贵妇人的肖像英文人物.ppt

The portrait of a lady;The author;Life of Henry James;His literary contribution and achievements;?his main works;;;The most important ideas held by James ; He was one of the three advocates of 19th century American realism. The other two being Howells and Mark Twain. ; A brief introduction to The Portrait of a Lady ;Heroine：Isabel Archer,from Albany, New York;leaves much of his estate to Isabel upon his death;Pansy, Osmonds presumed daughter, wants to grant her wish to marry Edward Rosier, a young art collector;learns that Ralph is dying in England and prepares to go to him for his final hours, but Osmond selfishly opposes this plan ;Isabel pays a final visit to Pansy who desperately begs her to return some day;Goodwood encounters her at Ralphs estate and begs her to leave Osmond and come away with him. He passionately embraces and kisses her, but Isabel flees ;characteristic analysis;Isabel Archer;1. Contempt secular and moneyshe refuses two men`s proposal of marriage, one is Warburton who is a noble, another is Goodwood who is a merchant prince.  ;3. Erudition(博学) and the pursuit of truth She has a good knowledge of literature and new thoughts. As a result of it, she prefers the spiritual wealth to the money and social status. That is the reason why she refuses two rich men and marries Osmond who is an poor artist. ;5. Brave and responsible After her marriage, she finds the scheme of Osmond. Madame Merle is the lover of Osmond, they want to swindle her money. She lives a very miserable life with Osmond, but she never flees. In the end of the novel she returns to her husband. ;7. The contradiction of her character Advocate freedom intelligent love Isabel’s pursuit of freedom is just a kind of thought, but in real life she is pessimistic and negative. Even if Osmond’s marriage is a lie, she don’t want to change or to create a new life. In addition, she likes Platonic love and fear