盖茨比之象征主义剖析.pptx

;点击添加文本;; West East; West East; West East; West East;The Valley of Ashes;The Valley of Ashes;New York City;New York City; Green Light; Green Light;;; Green Light;; Green Light;; Green Light; White—Daisy; White—Daisy; White—Daisy; Yellow—Car;Blue—Eyes;The?eyes?of?Doctor?T.?J.?Eckleburg?are?a?pair?of?fading bespectacled?eyes?painted?on?an?old?advertising? billboard?over?the?valley?of?ashes. 1.This pair of eyes symbolize God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland. 2. This pair of eyes symbolize the modern world’s loss of God , or a spiritual dimension.; The?connection?between?the?eyes?of?Doctor?T.?J.? Eckleburg?and?God?exists?only?in?George?Wilson’s? grief_stricken?mind.?This?lack?of?concrete?significance?contributes?to?the?unsettling?nature?of?the?image.? Thus,?the?eyes?also?come?to?represent?the?essential? meaninglessness?of?the?world?and??the?arbitrariness?of?the?mental?process?by?which?people?invest?objects ?with?meaning.?Nick?explores?these?ideas?in?Chapter?VIII,?when?he?imagines?Gatsby’s?final?thoughts?as?a? depressed?consideration?of?the?emptiness?of?symbols?and?dreams.?;