美国文学选读 第三版 课后习题答案 陶洁(部分)
Unit 1 Benjamin Franklin
Questions
1.Why did Franklin write his Autobiography?
Franklin says that becau his son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past. He also says that he has enjoyed his life and would like to repeat it
山西一本线2.What made Franklin decide to leave the brother to whom he had been apprenticed?
His brother was passionate, and had often beaten him. The aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to him through his whole life .After a brush with the law, Franklin left his brother.
3.How did he arrive in Philadephia?
First he t out in a boat for Amboy, the boat dropped him off about 50 miles from Burlington, the next day he reached Burlington on foot, in Burlington he found a boat which was going towards Philadelphia, he arrived there about eight or nine o’clock, on the Sunday morning and landed at the Market Street wharf.
4.What features do you find in the style of the above lection?
It is the pattern of Puritan simplicity, directness, and concision(言简意赅). The narrative is lucid(易懂的), the structure is simple, the imagery is homely(朴素的).
Unit 2 Edgar Allen Poe
Questions
1.Who is the narrator? What wrong does he want to redress?
Montresor.
Fortunato,one of wine experts insulted him, so he wanted to murder him.
2.What is the pretext he us to lure Fortunato to his wine cellar?伤残评级标准
He baits Fortunato by telling him he has obtained what he believes to be a cask of Amontillado a rare and valuable sherry wine.
Fortunato is anxious to determine whether or not it is truly Amontillado, so he goes to the vault with Montresor.
3.What happens to Fortunato in the end?
He was walled up alive behind bricks in a wine cellar.剑之所指
4.Describe briefly how Poe characterizes Montresor and Fortunato as contrasts?
Poe us color imagery to characterize them. Montresor face is covered in a black silk mask, In contrast, Fortunato dress the motley-colored costume of the court fool, who gets literally and tragically fooled by Montresor's masked motives.
The color schemes here reprent the irony of Fortunato's death ntence.
Through the acts, words, and thoughts of Fortunato,we know He is greedy, he was lured into the dark and somber vaults just becau a cask of Amontillado.
This is also due to his bad habit of bibulosity(酗酒）. He lost himlf on hearing the wine.
At the same time, he was cheated by his enemy, which reflected his ignorance.
When he heard the pretended compliment from Montresor, he became very boastful and arrogant.
He was easily confud by the superficial phenomena and failed to watch out for others. He couldn’t tolerate that others were stronger than him.
For example, Montresor always stimulated him with Luchresi who was good at connoisur（鉴赏） in wine.
Under the impul of vanity, he fell into Montresor’s terrible trap.
In fact, he was careless and foolish and didn’t find that the danger was approaching him.
He looked down upon Montresor and others.
He didn’t realize his foolishness until the death was coming.
新年畅想Talking from the appearance, Monstresor was a well-educated and “kind” businessman.
总的英文He enjoyed the honor and respect in the city. But in fact, he was an evil and awful person.
中韩自贸协定His inner feelings were so cruel that they even made people tremble.
Under his rich appearance was the dirty soul and despicable character.
We couldn’t e any glorious virtues in his mind. Instead, his heart was cold and dark.
It was the revenge that threw Montresor into the deep evil valley.
unit 4 Nathaniel Hawthorne
好段摘抄大全50字Questions :1.Why is the prison the tting of Chapter 1 ?
No matter how optimistic the founders of new colonies may be, they are quick to establish a prison and a cemetery in their “Utopia,” for they know that misbehavior, evil, and death are unavoidable.
This belief fits into the larger Puritan doctrine, which puts heavy emphasis on the idea of original sin—the notion that all people are born sinners becau of the initial transgressions of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. he is therefore using the prison building to reprent the crime and the punishment which are aspect of civilized life
What is the implication of the description of the ros?
The robush symbolizes the ability of nature to endure and outlast man's activities.
The narrator suggests that ros offer a reminder of Nature's kindness to the condemned; for his tale, he says, it will provide either a “sweet moral blossom” or el some relief in the face of unrelenting sorrow and gloom.
