Kate Chopin's (1899- ) The Awakening gives an account of Edna Pontellie's awakening in soul and body and sing highly of her courage to pursue freedom and independence. But in a patriarchal society, women can o...Kate Chopin's (1899- ) The Awakening gives an account of Edna Pontellie's awakening in soul and body and sing highly of her courage to pursue freedom and independence. But in a patriarchal society, women can only exist subordinate to men and any woman's rebellion is to be defeated. Through a detailed analysis of the process of Edna's awakening, it argues that Edna is not awakened but disillusioned, and she still lives under the heavy patriarchal shackles.展开更多
"The Great Gatsby",a fiction by Fitzgerald,is about the failure of the American dream.For the protagonist Gatsby,He is the true heir to American dream.He devotes his whole life to pursues his dream of romant..."The Great Gatsby",a fiction by Fitzgerald,is about the failure of the American dream.For the protagonist Gatsby,He is the true heir to American dream.He devotes his whole life to pursues his dream of romantic success without ever understand ing that it has escaped him.Finally,he dies in his pursuit.His failure symbolizes the disillusion of American dream.展开更多
The Glass Menagerie depicts the disillusion of Laura's illusory world with the technique of symbolism. With the analy sis of the symbolic meanings of"the glass animals", this thesis attempts to analyze t...The Glass Menagerie depicts the disillusion of Laura's illusory world with the technique of symbolism. With the analy sis of the symbolic meanings of"the glass animals", this thesis attempts to analyze the destructive process of Laura's illusion and the dream of American middle-class people in the 1930s.展开更多
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath presents the evolution and disillusionment of the American dream through the experience of the Joads.However,the dream was bound to be an American nightmare.
文摘Kate Chopin's (1899- ) The Awakening gives an account of Edna Pontellie's awakening in soul and body and sing highly of her courage to pursue freedom and independence. But in a patriarchal society, women can only exist subordinate to men and any woman's rebellion is to be defeated. Through a detailed analysis of the process of Edna's awakening, it argues that Edna is not awakened but disillusioned, and she still lives under the heavy patriarchal shackles.
文摘"The Great Gatsby",a fiction by Fitzgerald,is about the failure of the American dream.For the protagonist Gatsby,He is the true heir to American dream.He devotes his whole life to pursues his dream of romantic success without ever understand ing that it has escaped him.Finally,he dies in his pursuit.His failure symbolizes the disillusion of American dream.
文摘The Glass Menagerie depicts the disillusion of Laura's illusory world with the technique of symbolism. With the analy sis of the symbolic meanings of"the glass animals", this thesis attempts to analyze the destructive process of Laura's illusion and the dream of American middle-class people in the 1930s.
文摘John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath presents the evolution and disillusionment of the American dream through the experience of the Joads.However,the dream was bound to be an American nightmare.
