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分析《白鲸》的象征手法
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分析《白鲸》的象征手法
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OntheUseofSymbolisminMobyDick
Introduction
ThenovelMobyDick,writtenbyHermanMelville,isgenerallyregardedasoneofthemostpopularandtheworld’sgreatestmasterpiecesinAmericaliterature.Inthisbook,Symbolismisgivenafulluse,providingreaderswithanotherwaytounderstandthenovelandcreatingtheliteraryvalueabovetimeandspace.
MelvillewasborninNewYorkCityonAugust1,1819.Hisparentswereofmiddle—classfamilybackground.Hischildhoodwasasecureandcomfortableone,buthisfatechangedin1832,whenhisfatherdiedandleftthefamilywithhugedebts.Thereforehewasforcedtodropout,andengagedinlotsofjobs.Amongthem,theearlysailingexperienceswerequiterewarding.Itnotonlybecameastoreofrawmaterialsforhisvisionsoflifebutalsobroadenedhishorizon.Thatistosayhisrealeducationwasatsea.Oncehesaid“awhale—shipwasmyYaleCollegeandmyHarvard.”MelvillebeganworkingonMobyDickabouta“whalingvoyage”in1850whenhewashalfwayinthework;hemetHawthorne,whoisanAmericanShakespearetohim.AsaresultofhisimpactsforHawthorne,MobyDickappearedinlate1851.
MobyDickisawhalingtalebasedonMelville’sexperiencesofsailor’syears;thedirectsourceMelville’ssailingexperiencesaccumulatetohiswriting.Inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry,thenovelisalsoconsideredasanencyclopediaofeverything:
history,philosophy,religion,etc.(刘洊波.2000.P.80).Unluckily,itwasoverlookedinitsauthor’stimeduetoitsdeepworryabouthumancivilizationandgloomyatmosphereofpessimism.Melville’sreputation“surgedfromthelesserAmericanwritersintotherarefiedcompanyofShakespeareandafewfellowimmortalsofworldliteraturesothatonlyWhitman,James,andFaulknerwereseenashisAmericanequals.”(Gottesman2044).Hisliteraryreputationnaturallyleadstoastudyofthestoryofthebigwhale.DiscussingontheuseofSymbolisminMobyDick,wementionTheWhiteWhale,Ahab,theshipPequod.Thispaperwillshowthetragedybyanalyzingthesymbolicmeaningofthefactors.
ChapterI.EmbodimentofMysticalColorinMobyDick
InWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,theword“mystic”means“beyondhumancomprehension;mysteriousorenigmatic”andinthesecondentryundertheword“mystical”,itinterpretsthewordas“ofmysticsormysticism;ESP.relatingtoorbasedonintuition,contemplation,ormeditationofaspiritualnature”(Agnes954).AccordingtoStevenFanning,“mysticismisthedirectintuitionorexperienceofGodoreveryreligioustendencythatdiscoversthedirectwaytoGodthroughinnerexperiencewithoutthemeditationofreasoning.Theconstitutiveelementinmysticismisimmediacyofcontactwiththedeity(Fanning2).
InMobyDick,theessenceofmysticismisnotseeninadirectmanner,butitisinmeditationwithsomesymbols.ThatistosaysomesymbolicdesignsofTheWhiteWhalearecoloredwithaheavymysticalatmosphere.WithregardtosymbolicmeaningofTheWhiteWhale,ithasdifferentviews.Somepeoplethinkitrepresentsvirtueandinnocence,otherssupposeitisasymbolofinnerevil.Stillotherssayitsymbolizesnature.Tosumup,manifestationofmysteriouscolorinMobyDickisattainedbysymbols.
1.1SymbolofNature
Natureisalltheplants,animalsandthingsthatexistintheuniversethatarenotmadebypeople.TheWhiteWhaleisananimallivinginthewaterthatnursesitsyoungandbreathesairjustlikehumanbeings.Inlinewiththedefinitionofnature,obviouslyitbelongstoasortofspeciesinanaturalworld.Inthenovel,MobyDickisequaltoimmenseocean,namelynature.MelvilleprefacesMobyDickwithabrieflistofthewordsfor“whale”inthirteendifferentlanguages.Thenheaddsalistof“Extracts”fromvariousreferencestowhalesfoundinliteratureallovertheworld.Oneoftheimportantreasonsofhavingcompiledlistofremarksisthat“Hewantsustorealizethatthewhalehassincetimeimmemorial,beenasymbolofthepowerfulandmysteriousforcesofnature.”Meanwhilethewriterexpressesanothersubjectwhichillustratestherelationshipbetweenpeopleandnature.WhenthecaptainAhabcapturesMobyDick,whohastornawayhisleg,itimpliestheinevitableresultofpeopleandnaturefight:
thedestructionofhuman.
Asweallknow,MobyDickisafierceandcunningcreature,soithaspowerstokillhumanaboard.Intheeyesofordinarypeople,whalesaresuchgreatpowersthattheyarefrightened.Onthecontrary,somehunterswhoaregoodatwhalingalwaystakevoyagestopursuewhales.Perhapsitisawaytoearnmoney.Howeveritisverydangeroustodosoandthisactionmayresultinextinctionofwhales.Finallyitbreakstheecologicalbalance.Neverthelesshumanmustpayaheavypriceand
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