Tragic Life: Comments on The Daughter of the Late Colonel

《已故上校的女儿》是英国著名短篇小说家曼斯菲尔德所著的一部短篇小说,主要描述了一对姐妹在独裁专政的父亲死后所过的彷徨孤独的生活。曼斯菲尔德用作品表达了从二十世纪初到二次世界大战前混乱的西方社会中对个人命运的关切。本文分析并探讨了导致姐妹俩悲剧生活的根源,指出小说的悲剧主题及独特的写作技巧使其能够经受住时间的考验,并保持醉人的艺术魅力。     

ane Eyre——The mirror of Charlotte Bronte＇ s own experiences

Jane Eyre is set during the Victorian period, at a time where a women＇ s role in society was restrictive and repressive and class differences distinct. A Charlotte Bronte as a governess was one of the only few respectable positions available to the educated but impoverished single women. Not only is Jane Eyre a novel about one woman＇s through lie, but also Bronte conveys to the reader the social injustices of the period, such as poverty, lack of universal education and sexual inequality. Jane＇s plight and her ＂dependant＂ status is particularly emphasized at the beginning of the novel.     

A Poem of Exotic Tragic Beauty ——Appreciation of The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken is one of the best known poems by Robert Frost.Simple and beautiful in form,it is profound in meaning.It reflects the tragedy of human beings as a whole and also the personal tragedy of the poet himself,and as a consequence,it is tinted with an exotic sense of tragic beauty.