The Great Gatsby narrates a symbolist tragedy in a transitional era.It’s ambivalent characterizationand themes find justifications in the writer’s own ideology of two opposed ideas ,and in his efforts to define andj...The Great Gatsby narrates a symbolist tragedy in a transitional era.It’s ambivalent characterizationand themes find justifications in the writer’s own ideology of two opposed ideas ,and in his efforts to define andjudge subjects of social problems.The ambivalent characterization concerns the writer’s dual response to theprotagonist’s corruption and innocence respectively.Ultimately the writer is convinced that both the corruptionand innocence are justifiable in the morality of his protagonist.Whereas the ambivalent themes dealing withthe American dream attach importance to the social class perspectives and the vision of history,undoubtedlythe writer slides into a compromise with his themes:repudation and approval.Because of the equally strong in-terplay of two opposed ideas,the writer fails to locate a definite position and scale,which results in his imma-ture control in the art of the work.The writer’s characteristic code and achievement are significant becausethey genuinely reveal human being’s fundamental dilemma in social life.展开更多
文摘The Great Gatsby narrates a symbolist tragedy in a transitional era.It’s ambivalent characterizationand themes find justifications in the writer’s own ideology of two opposed ideas ,and in his efforts to define andjudge subjects of social problems.The ambivalent characterization concerns the writer’s dual response to theprotagonist’s corruption and innocence respectively.Ultimately the writer is convinced that both the corruptionand innocence are justifiable in the morality of his protagonist.Whereas the ambivalent themes dealing withthe American dream attach importance to the social class perspectives and the vision of history,undoubtedlythe writer slides into a compromise with his themes:repudation and approval.Because of the equally strong in-terplay of two opposed ideas,the writer fails to locate a definite position and scale,which results in his imma-ture control in the art of the work.The writer’s characteristic code and achievement are significant becausethey genuinely reveal human being’s fundamental dilemma in social life.
