Topic Discussion: Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.“ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he(Goodman Brown),after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is
Topic Discussion: Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.“ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he(Goodman Brown),after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.’ ”(from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”) Make a comment on this passage.
【正确答案】:

A. GOODMAN BROWN UTTERS THIS CRY WHEN HE FINDS HIS WIFE FAITH, TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF PROMINENT PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE AND THE CHURCH, ATTENDING A WATCHES‘S SABBATH IN THE WOODS. 

B. HIS CRY SHOWS HIS GREAT SURPRISE AND DISILLUSIONMENT. THEREAFTER, HE BECOMES DISTRUSTFUL AND DOUBTFUL. HE LIVES A DISMAL AND GLOOMY LIFE BECAUSE HE IS NEVER ABLE TO BELIEVE IN GOODNESS OR PIETY AGAIN. HERE THE AUTHOR MAKES A PUN OF THE WORD ―FAITH. GOODMAN BROWN LOSES NOT ONLY HIS FAITH IN RELIGION AND LIFE, BUT ALSO HIS FAITH IN HIS WIFE, FOR HIS WIFE‘S NAME IS FAITH.

C. FROM THIS STORY, WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT HAWTHORNE IS A GREAT ALLEGORIST AND A MASTER OF SYMBOLISM. THE STORY ITSELF IS AN ALLEGORY AND IS FULL OF SYMBOLS SUCH AS THE FOREST, THE SNAKE, AND THE PINK RIBBON.  


【题目解析】:本题考查对《小伙子布朗》重点篇章的赏析。1.布朗发现了他的妻子,他和村子里,教堂里的许多杰出人士一起,在树林里参加了一次“安息日”活动。2.布朗的哭声说明了他受到了惊吓,同时也醒悟了。此后,他变得不信任和怀疑。他过着一种凄凉而阴郁的生活,因为他再也不能相信善良或虔诚了。在这里,作者对faith这个词做了一个双关语。布朗不仅失去了他对宗教和生活的信仰,而且失去了他的妻子,因为他妻子的名字是Faith。3.从这个故事中,我们可以看到霍桑是一位伟大的寓言家和象征主义大师。故事本身就是一个寓言,充满了象征,如森林,蛇和粉红色的丝带。
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