Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach skillfully uses the sea image to reveal the social condition of the Victorian people on the verge of spiritual collapse.The two opposing sea images at the beginning of the poem are a cont...Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach skillfully uses the sea image to reveal the social condition of the Victorian people on the verge of spiritual collapse.The two opposing sea images at the beginning of the poem are a contrast between illusion and reality,thus triggering the contradiction between the Imaginary and the Real,which becomes an aesthetic symbol throughout the interpretation of the sea image and the writing of human spiritual world.From the time of Sophocles in ancient Greece to the Victorian period,the sea,as a mirror of the Imaginary,became a way for people to reflect on their suffering fate and harsh reality.Meanwhile,the powerful force of the sea drawing back pebbles contains the philosophical meaning of the Real world,which has the mysterious power to swallow everything and is difficult to be captured by the symbol language of the Symbolic society.The impact of the sea on the pebbles shows the contradiction between the Real and the Symbolic.The reinterpretation of the sea image in Dover Beach provides insight into reconciling the spirituality of people in the transition period to highly developed industrialization and modernization.展开更多
The poem by Mathew Arnold is filled with a sense of sadness,expressing the poet’s bitter disappointment over modern civilization in which meaningless wars are fought for meaningless causes.Then the poet finally turns...The poem by Mathew Arnold is filled with a sense of sadness,expressing the poet’s bitter disappointment over modern civilization in which meaningless wars are fought for meaningless causes.Then the poet finally turns to love as the saving emotion in the poem.With analyses of the poem in different areas,the paper discuses the crises facing people at that time as the theme of the poem.展开更多
Matthew Arnold is a great Victorian poet and a leading social critic."Dover Beach"is one of Arnold's most famous poems. Critics differ widely on how to interpret Matthew Arnold's choice of"Sopho...Matthew Arnold is a great Victorian poet and a leading social critic."Dover Beach"is one of Arnold's most famous poems. Critics differ widely on how to interpret Matthew Arnold's choice of"Sophocles"in it. Many critics argue that the introduction of the Greek author Sophocles in the second stanza strengthened the theme in a large degree by forming a contrast between the present and past. Some others think that Arnold chooses Sophocles because he appreciates Hellenism. But most of the critics attempt to discover a specific reference to Sophocles. In this article, the author is going to discuss why reasons mentioned above can not explain the role"Sophocles"played in improving the theme of"Dover Beach"and prove that"Sophocles"was used by Arnold, a pious Christian, to grieve for the collapse of faith.展开更多
The essay endeavors to explore the hidden connotation in Dover Beach through in-depth and innovative close reading.It tries to authenticate the conjecture of the harmonious co-existence of sexual and moral connotation...The essay endeavors to explore the hidden connotation in Dover Beach through in-depth and innovative close reading.It tries to authenticate the conjecture of the harmonious co-existence of sexual and moral connotations in Arnold's Dover Beach(1867).展开更多
Many of the literary works of Matthew Arnold reflect the contradictory psychology in the 19th century,of which Dover Beach ranks high..It touches the major concerns of Mid-Victorian writing.Since the readers have good...Many of the literary works of Matthew Arnold reflect the contradictory psychology in the 19th century,of which Dover Beach ranks high..It touches the major concerns of Mid-Victorian writing.Since the readers have good acknowledgement of the extrinsic approach,to analyze this poem from a New Criticism point of view might better and objectively probe the central idea of it.展开更多
文摘Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach skillfully uses the sea image to reveal the social condition of the Victorian people on the verge of spiritual collapse.The two opposing sea images at the beginning of the poem are a contrast between illusion and reality,thus triggering the contradiction between the Imaginary and the Real,which becomes an aesthetic symbol throughout the interpretation of the sea image and the writing of human spiritual world.From the time of Sophocles in ancient Greece to the Victorian period,the sea,as a mirror of the Imaginary,became a way for people to reflect on their suffering fate and harsh reality.Meanwhile,the powerful force of the sea drawing back pebbles contains the philosophical meaning of the Real world,which has the mysterious power to swallow everything and is difficult to be captured by the symbol language of the Symbolic society.The impact of the sea on the pebbles shows the contradiction between the Real and the Symbolic.The reinterpretation of the sea image in Dover Beach provides insight into reconciling the spirituality of people in the transition period to highly developed industrialization and modernization.
文摘The poem by Mathew Arnold is filled with a sense of sadness,expressing the poet’s bitter disappointment over modern civilization in which meaningless wars are fought for meaningless causes.Then the poet finally turns to love as the saving emotion in the poem.With analyses of the poem in different areas,the paper discuses the crises facing people at that time as the theme of the poem.
文摘Matthew Arnold is a great Victorian poet and a leading social critic."Dover Beach"is one of Arnold's most famous poems. Critics differ widely on how to interpret Matthew Arnold's choice of"Sophocles"in it. Many critics argue that the introduction of the Greek author Sophocles in the second stanza strengthened the theme in a large degree by forming a contrast between the present and past. Some others think that Arnold chooses Sophocles because he appreciates Hellenism. But most of the critics attempt to discover a specific reference to Sophocles. In this article, the author is going to discuss why reasons mentioned above can not explain the role"Sophocles"played in improving the theme of"Dover Beach"and prove that"Sophocles"was used by Arnold, a pious Christian, to grieve for the collapse of faith.
文摘The essay endeavors to explore the hidden connotation in Dover Beach through in-depth and innovative close reading.It tries to authenticate the conjecture of the harmonious co-existence of sexual and moral connotations in Arnold's Dover Beach(1867).
文摘Many of the literary works of Matthew Arnold reflect the contradictory psychology in the 19th century,of which Dover Beach ranks high..It touches the major concerns of Mid-Victorian writing.Since the readers have good acknowledgement of the extrinsic approach,to analyze this poem from a New Criticism point of view might better and objectively probe the central idea of it.
