UnitHermanMelvillePPT學(xué)習(xí)教案

1、會計學(xué)1UnitHermanMelvillefather died in debt.第1頁/共33頁第2頁/共33頁experimental style of his stories.第3頁/共33頁from his adventures among the people of the South Pacific islandsan account of his voyage to Englandhis life on a United States man-of-war第4頁/共33頁第5頁/共33頁an encyclopedia of everythinghistory, philosop

2、hy, religion, the whaling industry a Shakespearean tragedy of man fighting against fates第6頁/共33頁第7頁/共33頁He is the sole survivor of He is the sole survivor of the the PequodPequod. . 第8頁/共33頁He is the second mate who is carefree, indifferent, and fatalistic.第9頁/共33頁第10頁/共33頁第11頁/共33頁第12頁/共33頁第13頁/共33

3、頁第14頁/共33頁a symbol of doomnamed after a Native American tribe in Massachusettsdid not long survive the arrival of white men (extinct)is painted gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bonesthe mementos of violent deathlike a primitive coffin第15頁/共33頁is hidden all the timemirrors its enviormentun

4、known and unknowable truthsonly the surface of the ocean is available for human observation and interpretationthe depths conceal unknown truthsa metaphor for the human relationship with the Christian God: God is unknown and cannot be pinned downinscrutable, mysterious第16頁/共33頁various symbolic meanin

5、gsto the pequods crewa concept onto which they can display their anxiety about dangerous and frightening jobsto Ahaba manifestation of all that is wrong with the worldIt is his destiny to get rid of this symbolic evil第17頁/共33頁第18頁/共33頁第19頁/共33頁第20頁/共33頁第21頁/共33頁the embodiment of naturemodern life th

6、e loss of faith, the sense of futilitywell expressed in Moby Dick第22頁/共33頁Ahab cuts himself off from his family, stays away from his crew, hates Moby Dick and becomes a devil rushing to his doom. He was within “the masoned, walled town of a captains exclusiveness”,which leads him to his doom.第23頁/共3

7、3頁the basic pattern of nineteenth-century American life Moby Dick is a negative reflection upon Transcendentalism Ahab: too much of a self-reliant individual to be a good human beinga victim of extreme individualismThe price of self-reliance is death.第24頁/共33頁starts out feeling badhopes to find an ideal lifecomes to see the folly of Ahab seeking to conquer naturefeels the significance of love and companionshiplearns to accept, an attitude which ensures his survival第25頁/共33頁themes the sense of futility and meaninglessness alienationloneliness and suicidal individualism rejection and quest第