劳伦斯 虹 分析.ppt

Main Character Relationship Content Character analysis Theme Symbolism Machine civilization Modern research Main Character Relationship Tom Brangwen Lydia Lensky ( first generation) Will Anna ( second generation) Skrebensky Ursula ( third generation) Character analysis Anna: the pursuit of independence and freedom, looking forward to the outside world. Ursula: modern new image of women, rebellious, full of fantasy, Rebel the traditional concept of marriage, pursuit of ideal love. Anton: young, idealistic, ambitious, the pursuit of material interests become his own highest ideals. Theme 1. Pursuit of the harmony of relations between Body and Soul“ 2. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained theme in the erosion of industrial civilization The ancestors of Branwen family maintain harmony relationship with nature, revel in the Garden of Eden; while the industrial civilization quiet the harmony between man and nature, people began to lose the park; yet a symbolic rainbow gives Paradise Regained expectations. 3. Anti-war The normal anti-war sentiment is distorted into a so-called pro-German tendencies by the British authorities and critics Myth symbolic “Bible framework Garden of Eden - Paradise Lost - Revelation ” the life experiences of three generations of the narrative is also in accordance with the Bible in the crime - Passion - exile - newborn constructed narrative mode. Another symbolic Metaphor of Flood and Rainbow Flood is a symbol of the destruction . Rainbow is a sign of peace and hope. (From Christian Bible) Flooded Marsh Farm, symbolizing the destruction of the agricultural civilization of industrial civilization, representing the death of an idyllic old times. Rainbow is a harmonious interpersonal call, is the desire to achieve the vision. Rainbow reveals the change of production mode and social structure in late 19th century of Britain, and the cha