1、Definition of Symolism Introduction Symolism in Tess of the DUrbervilles Aliterarymovementinthelate19thcentury,characterizedbytheuseofsymbolstorepresentthings.象征主义：十九世纪的一种文学潮流，运用象征来体现事物 Rose:A symbol of love and beautyWaterColorSeason Maiden(处女)Maiden No More(失贞)Purification(新生)Maiden 代表生命力的河流 Black
2、moor“The Vale of Blackmoor was to her the world,and its inhabitants the races thereof.”BlackmoorTessGenesis 1:20“Let the water teem with living creatures.Let the waters bring forth abundantly themoving creature that hath life.Let the waters be full of living things.every living and moving thing with
3、 which the waterteems.”圣经创世纪写道，上帝创世的第五天发明的就是水Maiden No More Blackmoor:A river,the bordary between Marlot and Shaston,a symbol of sinking,dangerous and border“the streams in Blackmoor.were slow,silent,often turbid;flowing over beds of mud(泥淖/不洁)into which the incautious(不慎)wader might sink(掉入/堕落)and
4、vanish unawares.”She was“somewhat changedthe same,but not the same;at the present stage of her existence living as a stranger and an alien here”.PurificationFroom:A river in Froom Vale,a symbol of washing and forgot“the new air was clear,bracing ethereal”“more cheering than the old place she knew we
5、ll”“The Froom waters were clear as the pure River of Life shown to the Evangelist”Tess is baptising her child “After wasting her palpitating heart with every engine of mon sense had illuminated her.She felt that she would do well to be useful againto taste a new sweet independence at any price.The p
6、ast was past;whatever it had been,it was no more at hand.and she herself grassed down and forgotten”.COLOR RedWhite Strawberry Rosy Red Ribbon White Hart Moon Light Feminine Tissue Madder stain“They had spent some time wandering.Tess eating whatever dUrberville offered her.When she couldconsume no m
7、ore of the strawberries,he filled her little basket with them.”“As she innocently looked down at the roses at her bosom,there behind.was potentially the tragic mischiefone who stood fair to be the blood-red ray in the spectrum of her young life.”“Her rosy lips curved towards a smile,much to the attr
8、action of the swarthy Alexander”“Let me put one little kiss on those holmberry lips,Tess”She wore a red ribbon in her hair,and was the only one of the white company who could boast of such a pronounced adornment.a symbol of Tess A white doe in James Thurbers whimsical fairy tale The White Deer is tr
9、ansformed into a young woman when trapped by hunters,but her only memories are of fields and trees so no one is sure if she was originally a deer or a princess.The district is of historic,no less than of topographical interest.The Vale was known in former times as the Forest of White Hart,from a cur
10、ious legend of King Henry IIIs reign,in which the killing by a certain Thomas.In those days,and till comparatively recent times,the country was densely wooded.Even now,traces of its earlier condition are to be found in the old oak copses and irregular belts of timber that yet survive upon its slopes
11、,and the hollow-trunked trees that shade so many of its pastures.The harts that had been hunted here,the witches that had been pricked and ducked,the green-spangled fairies that whickered at you as you passed;the place teemed with beliefs in them still,and they formed an impish multitude now.Having
12、buttoned the overcoat round her shoulders he plunged into the webs of vapour which by this time formed veils between the trees.She could hear the rustling of the branches as he ascended the adjoining slope,till his movements were no louder than the hopping of a bird,and finally died away.With the se
13、tting of the moon the pale light lessened,and Tess became invisible as she fell into reverie upon the leaves where he had left her.Why it was that upon this beautiful feminine tissue,sensitive as gossamer,and practically blank as snow as yet.the wrong man the woman,the wrong woman the man,many thousand years of analytical philosophy have failed to explain to our sense of order.SEASONSpringAutumnSummerWinterTHANKS FOR WATCHING
