浅谈《荆棘鸟》中西方女性对爱情的信仰论文.docVIP

　　浅谈《荆棘鸟》中西方女性对爱情的信仰论文 Abstract This paper attempts to explore the novel The Thorn Birds, en and men around the Clearys. The goal of exploring it is not only to state that en’s faith is love, en’s faith is anything but love, but also to set off the heroine—Meggie, ore, in order to create the beautiful and moving voice of her love, she s at tracing back to eggie and the eggie, adly in love an she can never marry, and of Ralph, a truly beautiful man, bition takes him from outback parish priest to the inner circles of the Vatican—but otional experiences, she tries to shoaginable cost for the true love and any other magnificent things. Undoubtedly, in the story, Meggie is the most conspicuous thorn bird, atter hoournful the experience is, and ho the hope is, she never gives up her faith—being loyal to love and making her love significant. She knoen’s faith in love in The Thorn Birds “If love is the everlasting theme of literature, then female is also an unfailing topic, for love story can’t lie in the en.”3 The Thorn Birds tells a perative love story betale generations, from en for their faith. 2.1 Meggie’s love story The story begins her mother. She, born poor, is an attractive and lovely girl ething in her little soul an enough to feel the irresistible, stinging joy of being needed”4. Her self-control is phenomenal and her pride formidable. Besides, she is a quaint mixture of ignorance and morality. She is ore, but she is not born to be more. Nobody knooves to the vast Australian sheep station─Drogheda from Neily, e Ralph meets her, she begins to tug at his nonexistent heart, though she is only nine years old as a cherished elder brother, for he is glad to do everything that her mother, her father and her brothers can’t do for her, and she depends on him so much. As she groent to realize his dream and give up Meggie by marrying to the Church. She knos of him, yearns for him and . Hoeans little to Ralph, there is still some man en love some inanimate thing more tha