高级英语 everyday use课文赏析ppt.ppt

Characters in “Everyday Use” Maggie She will stand hopelessly in corners, and homely after her sister goes. From that, we can know that Maggie feels herself inferior than others, and she is very shy. She has no hope, and she just adores her sister. He moves to hug Maggie, but she falls back right up against the back chairs….. From that, we can know that Maggie is very afraid of people. Aunt Dee’s first husband whittled the dash, said Maggie so low that you almost couldn’t hear you. From that, we can know that Maggie is not confident and she is afraid to speak. She can have them, mama…… From that, we can know that Maggie doesn’t want to win something from her sister at all and she will not be angry with her sister. The most important one is that she doesn’t complain about her miserable life. Maggie — a flat character — docile, timid, shy, good-temped, kind- hearted and unselfish, a strong sense of inferiority — inherence of black culture, genuine love of black tradition — a symbol of the tradition black weak women Mama “mama” — a flat character — uneducated but sensible — physically strong but spiritually weak, a sense of inferiority — cherish “grandma’s everyday use” — a symbol of the black working women: the majority of black women Dee Dee is not appreciated by the author. At first, Dee wanted to get rid of her own culture. She hated her humble house and never wanted to take her friends to her family. She pursed the white culture and received good education of the white community. When the black movement began, she simply took her tradition that she once hated as a thing to show off. She carefully took pictures of her humble house, took the churn and dasher as something artistic, wore strange clothes and changed her name, which totally is a superficial imitation of the black tradition. Maybe we can conclude that Dee represents some black young people who failed to realize the really meaning o