Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a difficult novella.The last cry of Kurtz,"The horror! The horror!",is ambiguous,complex,and metaphorical in meaning.This paper tries to make a thorough analysis of all the ...Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a difficult novella.The last cry of Kurtz,"The horror! The horror!",is ambiguous,complex,and metaphorical in meaning.This paper tries to make a thorough analysis of all the possible meanings of the words,hoping to reveal its relation with the themes and facilitate a better understanding of the story.展开更多
George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human be...George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human beings possess remain fresh forever.Linguistically speaking,the discourse cohesion of this poem contributes to the expression of the theme of it.Based on the stylistic analysis,this paper argues that the expression of the poetic theme is realized through the overall layout of cohesion of this poem,manifested in rhyme scheme,lexicon,structure and logic.展开更多
文摘Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a difficult novella.The last cry of Kurtz,"The horror! The horror!",is ambiguous,complex,and metaphorical in meaning.This paper tries to make a thorough analysis of all the possible meanings of the words,hoping to reveal its relation with the themes and facilitate a better understanding of the story.
文摘George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human beings possess remain fresh forever.Linguistically speaking,the discourse cohesion of this poem contributes to the expression of the theme of it.Based on the stylistic analysis,this paper argues that the expression of the poetic theme is realized through the overall layout of cohesion of this poem,manifested in rhyme scheme,lexicon,structure and logic.