苹果树——高尔斯华绥.pptVIP

---------John Galsworthy Author Background of the novel Characters Ashurst (a graduate of Oxford Universtity) Megan (a nice farm girl ) Stella (his wife later,Halliday’s sister) Garton (Ashurst’s friend) Halliday (Ashurst’s school classmate) Plot Ashurst has a hike with his friend ,Garton Try to find a small village to have a rest meet a beautiful farm girl ,Megan(works in her Auntie’s farm,would marry to her Aunties son Joe ) They express love to each other,and Ashurst promises to marry her under the apple tree They decide to elope Ashurst goes to Torquay to draw some money He meets his middle school classmate,Halliday meets his three sisters Ashurst falls in love with Stella On their silver-wedding day Ashurst and his wife come to the farm where he meet Megan He knows Megan has committed suiside until then.  Main Character--Ashurst Ashurst unconsciously falls in love with the simple country girl Megan. He? promises her that he would marry her. When he leaves Megan and arrives at Torquay, he meets with Stella ,he quickly falls in love with her.After repeating mental struggle, he chooses Stella and cruelly abandons Megan. Ashurst has dual personality: one is selfish, willful, irresponsible, eager to defend for himself and deceives himself as well as others; the other is that he indulges himself in “pity” and “chivalrous spirit”. Main cause of the tragedy ???? The Apple-tree,the singing and the gold 出自《希波吕托斯》Hippolytus（作者:欧里庇得斯）希波吕托斯，希腊神话中的人物，雅典王Theseus之子，因崇拜月神Artemis而得罪爱神Aphrodite，后爱神施术，使其继母Phaedra爱上了他，得知真相后，希波吕托斯拒绝了继母的爱，但仍糟诬陷，被父亲驱逐，含冤惨死。 作者意在暗示Ashurst对Megan的爱情如同爱神对希波吕托斯开的玩笑，不可能有美满的结局，Ashurst也不可能拥有象征着青春、爱情和幸福的“那苹果树、那歌声、那金子”。典故的引用为故事情节增添了浓郁的悲剧气氛，感人肺腑，催人泪下。 Phrases Talking of the universe 海阔天空地闲聊 Have the best opinion of oneself自命不凡 I’ve done it.我豁出去了。 Coming to substance产生，出现 Hold rapture to one’s heart尽情欢乐 Come to the ri