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Unit 1 Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales:
1.How is the
setting of the
tales described?
With such a
setting, could
you predict the
general tone of
the tales that are
to follow?
The setting of
the tale is that a
group of saints
lived in the same
hotel
determined to
continue their
journey as a
group and they
tell different
stories on their
way. The general
tone of the tale
is comedy.
2.In your own
words,
summarize the
character of the
Knight from the
brief introduction
in this excerpt.
The knight is a
good person, he
is a sincere saint.
He is going on
his pilgrimage as
he just comes
back from his
voyage. And at
the same time,
he is a brave
soldier and made
contributions to
the wars. But he
is very polite and
wears simple
cloth in his life.
3.Without
comparison with
the translated
version, are there
words still
recognizable to
you in the
original Middle
English version?
Although the
words used in
The Canterbury
Tales are Middle
English, to a
modern reader,
they are not
entirely
unrecognizable.
Some of the
vocabularies are
much similar to
Modern English,
therefore, in
most cases,
readers can
guess and then
interpret the
meaning of
these words, i.e.,
droghte is
equivalent to
drought, licour is
equivalent to
liquor and so on.
Unit 2 William
Shakespeare
Hamlet：
1.Why sleep is so
frightening,
according to
Hamlet, since it
can “end” the
heartache and
the thousand
natural shocks”?
Nobody can
predict what he
will dream of
after he falls
asleep. Death
means the end
of life, you may
go to an
unknown world
and you c an’t
come back. If he
dies, Hamlet
can't realize his
will. Though
“sleep” can end
the heartache
and the
thousand
natural shocks,
it is a state of
mind. Hamlet
didn’t know at
all. He is
frightened by
the possible
suffering in the
long “dream”.
He can’t pred ict
what will
happen in the
sleep, may be
good may be
evil.
2.Why would
people rather
hear all the
sufferings of the
world instead
choosing death
to get rid of
them, according
to Hamlet?
Death is so
mysterious that
nobody knows
what death will
bring to us.
Maybe bitter
sufferings, great
pains,
heartbreaking
stories…
3.What, after all,
makes people
lose their
determination to
take action?
Please explain
in relation to the
so-called
hesitation of
Hamlet.
1)Conscience
and over-
consideratio
ns.
2)He wants to
revenge,
but doesn’t
know how;
3)He wants to
kill his uncle,
but find it
too risky;
4)He lives in
despair and
wants to
commit
suicide,
5)However, he
knows if he
dies,
nobody will
comfort his
father’s
ghost. He is
in face of
great
dilemma. Romeo and Juliet: 1.What does
Romeo compare
Juliet to in the
beginning
passage of the
selection?
Sun
2.What is Romeo
and Juliet’s
attitude toward
being a
Montague or a
Capulet?
They would give
up their names
for love’s sake. 3.What does
Romeo mean
when he says
“Look thou but
sweet, /And I am
proof against
their enmity”?
Only if you are
kind to me, their
hatred cannot
hurt me. Sonnet 18:
1.How does the
poet answer the
question he puts
forth in the first
line?
The poet opens
with a question
that is addressed to the beloved,
"Shall I compare
thee to a
summer's day?"
This question is
comparing
“thee” to the
summer time of
the year. It is
during this time
when the
flowers are
blooming, trees
are full of leaves,
the weather is
warm, and it is
generally
considered as an
enjoyable time
during the year.
The following
eleven lines in
the poem are
also dedicated to
similar
comparisons
between the
beloved and
summer days.
The poet
answers the
question by
saying that "thou
art more lovely
and more
temperate" than
summer. At last,
the poet starts
to praise that the
beloved is so
great and awing
that she is to live
forever in this
sonnet.
2.What makes the
poet think that
“thou” can be
more beautiful
(fair) than
summer and
immortal?
At the very
beginning, the
poet puts forth a
question: “Shall I
compare thee to
a summer’s
day?” Then he
gives an answer,
“Thou art more
lovely and more
temperate.” On
the one hand,
“Rough winds do
shake the darling
buds of May,
and summer’s
lease hath all too
short a date;” on
the other hand,
“Sometime too
hot the heaven
shines, and often
is his gold
complexion
dimmed.” So
from the above
two aspects the
poet thinks that
“thou” can be
more beautiful
than summer. In
addition, “And
every fair from
fair sometime
declines, by
chance, or
nature’s
changing course
untrimmed.”
Compared with
i mmortal, “But
thy eternal
summer shall
not fade, nor
lose possession
of that fair thou
ow’st, nor shall
death brag thou
wand’rest in his
shade, when in
eternal lines to
times thou
grow’st.”
Therefore, the
poet draws a
conclusion: “So
long as men can
breathe or eyes
can see, so long
lives this, and
this gives life to
thee.” In this
poem, the poet
makes “thou”
more beautiful
than summer
and immortal
because of his
beautiful lines.
So in this case,
“thou” in the
poem can be
regarded as
female because
love can make
beauty eternal.
Or “thou” can be
referred to male,
for friendship
can make beauty
everlasting. Even
“thou” can be
abstract “love”
or “beauty”
which will
become eternal
in the wonderful
poem.
The poet thinks that every summer is going to fade and go away, whereas thou will always be beautiful and lovely.
Unit 3 Francis Bacon
Of Marriage and Single Life:
1.Is marriage an
impediment or
help to one’s
career
development?
In the easy
Of Marriage
and Single
life, Bacon
prefers
marriage to
single life.
He thinks
“unmarried
men are
best friends;
best masters;
best
servants; but
not always
best subjects;
for they are
light to run
away; and
almost all
fugitives are
of that
condition”,
“Wives are young men’s
mistresses;
companions
for middle
age; and old
men’s
nu rses”.
I have to say
his words
can still be
true today.
The ability to
love and be
loved is the
most
precious of
gifts given to
man, which
should be
highly
treasured.
Family let a
man learn to
care the
whole unit.
He has to
take good
care of his
wife and son,
love them,
be
responsible
for them, all
of which are
the same to
women. All
these
qualities are
vital to
anyone’s
career.
When you
work back
home, wife
or husband
is always the
listener to
you, son the
warm heart
to you.
Spouses
help each
other and
support
each other;
family is the
harbor for
soul. Thus it
helps one’s
career
developmen
t.
2.In what sense are
wife and children
“a kind of
discipline of
humanity”?
A bachelor’s
life focus is
but himself,
so he will
spend a lot
of money on
everything
that feasts
his eyes
without
hesitation.
What’s more,
he is likely to
have a go at
any risks
that make
him feel
exciting and
fresh for
being free
from any
burden.
However, a
married man
always tends
to think
twice before
making an
important
decision in
order to
prevent
bringing any
harm to his
family. He
should have
the
motivation
to work hard
to fulfill wife
and
children’s
expectation.
As a result,
family let a
man learn to
care the
whole unit.
He has to
take good
care of his
wife and son,
love them,
and be
responsible
for them. A
loving
husband and
a qualified
father can
contribute
the greatest
merit for the
public to a
large extent.
3.Bacon prefers
marriage to
single life. Do
you find his
arguments
convincing?
I think his arguments are convincing. Bacon’s basic idea is that marriage is good to both individual and society. His analysis is taken step by step. At first, a single man thinks just to live a single life can he make some great contribution s to the society. But a single person only cares about himself, and h e doesn’t pay attention to the future, which is very unwise. Single life could also make a man to be serious to his freedom. On the contrary, marriage makes a man be responsible, tender, enthusiastic and warm-hearted. As the author saying: “wives are
young men’s
mistresses,
companions
for middle
age, and old
men’s
nurses”. It
means that
when a man
is young,
wife talks
about love
with him,
when he
comes to
middle age,
wife always
stay with
him as a
companion,
when he
becomes old,
wife will
take care of
him till the
end of time.
Even though
a wife
marries a
bad husband,
marriage
offers a
good chance
for husband
to correct
themselves.
The whole
essay’s main
point is very
obvious,
author tells
from two
aspects.
Firstly, he
says how
bad it is to
be a single
man.
Secondly, he
tells a lot of
advantages
of being
married.
Each aspect
has enough
proof. At
Bacon’s
period, his
arguments
may be
more
convincing
than
nowadays.
Of Studies:
1.We are now
living in the age
of “information
explosion”. What
lessons can we
learn from
Bacon’s “Of
Studies” in our
access to
information?
According to Bacon,
the general counsels,
and the plots and
marshaling of affairs,
come best from
those that are
learned. That is to
say, right decisions
and judgments over
important matters
are based upon
comprehensive
knowledge which is
acquired by studies.
Without a wide
range of knowledge,
a person cannot
digest information,
analyze information
and take timely
measures
accordingly.
2.In what sense
does reading
make a full man?
As far as I’m
concerned, reading
can make a full man,
can cultivate a man,
and can make a man
move forward in the
way he understand
the view of the world,
the life and the value.
A full man should
have a positive world
view and adopt an
active philosophy of
life, which are
usually based on a
balanced knowledge
structure. From
Francis Bacon’s Of
Studies, I know that
the essay not only
introduces the
methods of reading
books and discusses
the purposes and
functions of reading,
but also analyzes the
different attitudes of
the people who are
reading books. Most
importantly, we can
know how to be a
full man from
reading.
Reading can enlarge
our knowledge in
different fields. From
Of Studies, studies
serve for delight, for
ornament, and for
ability. It means that
studies can make
people happy, wise,
increasing
knowledge. If we
read all kinds of
books, we are able to
taste what might not happen to us in real life, and then ask ourselves what we would do in that situation. Besides, if we read more books, fewer mistakes would be made by us because we have learnt many mistake examples from books. So reading can make a full man because it can make the man taste all the emotions about the world and have a true understanding about life.
Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for abilities. But the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. Studies perfect nature, and is perfected by experience. There is no impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies. Studies can train shape a person’s character and make up a person’s deficiencies. Every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.Unit 4 17th-Century British Poets
John Donne—The Flea
1.Why does the
poet say that “this is cannot be
said a sin, or
shame, or loss of
maidenhea d”?
The woman
doesn’t reject
the flea entrée
to her body, yet
she denies the
advancements of
the speaker. The
speaker shows
the similarities
between their
lovemaking and
the mingling of
their blood
within the flea.
“It sucked me
first, and now
sucks thee. And
in this flea our
two bloods
mingled be.”
This argument
shows the
woman that the
same physical
exchange, which
takes place
between her and
a flea, is the
same type of
union that he
has in mind.
Their act could
not be
considered a sin
because a flea
bite isn’t
considered one.
This act could
not be
considered a loss
of innocence
because it is so
common that if
it were to be
true, nearly
everyone would
have lost his or
her innocence.
Therefore this
lady should not
be troubled
about giving
herself to him
before they
marry, because
their only act is
the mixing of
their blood.
2.What do you
think is the
addressee’s
parents’ attitude
toward the poet’s
wooing?
Lines 14 and 15
of stanza 2,
“Though parents
grudge, and you,
we are met, and
cloistered in
these living walls
of jet,” describes
how her parents
do not accept
that what he
says is marriage.
Her parents are
against such a
marriage.
3.What is the real
purpose of the
poet to say that
in killing the flea
“thou” are
actually killing
three lives?
Three lives refer
to you, me and
the flea
(implying our
baby). The
speaker argues
that if she kills
the flea she
would be
committing
murder. She
would kill the
symbolic
marriage realm
and the baby. In
addition to those
murders, she
would be killing
herself. When
the flea is killed,
the speaker
purposefully
turns to another
argument. The
killing has done
no harm to them.
Likewise, their
secret union will
do no harm to
them. They
should not worry
about their
union. Their
fears are false.
John Donne—Holy
Sonnet 10
1.Why does the
poet say that
death is the
“slave to fate,
chance, kings
and desperate
men”?
Although many
may believe
death to be
mighty and
dreadful, he
feels this is not
so. Donne sees
death as being
dependent on
mankind for its
survival. Death
relies on fate,
unfortunate
chances’
occurrences, the
legislation of
kings, and the
actions of
desperate men
to claim its
victims. This
dependence in
itself is a
weakness, in
that death is not
self-supporting,
yet relies on
certain aspects
of the lives of
people.
2.What does the
poet mean when
he says “we
wake eternally”
after one short
sleep?
The author
implied a
Christian idea
that after one’s
death he may
have eternity of
life, in this sense,
there is no death
at all. Death is
just a short
moment, while
the joy after
death is eternal.
John Milton—
Paradise Lost
1.Where are the
serpent (“he” in
line 51) and his
followers
condemned after
their defeat?
They are driven
from Heaven
into hell.
2.What are the
God’s
punishments for
those rebellious
angles as
described by
Milton in lines
59-74?
Satan looks
around and finds
himself in a
horrible dungeon.
There is a great
furnace in the
dungeon. What
is burning is
sulfur, with
flames, but
without light.
Through the
visible darkness,
he can discover
sights of woe,
regions of
sorrow,
mournful shades,
where peace and
rest can never
live. Hope goes
everywhere
except to this
place. It is such a
place as Eternal
Justice had
prepared for
those rebels. It is
far away from
God and light of
Heaven.
3.What is
considered by
Satan as
“ignominy” and
“shame” (line
115)?
To bow and sue
for grace with
suppliant knee,
and deify his
power. To give in
to God, to fall
down on one’s
knees to beg for
mercy
submissively,
worship God’s
power, become
scared for God’s
authority and
power, lose
confidence.
4.What is Satan
advising the
serpent and his
followers to do
in this part of
Paradise Lost?
He is defeated in
the battle
against God, but
he does not lose
heart. He will not
bow down to
God. Instead, he
is advising the
serpent and
followers to rise
up again and
fight another
battle.
Unit 5 Adventure Fiction Writers
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe——The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1.Do you find the
description of
Crusoe’s setting
up the tent
convincing?
Could you think
of better ways
to build a
shelter in his
situation? Yes, I do. The description of Crusoe’s setting up the tent is convincing. Because when he set up the tent, he thought about the very realistic problem, such as the safety, sunshine, water, and so on. And it also used many details to describe the plain, using concrete numbers. So it is very convincing.
Different situation
has different ways
to build a shelter.
But in his situation,
I can’t think of any
better ways, since
he had thought of
every aspect to
build a shelter.
2.What do you
think of
C rusoe’s way of
marking time?
Why is it
important for
him to keep
track of time?
In my mind,
Crusoe’s way of
marking time is
clever. Upon the
sides of this square
post he cut every
day a notch with
his knife, and every
seventh notch was
as long again as the
rest, and every first
day of the month
as long again as
that long one. It
was very clear and
would not make
mistakes.
First, he was
entering into a
melancholy
relation of a scene
of silent life.
Second, he wanted
to record what he
happened from its
beginning, and
continue it in its
order. Third, he
was afraid of
forgetting the
Sabbath days from
the working days.
So it is important to
keep track of time.
3.From this
excerpt, what
do you find
admirable in
Robinson
Crusoe?
First, I think that
Crusoe is very
talented and calm.
When he met
difficulties, he
could stay calm and
tried to overcome
every difficulty in
order. His caution
is also admirable.
When building the
tent, to take so
many things into
consideration is
hard. Being
thankful is also one
of his good
qualities. Even he
was lonely and
alone, he still
thanks what life
gives them. Those
are what I admire
him a lot.
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels
1.In what ways are
Yahoos
comparable to
human beings in
Gulliver’s Travels?
Comment on the
Houyhnhnms’
attitude toward
human beings.
a)Yahoos are
nearly the same
as human
beings in
appearance,
except where it
is to our real
disadvantage in
point of
strength, speed,
and activity, the
shortness of our
claws, and some
other
particulars
where nature
has no part;
b)The disposition
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of mutual
hatred is shared
by both human
beings and
Yahoos;
c)Human beings
and Yahoos are
both easy to
find others’
mistakes but
never think
about their own
falsehood;
d)They are both
greedy and
rapacious;
e)They both like
battles, and if
there is no
foreign
aggression, they
will make a civil
war. The
difference is
that Yahoos
may fight for no
reason, but
humans always
have excuses to
have conflicts; f)They both have
undistinguishing
appetite to
devour
everything that
comes in their
way, and it is
peculiar in their
temper that
they are fonder
of what they
can get by
rapine or stealth,
at a greater
distance, than
much better
things provided
for them at
home;
g)They are both
subjected to any
diseases, which
are contracted
by their
nastiness and
greediness, such
as diseases
produced by
repletion;
h)They both have
leaders, who
are always
hated by its
people.
However,
Yahoos always
find the most
mischievous
one as the
leader, while
humans have
the cleverest
one;
i)They both have
the appetite of
sex;
j)They share the
inclination of
nastiness and
dirt;
k)Yahoos and
human beings
are both easy to
be anxious and
fretful without
reasons.
Comment on the
Houyhnhnms’
attitude toward
human beings:
Since human beings
have so many
similarities with
Yahoos, finally, the
Houyhnhnms look
upon human beings
as a sort of animals.
In my opinion, it’s
quite right and
understandable. The
attitude is fair and
objective.
2.What are the
symbolic
meanings of
Yahoos and
Houyhnhnms?
Yahoos are the
symbol of creatures,
especially human
beings, who are full
of falsehood and
disguise, such as
greediness,
selfishness,
bellicosity, obscenity,
sordidness, and
irrationality.
Houyhnhnms
symbolize those of
almost all virtues and
no vices. They are
the incarnation of
wisdom, rationality,
truth and beauty.
Unit 6 Romantic
Poets (I)
William Blake
The Lamb
1.Does this poem
describe a lamb
or the mind of
the child who is
speaking to the
lamb? What is
the relation of
the lamb and
the child to God?
a)This poem
describes the
mind of the
child who is
speaking to the
lamb. The poet
wrote the poem
in the name of a
happy and
innocent child,
praising the
beauty of
nature, the
innocence of
children and the
harmony of the
whole world,
revealing his
seek for a happy
and harmonious
life.
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b)The lamb and
the child are the
same, both
being tender,
kind and happy.
In fact, in the
poem, the lamb,
the child and
God are
integrated into
one. The poet
not only praised
the goodness of
the lamb and
the child, but
also expressed
his admiration
for the kind and
sympathetic
God through the
symbol---lamb.
2.What does the
Lamb stand for? The lamb stands for the beauty of nature, the innocence of children and the great, sympathetic God.
The Tyger
1.Why does the
poet mention
the Lamb? Do
you think both
the Lamb and
the Tiger can
illuminate each
other?
The poet mentions
the lamb to make a
comparison of the
tiger and the lamb.
God not only creates
the lamb, which
represents innocence
and kindness but
cannot bring
progress to the
society, but also
makes the tiger,
which may be cruel
but is full of passion,
power and creativity.
The two kinds of
creatures illuminate
each other and make
up each other. Both
are dispensable in
our society.
2.What is the
symbolic
meaning of the
tiger? What idea
does the poet
want to express?
The tiger has two
symbolic meanings.
One is the passion,
power and creativity
of man which push
the society to
advance; the other is
the great and
mysterious God who
creates both the
innocence and the
power in man.
Through the use of
the symbol---tiger,
the poet praised the
power of man and
expressed his
admiration for the
greatness and
mystery of God.
The Sick Rose
1.In what sense
do you think the
rose is “sick”?
The rose represents
love. The rose is sick
because this love is a
kind of “dark secret
love”, which is
earthly and full of
the desire. This kind
of love has lost its
purity and beauty.
2.Should there be
any symbolic
meanings for
the night and
the storm? If so,
what meanings
would you
suggest?
The night and the
storm may symbolize
the complex in man’s
mind consisting of
desire and impulse,
which forces them to
be trapped in the
earthly joy love
brings, and which
destroys the purity
and innocence of
love.
Robert Burns
A Red, Red Rose
1. How does the
narrator in the poem
express his love?
The narrator uses
simile, comparison,
and symbolism to
express his love
directly. At the
beginning, the
narrator compares
his love to a red, red
rose, which
symbolizes his lover’s
beauty and vitality.
Then he compares
his love to a melody,
which emphasize the
perfectness of his
love. Furthermore,
he expresses his
deep love directly by
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saying he will still
love his dear till the seas go dry and till the rocks melt with the sun. Finally, he shows his determination that he will come back no matter how long is the journey after a temporary leave.
2.Why is this poem
so touching to
the readers? Although the theme is old, this poem seems extremely new. The repetition of my love, my dear has no sense of wordiness but makes his love more forceful. In the entire poem, the narrator expresses his love directly, without covering up feelings. His directness makes the readers feel his sincerity. Also, the metrical sense is very strong, full of rhymes, which makes the readers read fluently and happily. Auld Lang Syne
1.What does “cup
of kindness”
imply?
“Cup o’ kindness”
implies that his old
friends and he now
are getting together
and enjoying a great
time. And it also
implies that they
have separated for a
long time, but their
friendship has never
stopped.
2.How do you
know the
people in the
poem used to
be friends and
are now old
Because in the poem,
“We twa hae run
about the braes. And
pu’d the gowans
fine,” “We twa hae
paidl’d I’ the burn,
From morning sun till
dine;” these
sentences indicates
that they used to be
friends and had a
happy life when they
were young. “But
we’ve wander’d
mony a weary foot”,
“But seas between
us braid hae roar’d”,
these two sentences
imply that they are
old and have been
throught a long life
journey. “And surely
ye’ll be your pint-
stowp, And surely I’ll
be mine;” this
implies that they are
very familiar with
each other.
William Wordsworth
I wandered Lonely
as a Cloud
1.What is the
relation
between the
poet and nature
as described in
the poem?
The author uses the
metaphor to put
himself to be a
floating cloud in the
sky viewing those
beautiful flowers
from the angle of a
cloud. The poem
implies that the
relation between the
poet and nature is
one of unity and that
they can be one. The
poet has become
nature itself in the
poem.
2.Do you think
nature can have
healing effect
on mind?
My answer will be
yes. The nature
stimulates the mind
of author and gives
him relaxing and
satisfactory feelings.
Besides, man is part
of the nature.
Yes, I think so. Some
people may think
that our nature has
been highly polluted
by our human beings.
And it won’t have
any effects on us. But
I think nature must
have a lot of healing
effect on mind. As
the development of
the society, people
may meet more and
more difficulties, and
it may lead to more
stress. People would
like to spend some
time travelling to
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somewhere, where they can breathe the fresh air there, which can help them forget all the stress on work. The only thing they can do is to enjoy the charming scenery and great nature.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan
1.Coleridge
claimed that the
poem was
“composed in a
sort of reverie
brought on by
two grains of
opium”. Could
you find similar
cases in the
Chinese literary
history?
Compare this
poem with Li
Bai’s梦游天姥
吟留别
半壁见海日，空
中闻天鸡。
千岩万转路不
定，迷花倚石忽
已暝。
熊咆龙吟殷岩
泉，深林兮惊
层巅。
云青青兮欲雨，
水澹澹兮生烟。
列缺霹雳，丘峦
崩摧。
洞天石扇，訇然
中开。
青冥浩荡不见
底，日月照耀金
银台。
2.Can we say this
poem has no
coherent
meaning and is
wrapped up in
an atmosphere
of the
supernatural
and the
fantastic? Give
your opinions.
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a)“Kubla Khan” is
one of
Coleridge’s most
famous and
enduring poems.
The story of its
composition is
also one of the
most famous in
the history of
English poetry.
As the poet
explains in the
short preface to
this poem, he
had fallen asleep
after taking “an
anodyne止痛
药” prescribed
“in consequence
of a slight
disposition” (this
is a euphemism
for opium, to
which Coleridge
was known to be
addicted). Before
falling asleep, he
had been
reading a story in
which Kubla
Khan
commanded the
building of a new
palace; Coleridge
claims that while
he slept, he had
a fantastic vision
and composed
simultaneously
— while sleeping
—some two or
three hundred
lines of poetry,
“if that indeed
can be called
composition in
which all the
images rose up
before him as
things, with a
parallel
production of
the
correspondent
expressions,
without any
sensation or
conscious
effort.”
b)"What is Kubla
Khan about? This
is, or ought to be,
an established
fact of criticism:
Kubla Khan is a
poem about
poetry". On this
reading, the
Tartar prince
Kubla Khan, who
causes a
pleasure-dome
and elaborate
gardens to be
constructed in
Xanadu, is a type
of the artist,
whose glorious
creation, as the
ancestral voices
from the deep
caverns warn, is
a precariously
balanced
reconciliation of
the natural and
the artificial.
c)Since Kubla Khan
was composed
well before
Coleridge had
worked out,
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even in outline, the major tenets of his critical theory, it is impossible to see how it can properly be interpreted as an illustration and symbolic embodiment of critical principles that had not yet been formulated. Thi s is not to say, of course, that the poem is unrelated to the theory: it is only to insist that Kubla Khan, rather than being a material anticipation of later critical precepts, is a part of the process that leads eventually to the development and articulation of those ideas in a systematic way. And it is not surprising, therefore, that the "meaning" of the poem should be obscure and ambiguous -- for Kubla Khan
records an early,
perhaps largely
unconscious,
exploration of
critical
perceptions
united only
loosely in an
inchoate theory
of literature.
Unit 7 Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
1.Do you agree
with the
statement "it is
a truth
universally
acknowledged
that a single
man in
possession of a
good fortune
must be in want
of a wife”?
In my point of view, I
think this statement
is partial. The
opening sentence is
ironically stated and
has a subtle,
unstated meaning. In
its declaration that a
wealthy bachelor
must be looking for a
wife, it hides just
beneath its surface
the real truth, a
single woman,
especially the one
not in possession of a
good fortune must
be in want of a
(wealthy) husband.
We see in Jane
Austen’s society,
eighteenth and
nineteenth century,
marriage is the
status all the women
strive to achieve,
while money plays an
important role in
marriage. Marriage
was considered to be
the only way, for
women in particular,
to live a comfortable
life, free of financial
worries.
In this sense, Mrs.
Bonnet must be
admitted as the
wisest person on this
problem. The only
business of her life
was to get her
daughters married,
as in the 18th
century, getting
married was "the
only provision for
well-educated young
women of small
fortune" to gain
financial security and
decent life in the
long future,
otherwise, they
would either live in
misery as a spinster
or a governess, both
of which were the
objects of mockery
and discrimination in
society.
2.What is the
relationship
between money
and marriage?
As for the
relationship between
money and marriage,
it can be concluded
as "marry for the
property and money
is wrong, but to
marry without them
is foolish". This
statement pointed
out the importance
of the money in
marriage. During the
pre-Victoria time in a
traditional village,
the most important
thing is property and
women became the
subordinate in the
male-centered era.
Property is an
important factor to
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get a better marriage. Nowadays, nobody gets satisfied with a straightforward and single life in the materialistic society. The necessary for marriage is house, car and cash deposit. It is more like "a long-term meal ticket" than a husband. People maintain the principles that "money is not omnipotent, no money is totally unacceptable" and "the economic base determines the superstructure".
I think we should pay the most attention to the feelings. The ideal marriage is established on the love of each other, love is the cornerstone of marriage. If you put most attention on the money, you will hardly find your true love. 3.What do you
think of Mrs.
Bonnet? How
can you
characterize her?
I think in this novel,
Mrs. Bonnet serves
as a middle-class
housewife who
always wants to get
her daughters to
marry a young man
who own a large
fortune. It seems
that she cares
nothing else in the
world but her
daughters' marriages.
She is a tiresome
character, noisy and
foolish. Her living
environment and
social class result in
her poor character---
she is looked down
upon by those upper
class noble ladies
and gentile men
because her
improper behaviors
and speeches.
4.What makes
Elizabeth fell so
grateful to
Darcy?
Elizabeth’s sister
Lydia has always
been frivolous and
she runs away with
Wayne, who is poor
and hypocritical. This
behavior is not
recognized at that
time which destroys
the Bennet’s
reputation. The
whole family feels
ashamed, especially
Elizabeth. Although
Lydia has the plan to
marry Wayne,
Wayne, as a playboy,
considers everything
as a game. Elizabeth
is so worried with
her poor sister, so
she decides to leave
her hometown to
find her sister.
Fortunately, Darcy
gives a helping hand.
He finds them and
tries his best to
convince Lydia to
come back. Faced
with Wayn e’s greedy,
he doesn’t flinch. He
pays the debts for
Wayne and gives
Lydia a large amount
of money. In order to
help them, he also
buys an official post
for Wayne. Besides
these, Darcy is also
very gentle, he
doesn’t expose
Wayne so as to
protect the whole
family’s reputation.
He does everything
for Elizabeth, he
doesn’t want her to
be harmed. Darcy is
proud at the
beginning, which
makes Elizabeth hate
him so much, but
after he has done so
many things,
Elizabeth’s prejudice
is eliminated and she
feels so grateful to
Darcy.
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Unit 8 Romantic Poets(Ⅱ)
She walks in beauty 1. What is the color of the lady’s dress? How do you know? Black. As the poem says, “She walks in Beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” By using alliteration and similes, a distinctive artistic image was created. The poet compares the beautiful lady with the bright cloudless night with lots of stars. The night is bright cloudless, which means her pureness; the starry skies shows that the beauty’s eyes are glittering, The brightness and darkness “meet” and “mellowed”, romantically sets the beauty and nature as
a whole.
2. What does “their dwelling place” refer to in the last line of the second stanza? “The dwelling place”
refers to the
beautiful lady’s mind
or soul, which is also
the holy abode of
serenely sweet
thoughts. “Where
thoughts serenely
sweet express how
pure, how dear their
dwelling place”, this
is a transitional
sentence. Before the
sentence the poet
emphasizes the
lady’s physical
beauty and her
beauty is exactly the
perfect point. She is
“soft”, “tender” and
“serene”. Except for
her beautiful
appearance, the
lady’s spirit is also
beautiful; her inner
beauty is “dear” and
“pure”.
3. Where are the
lady’s winning smiles?
How do they appear
to the poet?
It seems like the
lady’s winning smiles
spread “on that
cheek, and o’ver that
brow”, but in my
opinion, it is also in
the poet’s
imagination, in his
heart. The third
stanza described the
beauty of lady’s soul
directly, is the
sublimation of
former section. The
smiles appear to be
“so soft, so calm, yet
eloquent” to the
poet. “The smiles
that win, the tints
that glow” tell the
poet that the beauty
is peaceful in mind;
she is noble and
“innocent”. Under
the description of
the poet, we are not
just seeing a woman
walk in the beauty,
but a goddess with
noble spirit.
When a Man Hath
no Freedom to Fight
for at Home
1. What should a man
fight for according to
the poet?
According to the
poem, a man should
fight for people and
for himself. As the
poem says “to do
good to mankind is
the chivalrous plan,
and is always as
nobly requited”,
which shows that a
man should do
something good to
people though they
are not people of
your own country,
but of your
neighbor’s, thus to
achieve his personal
honor.
2. What is the
difference between
this man in Byron’s
poem and an hero in
your mind?
Hero in Byron’s
poem pays more
attention to his
personal honor, and
the purpose of his
fight is to gain a good
reputation to him.
The hero in my mind
is a man who fights
for his country and
people and the
purpose of his fight is
to protect them
instead of gaining
reputation.
Ode to the West
Wind
1. In what way is the
west wind both a
destroyer and
preserver?
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West wind is the destroyer as it is turbulent and strong and destroys the wide spread vegetation. It is a destroyer of the old, decaying and valueless things (such as dead leaves), blowing over the land, drives away the dead leaves. Shelly shows the irony
of the wind that acts in a contradictory manner. It is the preserver as it brings life to the dead atmosphere, it spreads the seeds and they
lie two inches beneath the ground and eventually
sprout into seedlings.
2.What is the
relationship
between the West
Wind and the
poet?
In "Ode to the
West Wind,"
Nature is
grander and
more powerful
than man can
hope to be. The
natural world is
especially
powerful
because it
contains
elements like the
West Wind and
the Spring Wind,
which can travel
invisibly across
the globe,
affecting every
cloud, leaf, and
wave as they go.
Man may be able
to increase his
status by
allowing Nature
to channel itself
through him.
The speaker of
the poem
appeals to the
West Wind to
infuse him with a
new spirit and a
new power to
spread his ideas.
3.As "the trumpet
of prophecy,"
what does the
West Wind
predict in
physical reality?
How do you
understand it
symbolically?
The poet asks the
west wind to turn
him into a lyre in the
same way that the
west wind's mighty
currents turn the
forest into a lyre. "Be
thou me" and drive
my dead thoughts
across the universe
in order to prepare
the way for new
birth in the spring.
The poet asks the
wind to scatter his
words around the
world, as if they
were ashes from a
burning fire. To the
unawakened earth,
they will become
blasts from a
trumpet of prophecy.
In other words, the
poet wants the wind
to help him
disseminate his
views on politics,
philosophy, literature,
and so on. The poet
is encouraged that,
although winter will
soon arrive, spring
and rebirth will
follow it.
In physical reality,
the west wind
symbolizes the
coming of spring——
[The trumpet of a
prophecy! O Wind,
/If Winter comes, can
spring be far
behind?]. In this
poem, the poet uses
this image as a
symbol of the
triumph of
revolution and the
coming of freedom in
the future.
Ode on a Grecian
Urn
1.Describe in your
own words, the
scenes on the
Grecian urn.
Who are they in
the pictures? And
what are they
doing?
There are two scenes
on the Grecian urn:
one in which a piper
eternally pursues a
beloved without
fulfilment and
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another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.
2.Who is the
speaker of the
last two lines in
the ode?
The poet himself
https://www.wendangku.net/doc/b010827042.html,ment on the
epigram “beauty
is truth, truth
beauty.”
Beauty is a kind of human being's subjective perception of things in reality, while truth is just a objective fact, an original image or phenomenon. That is to say that anything including truth can be beautiful only if you think so. Beauty just comes from what people feel inside, but not from the things themselves. Therefore, beauty could be truth, but also could be falsehood and anything else; truth could be beautiful only if you can discover and appreciate beauty in it. People consider truth is beautiful because it is true.
Just owing to the
affective bias, in
people’s mind true
things are really
beautiful, while false
things are just
seemingly beautiful.
Therefore, only truth
is real beauty.
Unit 9 Charlotte
Bronte
Jane Eyre
1. What is Jane
Eyre’s view of love
as reflected in the
excerpt?
When we connect
death with life, we’ll
find our life requiring
more cherishment---
love your life and
love the people. Jane
listened to the call of
her inner world.
Once caught it, she
pursued it-- she fell
in love with her
master bravely. She
cherished everything
around her: the
people, the plant,
the animal and the
whole nature.
Besides Mr.
Rochester, she was
kind to her friends,
her cousins, her
students and the
servants, even to the
dog and the
moorland. To her
hostile enemy, Jane
gave the same mercy:
Mrs. Reed, her
daughters and son,
the evil mad woman
of Mr. Rochester.
Jane was totally a
speaker of the
author Charlotte.
The love consisted of
two passions: the
deep feeling to the
human and the
thankful cherishment
of being. With
constant sufferings in
life, which were
believed to be
unbearable for most
of us, Charlotte
struggled to live her
noble life, taking her
responsibility in
family and society,
starving friendship
and pursuing her
career.
Love is true care for
lover. Love means
comfortable when
staying together with
lover. Love is a kind
of friendship, but
more than friendship.
Love means sacrifice.
Love means useful to
lover. Love is mutual.
2. Why does Jane
Eyre decide to stay
with Mr.Rochester?
After experiencing
separation from
Mr.Rochester, she
finds that the person
whom she loves best
is Mr.Rochester.
From her words we
can find her love
towards
Mr.Rochester. “If
ever I did a good
deed in my life---if
ever I thought a good
thought ---if ever I
prayed a sincere and
blameless prayer---if
ever I wished a
righteous wish, ---I
am rewarded now.
To be your wife is,
for me, to be as
happy as I can be on
the earth.” She
couldn’t stop missing
him. And now he is
blind, he needs her
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love and care much more than before.
3. What kind of relation between Jane Eyre and
Mr.Rochester does the last paragraph of the excerpt suggest？
The last paragraph of this excerpt describes a scene of Jane and Mr. Rochester’s subtle movements for expressing their love. Now they are equal spouses in status and also economy and love. For this moment Jane holds him to homeward, acting as both his prop and guide, which does not only means to guide his walk but also means she will support him and is willing to guide him to the happy life, no more his previous cold life. She hopes in the future they can carry each other as now. Unit 10 Charles
Dickens
Great expectations
1.Magwitch “the
convict”takes
the risk of
being “hanged”
when he comes
back to London
to see Pip. How
do you evaluate
this meeting?
This meeting marks
the end of the
second stage of Pip’s
great expectation.
Through this meeting,
Pip learns about the
shocking truth and
then his dream of
being a gentleman
breaks up. The
author uses a lot of
psychological
description to show
Pip’s mental
struggles, first
shocked, then
depressed, and last
helping Magwitch
out of kindness and
grateful, the man
who is his real
sponsor and breaks
his gentleman dream.
The meeting reveals
the ironic fact that it
is Magwitch, a
criminal, who affects
Pip’s life. Pip goes to
London for study
with the money of
his sponsor, with
money, love and
higher social status
near at hand. He is
trapped by his great
expectation, and lost
his kind qualities and
becomes snobbish
and peacockish.
However, the things
he get after rich are
owed to the money
from the
hardworking of the
person with lower
class, which is very
ironic.
Through this meeting,
I can see the
characteristics of the
two characters.
Magwitch is a
grateful person even
though he was once
a criminal, for he
works so hard to
subsidize his little
benefactor and takes
risk of being hanged
to see Pip. Here, the
image of Magwitch
has been highlighted.
And Pip is shocked
when he knows the
truth, and he hates
Magwitch at first,
however, his kind
qualities deep in his
mind overcome the
evil practice
generated after he
became rich.
2.What is the
meaning of
“gentleman”in
the context of
the novel?
“G entleman”in the
context means the
well-educated, with
higher social status,
highly respected, rich
people. The
background of this
novel is the Industry
Revolution in 1930s.
At that time, all
aspects of the
society are deeply
affected by the
Industry Revolution,
including people’s
values, outlook on
life, and moral values.
With many problems
accompanied by the
revolution, the whole
society is in a mess
and huge gap
occurred among
people in different
classes. In order to
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unite the divisive ideological system, the middle class builds a new and unified value system, and forms a mainstream social psychological identity: the goal of life is to improve the social status, that is to say, living a life as “the upper class or gentlemen”.
3.What can you
learn about the
character of
Pip through his
conversations
with the
unexpected
visitor?
The whole conservation is mainly the description of Pip’s psychological state. He is a sensitive and vain person for he cannot accept the truth that a criminal is his sponsor at first. He hates Magwitch and hopes he would never turn up at first. He depresses that his gentleman dream breaks up, and the money, love, social
status are going far
away from him. He is
trapped by his great
expectation, and lost
his kind qualities and
becomes snobbish
and peacockish. But,
he still has kind
qualities deep in his
mind, for he decides
to take the risk to
help Magwitch after
some mental
struggles.
Unit 11 Victoria
Poets
Alfred Tennyson—
The Eagle
1.Make a list of
adjectives which
can describe
your impression
of the eagle.
High, indifferent,
lonely, sharp,
ambitious, sad,
still, dynamic,
powerful
2.Does Tennyson
use many
adjectives to
describe the
eagle? Why?
No, he doesn’t.
In the whole
poem, what the
author
emphasizes on
is the
description of
the sea.
However, the
eagle is what he
intends to
describe. So he
just uses many
adjectives of the
sea to as a
contrast to
highlight his
thoughts on the
eagle. It is a
powerful eagle.
3.Why is the word
“crawls”
employed to
describe the sea?
Actually, this
word should be
employed to
describe the
eagle. There are
two meanings
by using it. The
first is that this
may make the
vivid description
of the sea. The
second is that
the eagle itself
is crawling.
Alfred Tennyson—
Break Break Break
1.Why does the
poet describe
the stones as
“cold ” and
“ gray” ?
It is used here
to set a
foundation of
the sadness of
feelings for the
whole poem.
2.What effect do
the joyful
scenes in the
second stanza
bring to the
whole poem?
These joyful
scenes are used
to express the
author’s
sorrows to his
last friends.
This poet is
created in
memory of the
author’s friend.
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3.Whose is the
“voice that is
still”?
Although his
friend is no
longer in the
world, the
author still
thinks of him. It
is a reflection
that the author
is missing his
friend. It seems
that he is still
living in the
world. It seems
that the author
can still hear his
voice.
Robert Browning—My Last Duchess
1.Why does the
Duck want to
show his guest
his art collection?
He wants to
show off his
wealth and his
taste. And he is
a person with
vanity. This is
his way of
showing his
superiority. 2.Why is the Duck
dissatisfied with
his last Duchess?
What can you
say about the
Duchess’
personality from
the Duke’s
monologue?
He himself is a
person with
false pride,
which is just the
opposite to his
Duchess. She is
innocent. And
she is a true and
good person. In
the Duke’s
monologue, he
uses some
compliments
about the
Duchess,
however, those
words just
reflects that
Duke himself is
a selfish and
indifferent
person. And his
Duchess is a
kind and
friendly,
generous
person.
3.The Duck hints
that his
commands have
something to do
with the death
of his last
Duchess. Why
does he give his
guest such a
clue?
He expresses his
dissatisfaction
with the
Duchess,
therefore, giving
a clue to the
guest that he
will be happy to
have a new
companion.
Matthew Arnold—
Dover Beach
1.Is it the sea that
brings the
eternal sadness
to the poet? Or
is it the poet
who brings the
sadness to the
sea?
The sea reminds
the poet, but
the sea has no
emotion. so it is
the poet who
brings the
sadness to the
sea.
From the
surface, the sea
brings the
eternal sadness
to the poet for
his doubt on
faith.
However, it is
the author’s
doubt on people
that brings
sadness to
himself.
2.In what way
does the sea
resemble Faith?
The sea ebbs
and flows, it just
likes the faith of
human beings.
In different time
and period,
different faith
dominates their
thoughts. And
the sea and the
faith are all full
and round the
earth and
human’s life.
The poet uses
the ebb and
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flow of the sea
to resemble the
crisis of faith.
3.What is the
suggested cure
for the faithless
world in the
poem?
I think that is
true love which
is the suggested
cure for the
faithless world.
Having love,
they won’t feel
melancholy and
lonely and they
can get help,
support and
understanding
from each other.
Unit 12 Thomas Hardy
Tess of the
D’Urbervilles
1.How does Tess
react to Clare's
suggestion that
they should
leave their
shelter? Why?
She passively
assented, arose,
clothed herself,
and putting the room order they
took up the
articles that
belonged to
them and
noiselessly.
When they had
got into the
forest she
turned to take a
last look at the
house.“Ah,
happy house—
good -bye!” she
said. “My life
can only be a
question of a
few weeks; why
should we not
have stayed
there?”
Because Tess
knew she was
going to be
arrested and
her last
happiness
would come to
the end soon,
and this house
had witnessed
their love and
happiness, or
maybe it's the
most happy
period in her life.
She was very
unwilling to end
it but she had to.
From the words
“passively”,
“take a last
look” and the
words she said
we can know.
2.What is the
significance of
Tess resting on
altar in the
heaven temple?
When Tess and
Angel come to
Stonehenge,
commonly
believed in
Hardy's time to
be a pagan
temple, she
willingly lies
down on an
altar, thus
fulfilling her
destiny as a
human sacrifice.
This symbolism
may help
explain Tess as a
personification
of nature —
lovely, fecund,
and
exploitable。
https://www.wendangku.net/doc/b010827042.html,ment on
this sentence
“ ‘Justice ’ was
done, and the
President of the
Immortals ( in
Aeschylean
phrase) had
ended his sport
with Tess”. In
what sense is
Tess’s story
tragic?
Hardy’s justice
is placed in
ironic quotation
marks—since it
seemed deeply
unjust to punish
her so severely.
The struggle of
Tess seems so
faint compared
by the great
prejudice of the
whole society.
Yet Tess’s
suffering, seems
simply a game
or “sport,” to
the tough
environment
and society.
Tess is a truly
good woman,
she is despised
by society after
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