美国文学课后答案

1、一 Questions1. Why did Franklin write his Autobiography?Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past. He also says that he has enjoyed his life and would like to repeat it2. What made Franklin deci

2、de to leave the brother to whom he had been apprenticed?His brother was passionate, and had often beaten him. The aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to him through his whole life .After a brush with the law, Franklin left his brother.3. How did he arrive in Philadephia?First he set out in a

3、boat for Amboy, the boat dropped him off about 50 miles from Burlington, the next day he reached Burlington on foot, in Burlington he found a boat which was going towards Philadelphia, he arrived there about eight or nine o' clock, on the Sunday morning and landed at the Market Streetwharf.4. Wh

4、at features do you find in the style of the above selection?It is the pattern of Puritan simplicity, directness, and concision（言简意赅 ）. The narrative is lucid（ 易懂的 ）,the structure is simple, the imagery is homely（朴素的 ）.二、 Questions1. How many characters does Poe include in The Cask of Amontillado? Wh

5、at are these names?Montresor, Fortunato and Luchesi2. What drink are the French most famous for?Wine3. Does Montresor have something of great value to him which we might consider to be his treasure?His pride and the pride of his French family heritage. Perhaps his devious plot of revenge.4. Does Mon

6、tresor seem to have much respect for Italians?Montresor does not have much respect for Italians. He feels the French are superior, especially with respect to wine.5. What was Fortunato's insult?Poe does not tell us directly, but only implies it in the third paragraph6. Which wine does Montresor

7、use to lure Fortunato into the catacombs?"Amontillado" （the Spanish wine; Montresor's ruse to lead Fortunato down into the catacombs.7. Why does Montresor entertain Fortunato with wines from his collection? Montresor wants to get Fortunato drunk enough to be able to trap him in his pla

8、n of vengeance.8.In what two ways does Montresor imprison Fortunato?He fetters （chains and locks） Fortunato to the wall of the catacombs.He builds a wall to close Fortunato off in a small corner of the catacombs, where Montresor will leave him to die.9.In what ways is The Cask of Amontillado grotesq

9、ue? First, which of Montresor's actions are abnormal?The whole obsessive plot of vengeance.The fettering and entombment of Fortunato.Montresor's sick sense of humor.10.Is there anything grotesque about Fortunato?His obsession with alcohol.His drunkenness.His tendency to berate Luchesi （he ma

10、y have been drunk and may have insulted Montresor in a similarfashion）.His manic laughter.Questions1. Who is the narrator? What wrong does he want to redress? Montresor.Fortunato,one of wine experts insulted him, so he wanted to murder him.2. What is the pretext he uses to lure Fortunato to his wine

11、 cellar?He baits Fortunato by telling him he has obtained what he believes to be a cask of Amontillado a rare and valuable sherry wine.Fortunato is anxious to determine whether or not it is truly Amontillado, so he goes to the vault with Montresor.3. What happens to Fortunato in the end?He was walle

12、d up alive behind bricks in a wine cellar.4. Describe briefly how Poe characterizes Montresor and Fortunato as contrasts?Poe uses color imagery to characterize them. Montresor face is covered in a black silk mask, In contrast, Fortunato dresses the motley-colored costume of the court fool, who gets

13、literally and tragically fooled by Montresor's masked motives.The color schemes here represent the irony of Fortunato's death sentence.Through the acts, words, and thoughts of Fortunato,we know He is greedy, he was lured into the dark and somber vaults just because a cask of Amontillado.This

14、 is also due to his bad habit of bibulosity（酗酒） . He lost himself on hearing the wine.At the same time, he was cheated by his enemy, which reflected his ignorance.When he heard the pretended compliment from Montresor, he became very boastful and arrogant.He was easily confused by the superficial phe

15、nomena and failed to watch out for others. He couldn' ttolerate that others were stronger than him.For example, Montresor always stimulated him with Luchresi who was good at connoisseur（鉴赏） in wine.Under the impulse of vanity, he fell into Montresor' s terrible trap.In fact, he was careless

16、and foolish and didn' t find that the danger was approaching him.He looked down upon Montresor and others.He didn ' t realize his foolishness until the death was coming.Talking from the appearance, Monstresor was a well-educated and “ kind ” businessman.He enjoyed the honor and respect in th

17、e city. But in fact, he was an evil and awful person.His inner feelings were so cruel that they even made people tremble. Under his rich appearance was the dirty soul and despicable character.We couldn ' t see any glorious virtues in his mind. Instead, his heart was cold and dark.It was the reve

18、nge that threw Montresor into the deep evil valley. 红字 Questions :1.Why is the prison the setting of Chapter 1 ?No matter how optimistic the founders of new colonies may be, they are quick to establish a prison and a cemetery in their“ Utopia, ” for they know that mis,beevhila, vainodr death are una

19、voidable.This belief fits into the larger Puritan doctrine, which puts heavy emphasis on the idea of original sinthenotion that all people are born sinners because of the initial transgressions of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. he is therefore using the prison building to represent the crime an

20、d the punishment which are aspect of civilized lifeWhat is the implication of the description of the roses?The rosebush symbolizes the ability of nature to endure and outlast man's activities.The narrator suggests that roses offer a reminder of Nature's kindness to the condemned; for his tal

21、e, he says, it will provide either a “ sweet moral blossom ” or else some relief in the face of unrelenting sorrow and gloom.2. Describe the appearance of Hester Prynne and the attitude of the people towards her.The second paragraph on page 30.The crowd in front of the jail is a mixture of men and w

22、omen, all maintaining severe looks of disapproval. Several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne, and they soon vow that Hester would not have received such a light sentence for her crime if they had been the judges.One woman, the ugliest of the group, goes so far as to advocate death for Hest

23、er.3. What has happened to Hester?As a young woman, Hester married an elderly scholar, Chillingworth, who sent her ahead to America to live.While waiting for him, she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale, after which she gave birth to Pearl.The scarlet letter is her punishment for

24、her sin and her secrecy.Why does she make the embroidery of the letter A so elaborate?It seems to declare that she is proud, rather than ashamed, of her sin.In reality, however, Hester simply accepts the “ sin ” and its symbol as partsohfehaercscelpf,tsjust as her child.And although she can hardly b

25、elieve her present “ realities, she t”akes them as they are rather than resisting them or trying to atone for them.How does this tell us about her character?Throughout The Scarlet Letter Hester is portrayed as an intelligent, capable. It is the extraordinary circumstances shaping her that make her s

26、uch an important figure.白鲸 Questions1. What are the stories Ismael tells about Moby Dick?Ishmael compares the legend of Moby Dick to his experience of the whale.He notes that sperm whale attacks have increased recently and that superstitious sailors have come to regard these attacks as having an int

27、elligent, even supernatural origin.In particular, wild rumors about Moby Dick circulate among whalemen, suggesting that he can be in more than one place at the same time and that he is immortal. Ishmael remarks that even the wildest of rumors usually contains some truth.Whales, for instance, have be

28、en known to travel with remarkable speed from the Atlantic to the Pacific; thus, it is possible for a whale to be caught in the Pacific with the harpoons of a Greenland ship in it.Moby Dick, who has defied capture numerous times, exhibits an“ intell©狠毒malijpi hys”attacks on men2. Why does Ahab

29、react so violently against the white whale?First, he lost one of his legs because of the white whale.Second,He considers Moby Dick the embodiment of evil in the world, and he pursues the White Whale，because he believes it his inescapable fate to destroy this evil.Ishmael suggests that Ahab is“crazy

30、” and call him“a raving lunatic.” Do you agree with him? Why ornot?Ishmael describes Ahab as mad in his narration, and it does indeed seem mad to try to fight the forces of nature or God.3. What narrative features can you find in the selected chapter?In the selected charpter, Melville employed the technique of multiple view of his narrative to portray MobyDick to achieve the effect of ambiguity and let readers judge the meaning.瓦尔登 Questions1.Where indeed did Th