W8.1 The Wind Blows+Jane Eyre.ppt

WEEK 8.1“THE WIND BLOWS” + JANE EYREBy Li BihuiReview (Questions 1 & 2)1) The language in this short story is very special, for example, there are lots of em dashes(破折号 -) and ellipses (省略号) and some capitalizations(大写) and italics(斜体). What effects do they create? 2) There are many shifts between facts and feelings/thoughts. One good example is the beginning, “SUDDENLY DREADFULLY she wakes up. What has happened? Something dreadful has happened. No nothing has happened.” Sentence is the fact that the heroine wakes up but Sentence is not a fact. Rather, it is what the heroine is thinking in her mind. Can you find more such kind of shifts? What effects do the shifts create?3) At the end of the story, there is a change of time. What time is changed to what time? What does the change of time mean?4) Wind is the biggest image in the short story. What does wind symbolize in your opinion?5) What is the theme of the short story?“The Wind Blows”4) Wind is the biggest image in the short story. What does wind symbolize in your opinion?4.2. What kind of wind is it in the story? Would you use some adjectives to describe the wind?( ) fierce, strong, terrible ( ) light, moderate, slight ( ) warm ( ) chill, cold, icy 4.2 What kind of impression does the wind give you? ( ) horrible, scary, destructive( ) pleasant, enjoyable, soothing“The Wind Blows”4) Wind is the biggest image in the short story. What does wind symbolize in your opinion?4.4) How does Matilda feel?Para. 1: It is cold. Summer is over it is autumn everything is ugly.It is all over! What is? Oh, everything!Para. 5: How hideous life is revolting, simply revolting . . .Para. 9: She wont. She wont. She hates mother. Go to hell, she shouts, running down the road. Para. 31: Its frightening to be here in her room by herself. The bed, the mirror, the white jug and basin gleam like the sky outside. Its the bed that is frightening. Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes? Shes not. No, Mother. I do not see why I should . . . The wind the wind!4) What does wind symbolize in your opinion?Wind creates a horrible atmosphere. It symbolizes a strong destructive force. It destroys things or blow them away“The Wind Blows”Hello world： 追求自由，摆脱社会束缚。

风象征严酷社会现实，风不能阻止她追求女性独立和自由Invincible：风不解风情，把姐弟之间的美好回忆都吹散了，情感变得很脆弱老师的批注：不能说风把姐弟情谊吹散了，姐弟情感变脆弱了结合曼斯菲尔德与弟弟之间的深厚感情，以及弟弟随后就去世的事实来看，风应该说是象征着两人的姐弟情谊变得越来越虚幻了姐弟之间不再有那种见面畅谈的实实在在的情感，而只能是姐姐对弟弟的无限思念，就像风一样，看不见，摸不着，但却异常强烈Sunshine：风营造了一种压抑，深沉的氛围Corn flakes:命运随意性的象征风，自然力，不受控制成年的未知，青春期的羞涩和躁动，结尾标志着成熟和成长“The Wind Blows”Hello world： 追求自由，摆脱社会束缚风象征严酷社会现实，风不能阻止她追求女性独立和自由Para.27 dreadful life. Para.33 cannot stand any long, dont want to be confined in the houseEsplanade: even though the wind is so strong, they do not stop their steps, and move onEnd: steamer hope, sea freedom“The Wind Blows”Corn flakes:命运随意性的象征。

风，自然力，不受控制成年的未知，青春期的羞涩和躁动，结尾标志着成熟和成长1.风惊醒女孩-混乱，女孩心理的手，颤抖，生活无聊第9段 和母亲吵架，易怒，对自身成长的恐惧和对母亲的反叛2、钢琴课-路上风大对比老师家的安静舒服，心情紧张奇怪，老师亲切，少女懵懂稚嫩3.回到房间-风，煤烟，诗-象征爱情照镜子-对比第1段不敢看镜子-转变，接受生命的不可预测4. 海边- 风大但愿意且努力靠近，成长5. 船-生命奥秘，永不枯竭，愿意毫无畏惧，坚定前行，准备接受成年世界的不可预测5) What is the theme of the short story?4) Wind is the biggest image in the short story. What does wind symbolize in your opinion?4.4) How does Matilda feel about the wind?Para. 1: It is cold. Summer is over it is autumn everything is ugly.It is all over! What is? Oh, everything!Para. 3: How hideous life is revolting, simply revolting . . . Para. 31: Its frightening to be here in her room by herself. The bed, the mirror, the white jug and basin gleam like the sky outside. Its the bed that is frightening. Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes? Shes not. No, Mother. I do not see why I should . . . The wind the wind!5.1)Why does Matilda say everything is over? What is over, to be exact? (Please read Paras 1,2,3,10,31,37,40,49 carefully for answer)5.2)Why does Matilda think life is hideous and revolting?(Please read Paras 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 carefully for answer)5.3)Why does Matilda refuse to darn the stockings? If Matilda doesnt want to darn the stockings, what does she want to do? (Please read Paras 10-30 and 44-49 carefully for answer)5) What is the theme of the short story?5.1)Why does Matilda say everything is over? What is over, to be exact?Para. 1: It is only the wind shaking the house, rattling the windows, banging a piece of iron on the roof and making her bed tremble. Leaves flutter newspaper wags in the airPara. 2: Now my best little Teneriffe-work teacloth is simply in ribbons Oh, heavens this wind! Para. 3: Marie Swainson pick the chrysanths before they are ruined. Her skirt flies up above her waist; but it is no use up it flies. All the trees and bushes beat about her. She doesnt mind what she does she pulls the plants up by the roots and bends and twists them, stamping her foot and swearing. Para. 10: In waves, in clouds, in big round 。