With the discouraging, and horrifying descriptions, Conrad and Golding unanimously present the universal subject matter that at his heart, man is an evil, vicious, and"fallen"being. Furthermore, human being ...With the discouraging, and horrifying descriptions, Conrad and Golding unanimously present the universal subject matter that at his heart, man is an evil, vicious, and"fallen"being. Furthermore, human being is just susceptible to his own sinister nature. Both Heart of Darkness and Lord of the Flies imply that every man has an evil heart of darkness which is more often than not drowned out by the glow of civilization.展开更多
Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of British writer William Golding who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thiswork takes children as the protagonists and shows the theme of the barbarism of human nature. Based on...Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of British writer William Golding who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thiswork takes children as the protagonists and shows the theme of the barbarism of human nature. Based on Freud’sTripartite Model of Human Psyche, this study analyzes the personality characteristics of Jack in psychologicalperspective, reveals the different states reflected in the realm of in id, ego and superego, and thus stresses therestraining effect of social rules and civilization on the barbarism of human nature.展开更多
War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destruc...War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destructors.To have a better under⁃standing of the autho’s thought:war is rooted in the original evil of human nature.In the novel,there is no external binding force,such as ethical,moral,legal and religious control.The original evil of human nature is revealed,and the fierce conflict between civi⁃lization and barbarism is aroused,which are intertwined and manifest themselves through multiple symbolic meanings.Based on the theory of symbolism,the paper will classify the name,objects and characters with symbolic significance that appear in large numbers in two novels,and discuss its symbolic meaning and the function of these symbolic meanings to the development of the theme respectively.In order to better grasp the moral of the novel as a whole,ring the alarm bell for human beings,and cause peo-ple to ponder over the various evils of human beings.展开更多
Lord of the Flies is Golding’s most famous and representative novel,which contains many types of dialogues between the characters.Dialogue is a way to communicate and show one’s opinion on a certain topic,which reve...Lord of the Flies is Golding’s most famous and representative novel,which contains many types of dialogues between the characters.Dialogue is a way to communicate and show one’s opinion on a certain topic,which reveals the characters’characteristics,ultimately the human nature.Based on Bakhtin’s three dialogic devices—the syncrisis,the anacrisis and the diatribe,this thesis analyses the dialogues between the characters in Lord of the Flies which reflect the end of innocence and the darkness of human nature.展开更多
文摘With the discouraging, and horrifying descriptions, Conrad and Golding unanimously present the universal subject matter that at his heart, man is an evil, vicious, and"fallen"being. Furthermore, human being is just susceptible to his own sinister nature. Both Heart of Darkness and Lord of the Flies imply that every man has an evil heart of darkness which is more often than not drowned out by the glow of civilization.
文摘Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of British writer William Golding who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thiswork takes children as the protagonists and shows the theme of the barbarism of human nature. Based on Freud’sTripartite Model of Human Psyche, this study analyzes the personality characteristics of Jack in psychologicalperspective, reveals the different states reflected in the realm of in id, ego and superego, and thus stresses therestraining effect of social rules and civilization on the barbarism of human nature.
文摘War has brought mankind a seething world,and the evil of war has brought western civilization and morality to a dead end.This paper discusses William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Graham Greene’s The Destructors.To have a better under⁃standing of the autho’s thought:war is rooted in the original evil of human nature.In the novel,there is no external binding force,such as ethical,moral,legal and religious control.The original evil of human nature is revealed,and the fierce conflict between civi⁃lization and barbarism is aroused,which are intertwined and manifest themselves through multiple symbolic meanings.Based on the theory of symbolism,the paper will classify the name,objects and characters with symbolic significance that appear in large numbers in two novels,and discuss its symbolic meaning and the function of these symbolic meanings to the development of the theme respectively.In order to better grasp the moral of the novel as a whole,ring the alarm bell for human beings,and cause peo-ple to ponder over the various evils of human beings.
文摘Lord of the Flies is Golding’s most famous and representative novel,which contains many types of dialogues between the characters.Dialogue is a way to communicate and show one’s opinion on a certain topic,which reveals the characters’characteristics,ultimately the human nature.Based on Bakhtin’s three dialogic devices—the syncrisis,the anacrisis and the diatribe,this thesis analyses the dialogues between the characters in Lord of the Flies which reflect the end of innocence and the darkness of human nature.
