindof“
2、grudgingrespectoffear.”Completelyadaptedtohisenvironment,Yankissatisfiedwiththelifeheleads,andisproudofhimself.ButwhenMildredDouglas,daughteroftheship’sowner,displaysherhorrorandterrorofhimandcallshima“filthybeast”onhervisittothestokehole,Yankfeelsinsulted,anddeniedapositio
3、nintheworld.HegoesouttoprovehispositionbyinsultingaristocraticstrollersinNewYorkandisthenputintoprison.Hecannotmakehimselfunderstoodbyhisfellowprisoners,andislaterrejectedbytheI.W.W.(IndustrialWorkersoftheWorld),alabororganization.Frustrated,Yankgoestothezootoseetheapeatnig
4、ht.Hesetsfreethebeast,offerstoshakehandswithitbutiskilled.TeamTopicsforDiscussionCharacteranalysis:YankMildredDouglastechniqueofexpression:ExpressionismSymbolismThemes:TheFrustrationofClassHumanRegressionbyIndustrializationYank1)Heistherepresentativeoftheworkingclassalienat
5、edbycapitalism2)cagedinsteel——thevictimofindustrializationandtechnologicalprogress3)MildredDouglas'sreactiontoYankmakesYankcometoclassawareness.HisattemptstorevengeonthesteelindustryandfinallytheentireBourgeois.4)ThroughoutthisstruggleYankdefines"belonging"aspower.Whenhethi
6、nkshe"belongs"tosomethinghegainsstrength,whenYankisrejectedbyagroup,heisterriblyweak.MildredDouglas1)daughteroftheownerofNazarethSteel2)Studiedsociologyandisonacrusadetohelpthepoor3)SheshareswithYanktheneedtofindasenseofusefulnessorbelonging—thefatesofbothcharactersweredeci
7、dedbeforetheywereborn.4)Describeherselfasthewasteofherfather'ssteelcompany,5)ThoughMildredhasmoreeducationandculturalexperiencethanYank,shestillcannotescapeherculturalidentity.expressionismintheplay:Inthisplay,abstractandsymbolicstagesetsareusedtosetoffagainsttheemotionalin
8、nerselvesandsubjectivestatesofmind.TakeO'Neill'suseofcontrastivetonesofremarksfore
