Moby Dick大白鲸英文简介（课堂PPT）

1、.1Herman Melville .2 1 2 3 4MasterpiecesHerman Melville.3 .4 .5In August 1847 Melville married Elizabeth Shaw. He moved with his wife to a farm near Pittsfield. In Pittsfield Melville became acquainted with American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.In 1839 he decided to become a seaman, first signed on to

2、 a merchant ship that was going from Boston to EnglandIn 1826 Melville contracted scarlet fever(猩红热), permanently weakening his eyesight.When he was 12,his father died.His family was poor，times were hard, and he had to give up going to school to earn money.In 1841 he signed on for a long whaling cru

3、ise (捕鲸巡航)to the South Seas. Finally, Melville signed as a seaman on a naval vessel and returned home in 1844.Not long after his return to the United States, Melville began to write the story of his adventures in the South Seas. 1826family18471839write1841.6Melville died on September 28, 1891, at ag

4、e 72. cardiac dilation 心脏扩张Woodlawn Cemetery.7Three important things in Melvilles lifeGoing out to seaHis marriage His friendship with Hawthorne.8 Typee 泰皮(1846) Omoo 欧穆(1847) Mardi 玛地(1849) writte about his adventures when he was a seaman Bedburn 雷得本(1849) White Jacket 白外衣(1850) Pierre 皮埃尔 （1852） B

5、illy Budd比利巴德 Clarel 克拉莱尔（1876）(a poem)(a sign that he had resolved his quarrel with God) .9.10 Herman Melville was the celebrated author of several big 19th-century novels about the sea. Moby Dick is a thrilling adventure story, the worlds greatest sea novel.AchievementAchievement.11Writing StyleWr

6、iting StyleThinking BibleSymbolism .121 Character2Story 3 Theme4 writing styleM o b y D i c k.13IshmaelIshmaelcharacter introductionAhabAhabMoby DickMoby DickIshmaelIshmaelIshmaelIshmael.14a whaleboat. The second day, another boat is swamped, the captains ivory leg is snapped off. When the third day

7、 comes, Ahab and his team manage to harpoon(鱼叉) the whale, but it carries the the Pequod with it to its doom. All on board get drowned expect Ishmael, who is rescued by another whaler and survives to tell the story.determined to pursue Moby Dick and kill it. He hangs a doubloon（古西班牙金币） on the mast a

8、s a reward for anyone who sights the white whale first. Eventually the white whale appears, and the Pequod begins its doomed fight against it. On the first day the whale smashes Ahab, is a tall, broad man seemingly made of bronze（青铜）. He has a white leg, made from the jaw of a sperm whale（抹香鲸的下巴）,be

9、cause his own leg is torn away by Moby Dick a huge white whale. After loosing his leg he is Herman Melville Moby Dick.15Search for truth:the story deals with the human pursuit of truth and the meaning of exitence.Ahab：How can the prisoner reach outside, except by thrusting through the wall? To me, t

10、he white whale is that wall.tHEMES .16Conflict between Man and Nature.tHEMES.17Alienation疏远：疏远： man and man man and society man and naturetHEMES.18symbolic and metaphorical.(象征和隐喻象征和隐喻) Ahab Moby DickThe endingthe effect of ambiguitymbgjut（模棱两可，（模棱两可，不确定）不确定） .19Spirits of AmericanDevil .20Changeabl

11、e power of nature God of nature.21symbolic and metaphorical.(象征和隐喻象征和隐喻) Ahab Moby DickThe endingthe effect of ambiguitymbgjut（模棱两可，（模棱两可，不确定）不确定） .22Ishmael: from the Bible,the name has come to symbolize orphans, exiles, and social outcasts.23撒拉夏甲亚伯拉罕Ishmael以撒侍女侍妾妻子母亲母亲兄弟儿子儿子.24Ahab from the Old Testament,who was a wicked king, the evil idol-worshiping ruler.25Pequod the ship is named for an extinct Indian tribe in Connecticut康涅狄格州,American;thus the name suggests that the boat is doomed to destruction.26 William Faulkner Hemingway Melville Are called “