araby 主题.ppt

Themes of Araby,The narrator recalls a boyhood crush he had on the sister of a friend. He went to “Araby,“ a bazaar with an exotic Oriental theme, in order to buy a souvenir for the object of his crush. However, he was finally overcome with a sense of futility.,Araby,Themes of Araby,Alienation and Loneliness Change and Transformation Fantasy and Reality The Frustration and Vanity of Love Awakening the spiritually insensitive and morally paralyzed people,Alienation and Loneliness,A deserted, isolated living environment Being isolated within his family isolating him from his friends confronting his disillusionment alone in the nearly deserted bazaar,Change and Transformation,his romantic fantasies are hopelessly at odds with the reality of his life He realizes that he had set himself up for disillusionment,Change and Transformation,an emotional transformation ---changing from an innocent young boy to a disillusioned adolescent,Fantasy and Reality,The boy carries his thoughts of Mangan's sister like a “chalice through a throng of foes,“ and his crush inspires in him “strange prayers and praises.“ The way the girl herself is described as an alluring but untouchable figure dramatically lit--and the boy's worshipful attitude give her something of the character of a religious statue.,Fantasy and Reality,Popular culture is also suggested as a source of the boy's romanticism, in the references to Sir Walter Scott's The Abbot and the poem “The Arab's Farewell to His Steed.“,Fantasy and Reality,In the nearly deserted hall and the insipid flirtation he overhears between two men and a shopgirl, the protagonist is confronted with huge gap between his romantic fantasies of love and the mundane and materialistic realities of his life.,Fantasy and Reality,romantic idealism of his attitude toward Mangan's sister and romantic fantasies in the surrounding culture the Araby bazaar--the mundane and materialistic realities of his life,The Frustration and Vanity of Love,He indirectly learns an important lesson about love and how it is exploited in the real world for the benefit of consumerism What could have been a story of happy, youthful love becomes a tragic story of defeat and disappointment,Big theme,The love for that girl stands for his passion of life The lost idealization also equals the missing of the vitality and the vigor The epiphany of those spiritually insensitive and morally paralyzed will bring hope for the young and the whole country,Big theme,awakening the spiritually insensitive and morally paralyzed people Awakening people’s willingness of fighting,The end,Thanks,。