An Analysis of Heathcliff’s Silence in Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff is a highly controversial character in Emily Bront?’s canon Wuthering Heights. He is depicted as an incredi-ble conglomeration of enigmas and simplicity, aloofness and affinity, ferocity and...     

An Analysis on Heathcliff’s Inhumanity in the Wuthering Heights

In the Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is a main and controversial figure. Different critics comment on him from many different aspects. Nevertheless, this thesis focuses on the inhumanity of Heathcliff....     

Devil or Victim—An Analysis of the Characterization of Heathcliff in Wuthering Height

The character Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights is a controversial character that has aroused severe debate among critics and readers long since it was published in 1847.He is considered is a cruel devil and his acts in this novel are too far beyond a normal human’s moral acceptance.However,in spit of physical strength and his power of revenge,he is in a way also a victim of love and society.His destiny is doomed since he came into this world as the one who is"The Other"to take the revenge.     

Tragic Hero in a Cross-cultural View——A Criticism of Macbeth,the Tragic Hero

Macbeth is,both by expectation and by means of the exposition,set up as a classical tragedy.The very title of the play,The Trag edy of Macbeth,encourages the assumption on the part of the audience that Macbeth is indeed a tragedy.This article mainly from the cross-cultural angle to the plot of the tragedy of tragedy Macbeth analysis for further analysis and appreciate Shakespeare’ s drama open up alternative thinking mode.     

On Love,Hate and Death in Wuthering Heights——from the passion of Catherine and Heathcliff

This paper focuses on topics of love,hate and death in Wuthering Heights. Love and hate are two aspects of conflict,which results in the death of two lovers. Love represents the lovers' union and peace,while hate stands for the lovers' separation. Death,which means the storm between the two lovers is gone and peace returns,symbolizes their re-union with love.     

Tragic Character Results in Tragic Life——A Brief Analysis of “Hamlet”

As one of Shakespeare's the four famous tragedies,Hamlet is the most remarkable one. This article aims to analyze the tragedy aspects in Hamlet from the aspects of plot,character and conflict. In Hamlet,it described a disordered world where there was discrepancy in ideality and reality,and also a world with strong self-consciousness,which reflected the main parts uncertainness and complication in the period of Renaissance.On behalf of humanists,Hamlet confirms human's value and dignity,and also the wisdom and power,but faced with the evil reality,all his dreams are destroyed completely. He just gets the spiritual victory with the cost of his life. As the mitigation of the time,Hamlet shows that it is destined for humanists to fail and result in tragic life.     

Daisy,A Victim of Prejudice in Intercultural Communication——An Analysis of Daisy's Tragic Destiny in Henry James' Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller,among Henry James’masterpieces,is the novella which won him international fame.As some critics have analyzed,Daisy is a victim of the values of the Old World.In the author’s opinion,Daisy’s tragedy should be partly attributed to prejudice,which impedes the international communication between the newly wealthy Americans and the Europeanized Americans.In this sense,this paper focuses on an analysis of three forms of prejudice in Daisy Miller and tries to interpret Daisy’s tragic destiny from the perspective of intercultural communication.     

An Analysis of Pecola’s Tragic Fate in The Bluest Eye

In The Bluest Eye,the author narrates a little black girl’s strong desire to have blue eyes.At last,Pecola imagines possessing blue eyes at the cost of going insane.This paper mainly argues that it is the family’s influence,the internalized racism and the whites’powerful and dominant culture that leads to Pecola’s tragic fate.     

An Analysis of Dean Moriarty in On the Road——A True Hero in the 1950’s America

This paper studies post-war America around the 1950’s when On the Road was written and analyzes the protagonist Dean Moriarty as a spokesman of the Beat Generation.He is a typical beat who revolts against the traditional social values and chases after the spiritual complacency.In addition,he opposes wars and advocates the equality between men and women.Thus in a sense Dean is a rebellious hero and stands ahead of his age.     

A Typical Victim of the Patriarchal Society—An Analysis on the Female Character in Death in the Woods

Death in the Woods is one of the famous novels of Sherwood Anderson, who is a distinguished writer in America, and now it still wins great popularity in the whole world. In this novel, the author depicts the protagonist Mrs. Grimes' miserable life incisively. This paper endeavors to analyze the female character in the patriarchal society from the following two perspectives—social background and marriage life, and naturally comes to the conclusion that the protagonist Mrs. Grimes finally died because of the oppression of the patriarchal society.     

An Analysis of the Dual Sides of Shylock’s Character

The Merchant of Venice is one of the most outstanding comedies of Shakespeare. The story happened in Venice in 16th century. Shylock is a typical character in this play. Shylock was looked down upon and humiliated by Christians as a Jew. Shylock, who found everyone in that society was against him, felt him isolated by Christians in Venice. But it is true that as a usurer, shylock was greedy and miserly, he lost kindness and reason; Shylock was oppressed and humiliated as a Jew. This paper focuses on the dual sides of Shylock’s character. On one hand he is miserly, unfeeling, vicious and sly; on the other hand, he is oppressed and humiliated.     

The Social Tragedy Beneath the Letter“A”—Comment on Tragic Destiny of Main Characters in The Scarlet Letter

<正>IThe Scarlet Letter was tragic love story.The love story between a clergyman and a married woman in the 17th century was doomed to be tragic.The destinies of Heroine—Hester prynne and hero Dimmesdale were ended with tragedy.Although     

Run away from Spiritual Emptiness——An Analysis of the Theme of The Beast in the Jungle

<正>The Beast in the Jungle tells a love tragedy:The two young English people--John Marcher and May Bartram encounters in London after they first met in Italy ten years ago.Marcher has always had a feeling that one day an awful destiny will fall on him,just as he is to be attacked by a beast crouching in the jungle.So he requests May to watch with him.Out of love,May promises     

The Analysis of the Chinese Character "Shang"(上)

Based on semantic theories this paper discusses and explains the different meanings of the Chinese character "shang"(上) in five Chinese phrases-"shang ji"(上级),"shang mian"(上面),"shang fang"(上访),"shang xue"(上学) and "shang ban"(上班).The author tries to analyze the usages of the Chinese character "shang" through vivid examples.In the end she categorizes the usages and meanings of the morpheme "shang"(上).     

An Analysis of Stanley Kowalski＇s Character from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Communication

In his play A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams has portrayed Stan- ley Kowalski as a fascinating character. Unfor- tunately, cultural differences have hindered our appreciation of him. This article analyzes Stan- ley Kowalski＇s character from the perspective of cross-cultural communication.     

An Analysis of Individualism in the Declaration of Independence

The awareness of individualism can be traced back to the period of American Revolution when the Declaration of Independence was produced.It expressed basic beliefs concerning freedom,equality,democracy,privacy and the relationship between people and government,which were exactly what the philosophy of individualism mostly dealt with at that time.This paper is to exploit the essence of individualism by analyzing the Declaration .The analysis enables us to reconsider its significance to the issue of America human rights and foreign policies.     

Balance Break and Reconstruction——An Analysis of Wei Yingwu''''s Unique Personality

韦应物是中唐时期的一个重要作家,他的诗歌向来以冲淡平和著称,当时在诗坛上有“韦柳”之称。本文结合他的生平事迹重点分析他性格方面的独特性,由于诗人独特的生活经历再加上中唐特殊的社会背景,这一切铸就了诗人独特的性格特征。在他的性格中有仕与不仕的矛盾冲突,但在两者的冲突中诗人终于找到融合点———心理达到平衡。韦应物诗歌给人以冲淡的感觉,其实在这种冲淡的风格下隐含着诗人性格的孤独因素。     

An Analysis of Interpersonal Function of the Dialogues in the Film The King’s Speech

Based on the framework of Halliday’s theory of interpersonal function, this study intends to analyze the dialogues in the film The King’s Speech from the three aspects of mood type, modal operator and vocative address by adopting both quantitative and qualitative methods. The significances of successful realizations of interpersonal function to the role characterization, plot development and thematic construction in the film are also demonstrated, thus deepening the understanding and appreciation of the film.