symbolisminmob-dick白鯨英語論文

1、AbstractMobdickisregardedasthemasterpieceofHermanMelville.Itcontainsplentyofsymbolism.Understingthesymbolicmeaningoftheacterssubjectsinthenovelisimptant.Thispaperanalysesthesymbolicmeaningsofdifferentindividualsindertoma

2、keabetterunderstingofthenovel.MobyDickrepresentsGodowingtohisgodlikeactershisawfullyseverebeauty.Ahabsymbolizestheleaguehumanwithevil.Inthewhalingtripwecanseehisbraverypatienceaswellashismadnessstubbnness.Thethirdsymboli

3、celementistheideaofthe“counterpane”thatiswoventhroughoutthestyasasymbolofthewld`smulticulturalism.Melvilledevelopsthesymbolprovingthatthewldisindeedacounterpaneofdiverseculturesraces.environmentinwhichwearealwaysconnecte

4、dbyourhumanity.Keywds:symbolismMobyDickArabcounterpane摘要《白鯨》被看作是赫爾曼麥爾維爾的杰作。它包含了大量的象征主義。在這部小說中，理解人物事物的象征意義是非常重要的。為了更好的理解這部小說，這篇論文將分析不同個體的象征意義。其中的白鯨被描述寫成無處不在，無所不能的萬能上帝。埃哈布船長為復(fù)仇遠(yuǎn)涉重洋捕捉白鯨，最后自己，同伴與白鯨同歸于盡的事跡，既表現(xiàn)了人類的勇敢與忍耐，也反映了他們

5、的偏執(zhí)與瘋狂。另一個貫穿全文的象征就是“床單”，它象征世界不同文化的混合與交織，世界就像一塊由多種布拼湊而成的床單，由不同的文化、種族、背景交織而成，人們在一起相互依靠，相互依存，小說中來自不同國家的船員就是最生動形象的體現(xiàn)。關(guān)鍵詞：關(guān)鍵詞：象征意義；白鯨；埃哈布；床單I、TheSymbolicMeaningsofMobyDickThewhitewhaleisoneofthebestknownsymbolsinthenovel.What

6、itrepresentsdependsentirelyonwhoisnoticing.ToStarbuckitisjustanotherwhalewhileismedangerous.ToIshmaelitsuggeststhedemonisminthewld.Toothersthewhitewhalesymbolizesmysteriouspowerfulnaturebutonesignificantquestioniswhatthe

7、whitewhaletoAhabisAccdingtothecaptainAhab`scommentsinChapter36therehesaysheseesMobyDickasa“mask”behindwhichliesagreatpower.ItcanbeconcludedtoAhabthewhitewhalerepresentsthatpowerwhichlimitscontrolsman.Ahabseesitasevil.Mel

8、villeusesmanyothersymbolstomakethewhitewhaleasymbolofdivinepower.MobyDickisthoughttobeimmtal.Heisthecollectivewhalesoultheessentialeternalwhaleofwhichallotherwhalesareonlyephemeralmanifestations.ThesacredspecialacterofMo

9、byDickisindicatedbyhiswhiteness.Hisawfullyseverebeautyisgodlikeasishistitanicpowerhispyralikewhitehump.HiscolwhitehassignifiedaspecialsanctifyMelvilleptraysMobyDickinnearlyhumantermsendowingthegreatwhaleasenseofintellige

10、ncestrategygreur.ThewhaleismethanamatchfAhabdespitehisdoggedpersistenceinfactappearsaltogetherunconquerable.Fmthebeginningofthenovelweareconfrontedwiththeimageofthewhaleasthepersonificationofpowerstrength.II、TheSymbolicM

11、eaningsofCaptainAhabAhabisthecentralactertheprimaryfocusofthenoveldespitehismysteriouslongdelayedappearance.LongbefeAhabactuallyinteractswithIshmaeltheotheractersMelvilleestablisheshimasanimpressivetragicfiguredeservingo

12、fsympathy.Ahabisaverycomplicatedmanwithheroicevilqualitiesatthesametime.WhatdoeshestfAherofightsagainstevilanevilhimselftakesrevengeonthenaturegodHestarswithanobleintentiontocrushmalignanceoftheuniverse.Butheisoutofcontr

13、olasherantsaboutattackingthefcebehindthemaskofthewhitewhale.HewantstokillthewhaleindertoreachthatfceHeseemstowanttobeGod.Heisunftunatelyconsumedbyhisconsumingdesiretodestroyevilfinallyturnedevilhimself.Unliketheheroesofo

14、ldertragicwkshoweverAhabsuffersfromafatalflawthatisnotnecessarilyinbnbutinsteadstemsfromdamageinhiscasepsychologicalphysicalinflictedbylifeinaharshwld.Heisasmuchavictimasheisanaggressthesymbolicoppositionthatheconstructs

15、betweenhimselfMobyDickpropelshimtowardwhatheconsidersadestinedend.III、TheSymbolicMeaningsofCounterpaneInHermanMelville`sMobyDickasymbolicelementthatmakesthenovelclearermerealtohisreaderistheideaofthe“counterpane”tapestry

16、ofhumanitywhichiswoventhroughoutthestyasthesymbolofthewld`smulticulturalism.Melvilledevelopsthesymbolismonatleastthreelevelsprovingthatthewldisindeedacounterpaneofdiverseculturesracesenvironment.OnagreatscaleMelvilleuses