A Character Analysis on Fleur in Erdrich’s Tracks

This paper analyses the central female character Fleur in Erdrich’s novel Tracks.It discusses her mysterious power and abilities to save her family and land,challenging the White mainstream culture on the reservation.Unlike Pauline goes to extremes and converts herself into a Catholic believer,Fleur holds fast to the old Chippewa way and acts by her own will both as a powerful Chippewa woman,Indian traditionals defender and a great mother.     

Attachment&Abandonment——The Analysis of Dual Identities in Sylvia Plath’ s Daddy

The interpretation of Sylvia Plath’ s representative work Daddy is always being controversial.The poem involves many social and historical issues and various images,among which the image " Daddy" is the key to the interpretation of the poem as well as the poet ess’ feminist consciousness of anti-patriarchy.     

Corpus-based Analysis on Anti-Semitism in Shakespeare’s Works

Thousands of years ago,the Jews were forced to leave their homeland and began to live an exiled life and gradually melted into other neighboring peoples.However,they were not welcomed by others.For thousands of years,Jews’ "Bible" has become a source of literary and artistic creation,but the image of Jews were excluded from the literary and artistic creation,even if there were some occasions,they were but described as autistic Misers or loan shark.Shakespeare is one of the most outstanding writers;he described many people from all walks of life in his works,the Jews,also included.Based on the corpus of Shakespeare’s works,we can see that most adjectives used by Shakespeare to modify the word "Jew"are derogative words.Therefore,we can prove that anti-Semitism does exist in Shakespeare’s works.     

Heavy Patriarchal Shackles: Edna’s Awakening and Disillusion

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.     

Paradox and Oxymoron in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Paradox and oxymoron are two rhetoric devices frequently used by Shakespeare in his sonnets and drama,especially in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In applying paradoxes and oxymora to the play,Shakespeare succeeds in conveying the complex and conflicting psychological reality of the protagonists,increasing the textual tension,and achieving a good dramatic effect.     

Political Reality and Nature in Shakespeare’s King Lear

King Lear is considered to be Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.Using analysis of the play and the contemporary politics of Jacobe an time,this paper examines how this play serves its traditional role as a"mirror for princess"play and how a broader dimension provided by a Christianized natural law is available for the exploration of possibilities of human experiences.     

The Techniques of Shakespeare’s Persuasion:Comments on Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1-17

In Sonnets 1-17,Shakespeare persuades the Fair Young Man to beget a child so that he can conquest Time and preserve his beauty.Shakespeare’s persuasion is vivid and convincing.This paper analyzes the techniques of his persuasion from three aspects:syllogism,various images and appealing to the emotion.     

The Pictorial Power of Language in e.e.Cummings’Poetry

e.e. Cummings’Poetry’s theme is the cycle of life, and"black against white"could be indicating life death versus life. It shows that even though a leaf falling may be an indication of death, falling of leaves is an integral part of the whole life cycle of the tree. !blac may seem like a simple mess of words, but in reality is much more complex than that.     

The Triumph of Poetry over Time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Since the study of Shakespeare’s sonnets came to China,people come to an agreement that there is more than one theme running through these sonnets.The most popular and well-accepted ones are singing for fairness,kindness and truth,singing for friendship,and singing for love.Among all these themes,time,running through these sonnets from the beginning to the end,is absolutely one of the most important.In the eyes of the poet,time is cruel and destructive;however,he figures out poetry as a key way to triumph over it.This article attempts to argue for the triumph of poetry over time in Shakespeare’s sonnets based on an analysis to the poetry.     

Johnny’s Golden Power

上田龙也如果是国外旅行,上田龙也希望给自已充足的2周假期,那样他就能去瑞士的出上看看。不过在他看来,一边翻阅杂志一边决定要去的地方,光是给出游排行程表就足够让他开心了。旅游时的必备是相机,比起数码相机上田龙也更喜欢用胶卷的,欣赏冲出来的新照片时有着感受不尽的快乐。     

The Glamour of Shakespeare’s Falstaff

Falstaff is a famous comic character of Shakespeare’s historical plays in Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor. He is a figure with many-sides character, and contradiction and romanticism can be emb...     

Johnny’s Golden Power

第一次接触吉他,是堂本刚18岁的时候。由吉田拓郎带入门、由土屋公平来教授,堂本刚学吉他的师资力量,不是一般地雄厚。不单作为一个音乐人,同时身兼演员的堂本刚,虽然很想好好练习吉他,却因为工作而感到很无奈。不过,他的师傅土屋公平曾说过:"我把你当成最好     

Functions of “Marriage” in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Marriage is usually associated with happiness and harmony. But in Shakespear’s Measure for Measure, it seems it is infused with power of law. Is it a clear-cut punishment or reward? Its qualities revolve around the individual situations in which it occurs, which is interpreted and deployed by characters in the play in different ways.     

Functions of“Marriage”in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Marriage is usually associated with happiness and harmony. But in Shakespear’s Measure for Measure, it seems it is in?fused with power of law. Is it a clear-cut punishment or reward? Its qualities revo...     

Defection or Cooperation—Richard Power’s Moral Insights in Prisoner’s Dilemma

Prisoner’s Dilemma is a master trope for relaying the permanent impasse or dilemma of cooperation versus defection.In Prisoner’s Dilemma Richard Powers narrates a multiform of dilemma mainly narrating Eddie Hobson’s traumatic history,along with Eddie’s attempt to carry out a strategy—Eddie’s ideal Hobstown which is supposed to cope with the confused dilemma.Pow?ers’strategic moral insights are revealed by assuming that each player feels sympathy for the other and a moral cooperative instead of antagonistic solution to the Prisoner’s Dilemma will be found.     

The Difference in the Main Conflict between Shakespeare ’s Hamlet and Feng Xiaogang’s The Banquet

Famous Chinese director Feng Xiaogang made a film The Banquet in 2006, which is adapted from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. However, accounting for the background and cultural difference, the main conflict...     

The Comparison of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Baima’s Your Beauty

Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare’s sonnets created during 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a great leap forward to sonnet itself. With the development of sonnets, Chinese poets begin to learn from western traditional sonnets. Among these poets, Bai Ma is a typical representative. This thesis aims to make a comparison between western traditional sonnets and Chinese sonnets to find out their similarities and dissimilarities through studying Shakespeare’s and Bai Ma’s respective magnum opuses, and to further promote the literary communication of the East-West.     

The Comparison of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Baima’s Your Beauty

Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant playwrights and poets in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare ’s sonnets created dur?ing 1592 to 1598 is not only one of the greatest achievements of his, but also a gr...