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1、蓋茨比的美國夢Gatsby’sAmericanDreamAbstract:F·Scott·Fitzgerald,anAmericanauthor,isconsideredaspokesmanofthe“JazzAge”,hismasterpiece,TheGreatGatsby,vividlydescribesapicturethatpeoplepursuedAmericanDreaminearly20thcentury.Fitzgeraldskillfullyusedhisimaginationtoshowthecharmofsymbols
2、,andcombinedcharacterizationinforcefulstyletounderstandtheultimatefailureofAmericanDream.ThispaperanalyzescharactersofGatsby,Daisy,Nick,TomandJordan,andtheirinimitablesymbols,combinesmanydifferentconventionalsymbolsrelatingtoGatsbytounderstandhisinevitablefailureofAmericand
3、ream.Tocombinecharacteranalyseswithsymbolismtoexploreathemewillgreatlyimprovetheconvincingnessofthepaperandrevealthethemeofthepaperinavividway.Keywords:Gatsby;AmericanDream;characterization;symbolism摘要:美國作家司各特·菲茨杰拉德被稱為爵士時代的代言人,其代表作《了不起的蓋茨比》栩栩如生的描寫了二十世紀(jì)二十年代人們對美國夢的追求。菲茨杰拉德充分發(fā)
4、揮想象力,將象征的魅力展現(xiàn)的淋漓精致,對人物性格的刻畫入木三分,本文通過分析蓋茨比,黛西,尼克,湯姆和喬丹的人物性格及其特有的象征,結(jié)合與蓋茨比有關(guān)的事物本身的象征來闡述美國夢破滅的必然性。將人物性格分析與象征手法結(jié)合在一起探索一個主題,能使文章更有說服力,對主題的展現(xiàn)更加形象、生動。關(guān)鍵詞:蓋茨比;美國夢;人物性格;象征主義ContentsI.Introduction……………………………………..……….…….………1II.LiteratureReview..………………………………………………..….2III.TheIntroducti
5、onofAmericanDream……………………………...4A.Itsoriginal………………………………………………………………4B.Itsdevelopment………………………………………………………….5IV.CharacterAnalysesandSymbolismintheNovel…………………5A.ToIntroducetwochiefmeaningsofcharacters………………………..51.Flatcharacters……………………………………………………52.Roundcharacters…………………
6、………………………………5B.Tointroducethemeaningofsymbol…………………………………...5C.Threeclassesofsymbols……………………………………………...61.Naturalsymbols…………………………………………………..62.Conventionalsymbols……………………………………………..63.Literarysymbols………………………………………………….6D.Analysisthechiefcharactersandtheirsymbols………………………
7、..61.Gatsby…………………………………………………………...62.Nick……………………………………………………………...83.Tom……………………………………………………………..104.Daisy…………………………………………………………....105.Jordan…………………………………………………………..11V.ToCombineCharacterAnalysisandSymbolstoAnalyzeGatsby’sAmericanDream……………………………………………12VI.Conclusion:Th
8、eInevitabilityoftheFailureoftheAmericanDream……………………………………………………..13WorksCited…………