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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheSymbolisminMobyDickI. IntroductionThewriter-HermanMelvilleHermanMelville(1819-1891)wasanAmericannovelist,shortSIOfywriter,essayistandpoet.HeisbestknownforhisnovelMobyDickandthepi)slhunousnovellaBillyBudd.HisfirstthreebooksgainedmuchCOrUCmpOraryattentionClypee,()nuo,RedbuniYandafte
2、rafast-bloomingliterarysuccessin(heIaccI84()s,hispopularitydeclinedprecipitouslyinIhcmid-1850sandneverrecoveredduringhisIifdim已FortwentyyearsbeforehisdeathinI891.HermanMelvillewasaibrgotlennun.Thisisbeslrcofhislife?(ThCPress.September29.1891)Soonafterhisdeath,therewasashortrevivalofinterestinMelvill
3、eswork.ManyofhisWOflswerexblishedagainandsowereImllyappreciativescholarlyevaluations.AsecondMclvilkrevival(kplace*bu(1919coincidingwith(heCentenniiilofMelvillesbirth.ItwasMuntiltheMelvilleRcviva,atthistimethathisWOrkwonrecognition,especiallyMoby-DickwhichholdsadistinctivepositionintheAmericanliterar
4、ytraditionthatnootherworkcanmatch.InwritingMohy-Diek.MelvilleaemxedanarrativealtogetherdifTere11IhanWhalhehadwrittenbefore.II. SymbolisminMobyDickInMobyDick,Melvilleemploysstylizedlanguage,symbolismoexplon?numerouscomplex(hemes.Throughtheuincharactersjourney,theconceptsofclassandsocialstatus,goodand
5、evil,andtheexistenceofGodarcallexamined,asIshniaclspeculatesuponhispersonalbclicfeaxlhisplaceintheuniverse.Thehookprojectshumaninstincts,characteristicsandmotivationsontoanimals.MobyDick,thewhale,isruthlessinattacking(heSaiIoISwhoattempt(ohuntandkillhim.butitisAhabwhoinvestsMobyDicksnaturalinstincts
6、withmalignantandevilintentions.Infact,itisnothewhalebutthecrippledAhabwhoalonepossessesthischaracteristic.Symbolismisusingaperson,place,orthingtorcprcscmsomethingelsewhichislargerandoftenuntouchable,hisusedinliteraturetogiveauthorsobjectivitywhiletbeirviewsarestillexpressed.Somesymbolsstandforthings
7、(hatareobviouswhileothersneedamoreinvolvedexplanation.Moby-dickissuchagreatbookthatisfullofsymbols,suggestingendlessmeanings.TheresearchonSymbolisminMobyDickhasbeingverypopular.ThescholarsholdthatInHermanMeIvilletSMobyDick,onesuchelementistheideaofheIaPeSIfyofhumanity,(hatiswoventhroughoutthestoryas
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