The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare, is highly influenced by The Holy Bible, the western culture and literature source. This paper utilizes Northrop Frye’s mythic archetypal criticism theory to study the play...The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare, is highly influenced by The Holy Bible, the western culture and literature source. This paper utilizes Northrop Frye’s mythic archetypal criticism theory to study the play’s embodiment of the biblical archetypal model. Previous studies have only dealt with one aspect of the biblical archetype in The Tempest. This essay discusses that the characters, structure, plot, and imagery of The Tempest can all find the archetypes in The Holy Bible. It is found that the play is the Scriptures’ double to some extent, through which Shakespeare wants to spread biblical values such as morality and fraternity.展开更多
The Bridges of Madison County has been always read as a popular love story, or has been associated with the middleaged people's inner worlds. The present paper interprets the novel through archetypal theory. Based...The Bridges of Madison County has been always read as a popular love story, or has been associated with the middleaged people's inner worlds. The present paper interprets the novel through archetypal theory. Based on the analysis of archetypal characters and archetypal structures, the paper draws the conclusion that the employment of Biblical archetypes strengthens the tragedy of the novel and provides a new angle in understanding this late 20th novel.展开更多
Thomas Hardy is unique.There are paradoxes in Hardy's nature.He believes something is there arranging the world,but unlike his contemporaries,he is suspicious of an omnipotent God who governs the universe and dist...Thomas Hardy is unique.There are paradoxes in Hardy's nature.He believes something is there arranging the world,but unlike his contemporaries,he is suspicious of an omnipotent God who governs the universe and distinguishes the good from the evil.He is not very Christian,but still cherishes hope for an undogmatic Church.The thesis is to reveal a Thomas Hardy who has considerable biblical backgrounds and yet finally rejects Christianity.Through his novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles,we shall discover a Hardy not very familiar to the public.展开更多
William Golding's Lord of the Flies has been interpreted from different perspective. This paper attempts a biblical reading of the novel by finding the prototypes of the characters. The first section explores the ...William Golding's Lord of the Flies has been interpreted from different perspective. This paper attempts a biblical reading of the novel by finding the prototypes of the characters. The first section explores the direct parallels of the novel and the Scripture; the second section probes into how and why Golding reversely uses the biblical allusions; the last section concludes that sin is ingrained in human heart that it might be impossible to eradicate.展开更多
Bible as literature and Bible as religion are comparative. It is without doubt that Bible, as a religious doctrine, has played a great role in Judaism and Christianity. It is meanwhile a whole literature collection of...Bible as literature and Bible as religion are comparative. It is without doubt that Bible, as a religious doctrine, has played a great role in Judaism and Christianity. It is meanwhile a whole literature collection of history, law, ethics, poems, proverbs, biography and legends. As the source of western literature, Bible has significant influence on the English language and culture, English writing and modeling of characters in the subsequent time. Interpreting the female characters in the Bible would affirm the value of women, view the feminist criticism in an objective way and agree the harmonious relationship between the men and the women.展开更多
The Israelite people began to have kings hundreds of years after the Mosaic Law was given to them from God,and with kings from David and then his family,they experienced no substantial dynastic changes in the southern...The Israelite people began to have kings hundreds of years after the Mosaic Law was given to them from God,and with kings from David and then his family,they experienced no substantial dynastic changes in the southern kingdom of Judah.Later,the Israelites were ruled by kings or emperors of other nations until the State of Israel was restored in its historical land after World War Two.Without any written law comparable to the Mosaic Law,the earliest Zhou kings of China claimed to be Sons of Heaven and Heaven worship was inherited by later emperors.Heaven worship has features in common with the monotheistic religion of the Israelites,such as that a king should obey the will of God.With changes of dynasties,Heaven worship actually means that heaven could be renamed and the former Son of Heaven had no life-long priesthood in serving Heaven.After the redemptive work of Jesus Christ had fulfilled the Mosaic Law,Heaven worship had little relation with faith in God,the Creator.展开更多
The inaugural address delivered by John F. Kennedy, which gave deep impression to us, is regarded as one of the best inaugural addresses. The recipes for success in the inaugural address are mainly concerned with cont...The inaugural address delivered by John F. Kennedy, which gave deep impression to us, is regarded as one of the best inaugural addresses. The recipes for success in the inaugural address are mainly concerned with contrasts, bold imagery, parallelism and alliteration, audience analysis etc..展开更多
The Bible,which covers ancient Hebrew and Greek politics,history,legislation,philosophy,geography,traditions,cus toms and arts,has been regarded as an all-including encyclopedia.Moreover,its brief,specific but natural...The Bible,which covers ancient Hebrew and Greek politics,history,legislation,philosophy,geography,traditions,cus toms and arts,has been regarded as an all-including encyclopedia.Moreover,its brief,specific but natural and graceful language is cherished as English learners'delicacies.A good command of its words will help people with their studies of English and Western culture.The paper aims at understanding the essence of the English language and western culture on the basis of researching Eng lish vocabulary to the Bible is derived.展开更多
In"The Diary of Adam and Eve",Mark Twain shows the life of the first human couple partly according to the Biblical story.But his writing is not exactly the same with the original record of the Bible.This pap...In"The Diary of Adam and Eve",Mark Twain shows the life of the first human couple partly according to the Biblical story.But his writing is not exactly the same with the original record of the Bible.This paper attempts to analyze the reasons that account for Twain’s treatment of the Bible story from the aspects of science and religion.展开更多
The society has become aware of the rate at which our environment is being destroyed. Different schools thought to aim at savaging the environmental problems which have emerged. While some blame this environmental mes...The society has become aware of the rate at which our environment is being destroyed. Different schools thought to aim at savaging the environmental problems which have emerged. While some blame this environmental mess on Social Darwinism, others blame it on Biblical Creationists. On the other side of the ecological debate is the New Age Movement （pantheism）, which to some extent are evolutionist and opposed to the Creator God, though they worship and serve nature （Rom 1：25）. The New-Agers believe that it was as a result of the ＂dominion mandate＂ God gave to humanity that has led to human destruction of the ecology. Some Christians have been indifferent towards nature; because they oppose the New-Agers, they do not want to have anything to do with their views about controlling the environmental problem. Christians are being called upon either to compromise with Darwinian evolution or pantheism （New-Age）. The main concern of this study is to find the meanings of kabash and radah as used in Gen 1：26-28. It also aims at ascertaining the kind of dominion God gave to humanity. Did God grant to man a totalitarian despotic dominion over nature？ Or was the dominion given to man in the form of stewardship？ These are the concerns of this paper.展开更多
This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title...This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title indicates, will be confined to a comparison and evaluation of Platonic love against love as articulated within Christianity. Both forms of love will be analyzed and I will attempt to show that although Plato, through Socrates （and Socrates through the Diotima character）, tries to redeem the traditional understanding of love in the ancient Greek society that he was living in, Platonic love is still very different from the Christian concept of love.展开更多
Christianity, by far the most influential religion in the west, touches every phase of man's life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture. Wil...Christianity, by far the most influential religion in the west, touches every phase of man's life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture. William Shakespeare is the greatest humanist, but he is also a Christian rooted in western culture, so it is observed that Shakespeare's thinking pattern and writing were influenced by Christianity. The paper, taking the Merchant of Venice as an example, analyzed Biblical references in Shakespeare's thinking pattern, Christianity and Shakespeare's idealistic character.展开更多
一、导言希伯来圣经中的《创世记》第1 1章记载了一个'巴别塔'(Tower of Babel)故事。传统上这个故事常常被解释之为人类语言的多样性以及人类迁徙的推源故事(aeteology)。但学术界早已注意到这种阅读视角存在问题,它削弱了多...一、导言希伯来圣经中的《创世记》第1 1章记载了一个'巴别塔'(Tower of Babel)故事。传统上这个故事常常被解释之为人类语言的多样性以及人类迁徙的推源故事(aeteology)。但学术界早已注意到这种阅读视角存在问题,它削弱了多样性语言和多元性文化的价值,并把它们看作是上帝对人类心高气傲的惩罚。此阅读视角下的《圣经》中的上帝非常奇怪,而且被看作为是一位胆小、容易受惊的神明,虽然高居天庭却害怕人类,不能容忍人在地上建造一个高大到可以'塔顶通天'(11∶4)的建筑物。把'混乱语言'和'分散人类'(1)解释为众多语言之起源和多元社会诞生,这个基本观点一直被认为是'因为人对上帝自恃不敬而受到的审判'的结果(2),甚至一些经文鉴别学者也坚持这种观点。展开更多
文摘The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare, is highly influenced by The Holy Bible, the western culture and literature source. This paper utilizes Northrop Frye’s mythic archetypal criticism theory to study the play’s embodiment of the biblical archetypal model. Previous studies have only dealt with one aspect of the biblical archetype in The Tempest. This essay discusses that the characters, structure, plot, and imagery of The Tempest can all find the archetypes in The Holy Bible. It is found that the play is the Scriptures’ double to some extent, through which Shakespeare wants to spread biblical values such as morality and fraternity.
文摘The Bridges of Madison County has been always read as a popular love story, or has been associated with the middleaged people's inner worlds. The present paper interprets the novel through archetypal theory. Based on the analysis of archetypal characters and archetypal structures, the paper draws the conclusion that the employment of Biblical archetypes strengthens the tragedy of the novel and provides a new angle in understanding this late 20th novel.
文摘Thomas Hardy is unique.There are paradoxes in Hardy's nature.He believes something is there arranging the world,but unlike his contemporaries,he is suspicious of an omnipotent God who governs the universe and distinguishes the good from the evil.He is not very Christian,but still cherishes hope for an undogmatic Church.The thesis is to reveal a Thomas Hardy who has considerable biblical backgrounds and yet finally rejects Christianity.Through his novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles,we shall discover a Hardy not very familiar to the public.
文摘William Golding's Lord of the Flies has been interpreted from different perspective. This paper attempts a biblical reading of the novel by finding the prototypes of the characters. The first section explores the direct parallels of the novel and the Scripture; the second section probes into how and why Golding reversely uses the biblical allusions; the last section concludes that sin is ingrained in human heart that it might be impossible to eradicate.
文摘Bible as literature and Bible as religion are comparative. It is without doubt that Bible, as a religious doctrine, has played a great role in Judaism and Christianity. It is meanwhile a whole literature collection of history, law, ethics, poems, proverbs, biography and legends. As the source of western literature, Bible has significant influence on the English language and culture, English writing and modeling of characters in the subsequent time. Interpreting the female characters in the Bible would affirm the value of women, view the feminist criticism in an objective way and agree the harmonious relationship between the men and the women.
基金A Study on the Relationship of Augustine’s Thought and the Enneads of Plotinus(奥古斯丁思想与普罗提诺《九章集》的关系研究),awarded by the National Social Science Fund of China(中国国家社科基金),number:17BZJ024.
文摘The Israelite people began to have kings hundreds of years after the Mosaic Law was given to them from God,and with kings from David and then his family,they experienced no substantial dynastic changes in the southern kingdom of Judah.Later,the Israelites were ruled by kings or emperors of other nations until the State of Israel was restored in its historical land after World War Two.Without any written law comparable to the Mosaic Law,the earliest Zhou kings of China claimed to be Sons of Heaven and Heaven worship was inherited by later emperors.Heaven worship has features in common with the monotheistic religion of the Israelites,such as that a king should obey the will of God.With changes of dynasties,Heaven worship actually means that heaven could be renamed and the former Son of Heaven had no life-long priesthood in serving Heaven.After the redemptive work of Jesus Christ had fulfilled the Mosaic Law,Heaven worship had little relation with faith in God,the Creator.
文摘The inaugural address delivered by John F. Kennedy, which gave deep impression to us, is regarded as one of the best inaugural addresses. The recipes for success in the inaugural address are mainly concerned with contrasts, bold imagery, parallelism and alliteration, audience analysis etc..
文摘The Bible,which covers ancient Hebrew and Greek politics,history,legislation,philosophy,geography,traditions,cus toms and arts,has been regarded as an all-including encyclopedia.Moreover,its brief,specific but natural and graceful language is cherished as English learners'delicacies.A good command of its words will help people with their studies of English and Western culture.The paper aims at understanding the essence of the English language and western culture on the basis of researching Eng lish vocabulary to the Bible is derived.
文摘In"The Diary of Adam and Eve",Mark Twain shows the life of the first human couple partly according to the Biblical story.But his writing is not exactly the same with the original record of the Bible.This paper attempts to analyze the reasons that account for Twain’s treatment of the Bible story from the aspects of science and religion.
文摘The society has become aware of the rate at which our environment is being destroyed. Different schools thought to aim at savaging the environmental problems which have emerged. While some blame this environmental mess on Social Darwinism, others blame it on Biblical Creationists. On the other side of the ecological debate is the New Age Movement （pantheism）, which to some extent are evolutionist and opposed to the Creator God, though they worship and serve nature （Rom 1：25）. The New-Agers believe that it was as a result of the ＂dominion mandate＂ God gave to humanity that has led to human destruction of the ecology. Some Christians have been indifferent towards nature; because they oppose the New-Agers, they do not want to have anything to do with their views about controlling the environmental problem. Christians are being called upon either to compromise with Darwinian evolution or pantheism （New-Age）. The main concern of this study is to find the meanings of kabash and radah as used in Gen 1：26-28. It also aims at ascertaining the kind of dominion God gave to humanity. Did God grant to man a totalitarian despotic dominion over nature？ Or was the dominion given to man in the form of stewardship？ These are the concerns of this paper.
文摘This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title indicates, will be confined to a comparison and evaluation of Platonic love against love as articulated within Christianity. Both forms of love will be analyzed and I will attempt to show that although Plato, through Socrates （and Socrates through the Diotima character）, tries to redeem the traditional understanding of love in the ancient Greek society that he was living in, Platonic love is still very different from the Christian concept of love.
文摘Christianity, by far the most influential religion in the west, touches every phase of man's life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture. William Shakespeare is the greatest humanist, but he is also a Christian rooted in western culture, so it is observed that Shakespeare's thinking pattern and writing were influenced by Christianity. The paper, taking the Merchant of Venice as an example, analyzed Biblical references in Shakespeare's thinking pattern, Christianity and Shakespeare's idealistic character.
文摘一、导言希伯来圣经中的《创世记》第1 1章记载了一个'巴别塔'(Tower of Babel)故事。传统上这个故事常常被解释之为人类语言的多样性以及人类迁徙的推源故事(aeteology)。但学术界早已注意到这种阅读视角存在问题,它削弱了多样性语言和多元性文化的价值,并把它们看作是上帝对人类心高气傲的惩罚。此阅读视角下的《圣经》中的上帝非常奇怪,而且被看作为是一位胆小、容易受惊的神明,虽然高居天庭却害怕人类,不能容忍人在地上建造一个高大到可以'塔顶通天'(11∶4)的建筑物。把'混乱语言'和'分散人类'(1)解释为众多语言之起源和多元社会诞生,这个基本观点一直被认为是'因为人对上帝自恃不敬而受到的审判'的结果(2),甚至一些经文鉴别学者也坚持这种观点。
