荆棘鸟中爱情观分析.doc

The Analysis of Different View of Love in the Thorn Bird Have you ever heard of a bird named the thorn bird? Have you ever heard of the story of the thorn bird? As it it pointed out in the thorn birds The bird with the thorn in its breast...and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. In the thorn birds, for Fionas tragic and misplaced love to Pakeha and Maggies selfless and persistent to Ralph , their pursuits for love are just like the thorn birds pursuit for the thorn which is bitter and full of difficulty. Though Marie Carsons love to Ralph is crazy and selfish, it is still a kind of attitude to love in that time. Colleen McCulloughs The Thorn Birds told a legendary love experience of the Cleary family history. It presented three different kind of attitudes to love mainly through the unforgettable love story happens between Ralph who is the Bishop of Rome and meggie who is 18 younger than Ralph. Colleen McCullough is making a point about three different kind of crazy, tragic and persistent love through the characters of Marie Carson, Fiona and Maggie. Marie Carson loves Ralph who is 27 younger than her but Ralph doesnt love her and he loves Maggie. Marie Carson decides to destroy the love between Ralph and Maggie. Fiona falls in love with Pakeha who is a politician and has a family. Fiona is abandoned by Pakeha and marries Paddy because of reputation. Fiona finally realises that she loves Paddy until he dies. Maggie falls in love with Ralph who is a Godfather and much older than her. Ralph believes God but he cannot resisit loving Maggie. He lives in contradiction all the time. They all take a different attitude in the face of love. Their pursuits of love are untraditional and their experience of pursuing love reveals their contradictions, confusion and resistance in their deep heart. Mary Carson is