《了不起的盖茨比》中默特尔形象分析（英文）.docxVIP

摘 要 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国20世纪20年代“迷惘的一代”代表人物菲茨杰拉德所写的一本著名小说。这本1925年发表的小说描写了19世纪20年代经济腾飞的美国社会。在一个空前繁荣和物质过剩的时代，这是对美国梦瓦解的一种极具象征意义的思考。 在这片论文中，作者主要从默特尔的书中描写，性格中的“美丽”与“丑陋”以及她的生活背景的角度分析了配角默特尔。作者从各方面对比了默特尔和主角盖茨比。由于盖茨比是书中的主角，他不顾一切得去追逐他的梦想。同时，读者和评论家们都倾向于更关注盖茨比的悲剧而忽略了默特尔。虽然作为配角之一默特尔被书中大多数角色所鄙视，她也被读者和评论家们所忽视。然而，作者认为，默特尔在书中扮演重要角色，她不仅衬托盖茨比从而凸显主题，更代表了19世纪20年代中下层阶级的美国女性。通过上述分析，作者希望帮助读者建立对小说人物情感上的认同，并增进他们对这部作品的理解。 关键词：了不起的盖茨比；菲茨杰拉德；默特尔；美国梦；悲剧人物形象 Abstract The Great Gatsby, considered one of the great masterpieces in American creature, was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is commonly regarded as a member of the “Lost Generation.” The novel, published in 1925, depicts American society during the roaring 1920s as the economy soared. It is a highly symbolic meditation on disintegration of the American Dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess. In this thesis, the author mainly analyzes the supporting character Myrtle from the perspectives of her description, beauty and vulgarity. The author compares Myrtle and the protagonist Gatsby in many aspects. As Gatsby is the main character, who has tried his best to pursue his dream, readers and critics tend to pay more attention to his tragedy, while Myrtle, disdained by most of the characters in the novel, has been largely ignored by readers and critics. However, the author argues that Myrtle plays a key role in the book not only to serve the theme as a foil to Gatsby but to represent lower-middle class American women in the 1920s. By such analysis, the author hopes to help readers build an emotional understanding of the characters and deepen their understanding of this masterpiece. Key words: The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald, Myrtle, American dream, tragic character 1.Introduction As one of the most well-known novels in the world, The Great Gatsby was published by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is one of the most famous chroniclers of Jazz Age and one of the most representative American novelists of the 1920s. The masterpiece is about a