小妇人故事简介PPT课件

1、 Meg March pThe oldest March sister.p Responsible and kind, Meg mothers her younger sisters.p She has a small weakness for luxury and leisure, but the greater part of her is gentle and loving.第1页/共14页 Josephine March pThe second-oldest March sister. Jo wants to be a writer. pJo has a temper and a qu

2、ick tongue.p She is a tomboy, and reacts with impatience to the many limitations placed on women and girls.p She hates romance in her real life, and wants nothing more than to hold her family together.第2页/共14页Beth March p The third March daughter. Beth is very quiet and very virtuous, and she does n

3、othing but try to please others. She adores music and plays the piano very well.第3页/共14页 Amy March pThe youngest March girl. Amy is an artist who adores visual beauty and has a weakness for pretty possessions. pShe is given to pouting, fits of temper, and vanity; but she does attempt to improve hers

4、elf.pShe gets what she wants in the end: popularity, the trip to Europe, and Laurie.第4页/共14页Marmee - The March girls mother. Marmee is the moral role model for her girls. She counsels them through all of their problems and works hard but happily while her husband is at war.Mr. March - The March girl

5、s father and Marmees husband. He serves in the Union army as a chaplain. When he returns home, he continues acting as a minister to a nearby parish.第5页/共14页The story begins on Christmas Eve.第6页/共14页Marmee comes home with a letter from Mr. March, the girls father, who is serving as a Union chaplain i

6、n the Civil War. The letter inspires the girls to bear their burdens more cheerfully and not to complain about their poverty.第7页/共14页On Christmas morning,Marmee encourages them to give away their breakfast to a poor family, the Hummels. Their elderly wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, whom the girls ha

7、ve never met, rewards their charitable activities by sending over a feast. Soon, Meg and Jo are invited to attend a New Years Party there meets Laurie. 第8页/共14页One dark day, the family receives a telegram saying that Mr. March is sick in the hospital in Washington, D.C. Marmee goes to tend to him, a

8、nd Jo sells her hair to help finance the trip. Beth goes to visit the Hummels, and contracts scarlet fever from the Hummel baby. Beth teeters on the brink of death until Marmee returns. Meanwhile, Amy spends time at Aunt Marchs house in order to escape the disease. Beth recovers, though not complete

9、ly.第9页/共14页 Three years pass , Mr. March is home from the war, Meg marries and moves into a new home with Mr. Brooke who is Lauries tutor . Amy gets to go to Paris for study instead of Jo, because Amys good behavior wins her Aunts praise. Then Jo moves to New York. There meets Professor Bhaer, a poo

10、r German language instructor. Since Amy is ill seriously, Jo returns home, Laurie proposes to her, but she turns him down. Beth soon dies.第10页/共14页 Amy and Laurie reunite in France, and they fall in love. They marry and return home. Professor Bhaer comes for Jo, they marry later. 第11页/共14页The novel en