觉醒Character.pptVIP

Conventions of Victorian Society 在那个时代，每一个布道坛，每一家报纸的社论，每一次公开演讲，都喋喋不休地宣传婚姻的神圣及婚前贞操的重要性，而上至王储下到达官显贵，许多人都有着偷偷摸摸的私生活，人数之多，超过或几乎超过了以往任何时期。 在那个时代，妇女们的衣服把肉体遮盖得比任何时代都严实，但对雕刻家的评判却要看他雕刻裸体女人的水平。 此时的英国，以伦敦为代表，表面辉煌，像个理性、克制的绅士社会，其背地里却是上层社会人士被压抑性情的爆发，藏污纳垢，社会底层一片混乱，中产阶级上升。 上流人士出了不少丑闻，如同性恋俱乐部等；对人性的压抑和保守态度也导致了王尔德的悲剧 Quote: “Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life—that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions”(7.1). At the beginning: semi-conscious comfortable in her marriage to her husband (Léonce); unaware of her own feelings and ambitions.  Her experience on Grand Isle awakens her desires and urges for music, sexual satisfaction, art, and freedom. “I would give up the unessential; I would give my money; I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn’t give myself. I can’t make it more clear; It’s only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.” (chapter 16, P48. ) Quote:“The years that are gone seem like dreams—if one might go on sleeping and dreaming—but to wake up and find—oh! well! Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe(欺骗) to illusions all one’s life.”(38) Thought: To Edna, to live with self-awareness, possessed and controlled only by one’s own soul, offers an existence far richer than a life lived according to the restricting “illusions” that are imposed by the expectations of others. Features ★ Appearance : handsome, charming ★ Background information : →The elder, single son of Madame Lebrun →Clerk and correspondent(P4) → Romantic and unconventional, be good at flirtation →Be known with the Grand Isle vacationers as a man who chooses one woman each year—often a married woman—to whom he then plays “attendant” all summer long The story between Robert and Enda ★ Acquaintance : →on the vacation to the Grand Isle →Enda swam alone ( “No multitude of w