Pessimism in The Man that Corrupted the Hadleyburg_英语本科毕业论文设计.docVIP

存档日期： 存档编号： 本科生毕业设计（论文） 论 文 题 目： 姓 名： 学 院： 外国语学院 专 业： 商贸英语 年 级 、 学 号： 指 导 教 师： 江苏师范大学教务处印制 Abstract The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. In this work, he expressed his pessimism. He exposed the degeneration of human nature when people were faced with temptation and the ugly essence of the world. He was quite disappointed to the world. This essay discusses the pessimism in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg on the basis of New Historicism. The essay explores the reasons of Mark Twain’s pessimism from his personal experience and the reality of American society. Then it introduces the meaning of his pessimism. Furthermore, the essay makes a specific analysis of Mark Twain’s pessimism in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg from aspects of plot and characters. Mark Twain’s pessimism was mainly displayed in his disappointment to human nature and his belief of fatalism, which greatly affected his later writings as well as later writers. Key Words: pessimism temptation The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg 摘要 关键词：悲观主义 诱惑 《败坏了赫德莱堡的人》 Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………..i 摘要……………………………………………………………………………………ii Introduction……………………………………………………………………………1 Chapter One The formation and meaning of Twain’s pessimism……………..…….3 1 The formation of Twain’s pessimism…………………………………………..3 2 The meaning of Twain’s pessimism……………………………………………4 Chapter Two The specific analysis of pessimism in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg ..............................................................................................7 1 From the aspect of plot…………………………………………………………7 2 From the aspect of characters…………………………………………………..9 Chapter Three The effect of Twain’s pessimism…………………...……………...12 1 The effect on his later writin