SYMBOLISM IN THE GREAT GATSBY
摘要
入党宣言象征主义是十九世纪末法国重要的文学思潮。第一次世界大战前，它传播到欧洲多个艺术领域，许多作家认为，任何事物都应该有相应的内涵，内心世界和外部世界是相互渗透的，人们可以挖掘出隐藏在象征本体里的一切象征意义，因此，它提倡人们可以使用大量的意象来暗示微妙的内心世界，并将它们有机融合在一起。
《了不起的盖茨比》是弗·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德最具代表性和最受欢迎的作品之一，长期以来国内外众多学者从不同角度进行研究。它强烈抨击了美国20世纪20年代物质主义盛行，人们内心世界的腐败和道德沦丧的社会现状。作者巧妙地运用象征手法向读者展示一个灯绿梦渺的美国梦。弗·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德挑选出小说中最能代表美国20世纪20年代期间社会现状的典型人物，通过他们各自对价值观截然不同的反应和所采取的行为，以此表明美国梦破灭的必然性。
关键词：象征主义；美国梦；物质主义；幻灭
ABSTRACT
Symbolism was regarded as an important literary trend in France at the end of the nineteenth century.
Before World War I, it spread to various art fields in Europe, the writers who were for it believed that anything should have corresponding meaning, the inner world and outer world were inducted each other, and people can dig out hidden symbolism from everything. Therefore, it advocated that people can u substantial images to suggest the subtle inner world, and blend two of them together skillfully, one of the unique charms in the novel The Great Gatsby is the abundant u of symbols．In the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald us symbols to depict the various characters and deepen the theme; he connects the visual real world with the abstract inner world by using mass of potential symbolism, showing readers characteristics, personality as well as charms of protagonists vividly; meanwhile, the proper u of symbolism adds up infinite art charm and enhances ideological implication of the work, making the novel loved by a great number of readers.关于景色的诗
The Great Gatsby is one of the most reprentative and popular works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, it strongly criticizes the rich‘s priority for materialism and the loss of morality as well as their corruption of the inner world，also in the novel the social reality of the United States in 1920s is deeply expod with numerous symbols by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In order to show readers a lively and bright plot, he elaborately arranges each ction, taking the protagonists for example, F. Scott Fitzgerald picks out the most typical characters from different social class in the novel to reflect their respecti
ve values during 1920s in the United States, according to their different reactions and behaviors towards materialism and morality, the author aims to indicate the inevitable tragedy and evaporation of the American dream.
英语春节作文Key words: symbolism, the American Dream, materialism, evaporation
Outline
Title: Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
Thesis Statement: Symbols in The Great Gatsby reprent Gatsby‘s disillusions of the American Dream as well as the social moral loss.春节广州旅游攻略
1. Introduction洋白菜的做法
2. Symbolism of Colors
2.1 Green: Dream and Hope
2.2 White: Innocence and Beauty VS Evil and Horror
2.3 Blue: Gloom, Peace and Fantasy
2.4 Y ellow: Power, Wealth and Status
3. Symbolism of Protagonists
3.1 Daisy: Selfishness and Materialism沉重的心情句子>伴随状语的用法
3.2 Gatsby: visionary and tragic
3.3 Nick: onlookingand Injustice
4. The American Dream in The Great Gatsby
4.1 The American Dream
4.2 Disillusion of the American Dream
4.3 Inevitable Evaporation of the American Dream
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
1 Introduction
大清相国小说The United States had an unprecedented economic prosperity after World War I, the life quality of people showed an uprising trend, while their mental world was descending sharply under the brand-- new social environment, that is, the younger generation of America were addicted to hedonism regardless of the traditional religious beliefs and morality, they indulge themlves in the unprincipled recreation, excessively emphasizing on materials but ignoring mentality, which resulted in the disillusion of the American dream.
The publication of The Great Gatsby in 1925 is the reflection of ―the Jazz Age‖ –―the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the roaring twenties; ending with the ri of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age e a sharp decline while the great American stock market soars.‖ (Wikipedia: the Jazz age) F. Scot Fitzgerald us a unique narration way to describe hero—Ga tsby‘s life. As a narrator, Nick is tired of his hometown—Midwest life and comes to New Y ork. He rents a small apartment in the suburb of West Egg. He is Daisy‘s cousin, and neighbor of Gatsby who owns a luxurious mansion. Gatsby and Daisy once love each ot
her when they are young, but end up with Gatsby‘s poverty. Then he joins World War I, and Daisy marries Tom Buchanan—a wealthy guy and they give birth to a daughter. Five years later, the Buchanan move from Chicago to the west, and Nick starts to have frequent contacts with the Buchanan; during five years, Gatsby accumulates amounts of wealth by means of illegal activity and comes to New Y ork following Daisy. He buys a luxurious villa—Gatsby mansion. Each Saturday he would hold a grand party to attract the married Daisy, fancying arousing her notice and restart the relationship. On an accidental occasion, Gatsby learns that Nick is Daisy‘s cousin, so he begs Nick to arrange a meeting for them. After that date, both Daisy and Gatsby have frequent date. However, he gradually realizes that Daisy is vane and cular not as what she ud to be, Gatsby‘s beautiful dream finally breaks,
but he still insists on her and has a glimmer of fantasy, which makes him suffer from a mirable outcome in the end. Later, Daisy drives Gatsby‘s car to run over and kills Tom‘s mistress Myrtle Wilson after drunk driving, but Tom and Daisy put the blame on Gatsby with conspiracy brutally, resulting in Gatsby‘s death by George Wilson‘s gun shot. While Daisy and Tom travel to Europe, there are only two people—Nick and Gatsby‘s father to attend Gatsby‘s funeral. Gatsby becom es a victim of lfish and cruel Daisy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald describes a picture of tragic American dream with poetic language and ample colors. There are many symbols in the novel. Symbolism will be analyzed respectively from the following aspects: colors, protagonists and the American Dream will be mentioned.
