盖茨比之象征主义（课堂PPT）

1、12级英语3 班李靖201203010315.2ContentGeographyGreen LightOther Colors.3GEOGRAPHYoneTwoThreeWest Egg VS. East Egg The Valley of Ashes New York City.4 West & EastWest EggEast EggVS.5 West & EastuWest Egg, where Gatsbys and Nick live in, was the “less fashionable” side of Long Island. Their houses ar

2、e vulgar and would be totally out of place in the more refined world of East Egg. This explained the reason why in the end Gatsby was ruined by the East Egg and Nick decided to go back home.6 West & EastuEast Egg, where the Tom & Daisy and other “old money” people lived, was the “fashionable

3、” side of Long Island, the home of the Ivy League set who had possessed the wealth for a long time and were comfortable and secure with their money.7 West & EastThe East is a symbol of shallowness, carelessness, emptiness and corruption, as evidenced by characters such as Daisy, Tom , Jordan, Me

4、yer Wolfsheim ,and Dan Cody.The Midwest is a symbol of morality, conservatism, and practicality, as evidenced by the narrator Nick Caraway.8The Valley of AshesThe Valley of Ashes First introduced in Chapter II, the valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of deso

5、late land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George W

6、ilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result. .9The Valley of AshesThe Valley of Ashes The valley, with the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg, also represented the spiritual emptiness and dryness of the world.10New York CityNew York City .11New York CityNew York City stood as

7、a symbol of what America had become in the Roaring twenties: a place where anything went, where money was made and bootleggers flourished, where the World Series（世界职业棒球大赛） could be fixed by a man such as Meyer Wolfsheim, where parties and affairs came one after another, and where bizarre(奇异的) and co

8、lorful characters who appeared from time to time at Gatsbys parties.12 Green Light承载希望的绿光承载希望的绿光.13 Green LightGreen light situated at the end of Daisys East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsbys West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsbys hopes and dreams for the future. uGreen in general:

9、 hope, life, vigoruGreen in Great Gatsby: power, money.14GREEN LIGHTVIX END OF CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 5 THE END OF THE BOOK.15I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction. But I didnt call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was conten

10、t to be alonehe stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him. I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seawardand distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I loo

11、ked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.我决定和他打声招呼。贝克小姐在吃饭时提到过他，那也可以算作介绍了。但我并没叫他，他不愿有人打扰他的清净，因为他突然做了个动作以奇怪的方式朝着幽暗的海面伸出双臂。我敢发誓他在发抖，尽管我离他很远。我不由地朝海上望去，结果除了一盏孤独的绿灯，什么也没有。灯光微弱而遥远，也许那就是一座码头的尽头。等我回头再去看盖茨比时，他已经不见了，剩下我一个人，孤单的留在这不平静的夜色里。 END OF CHAPTER 1.16 Green

12、 Light As is known, Daisy is the embodiment of that green lightGatsbys dream. Green symbolize hope, light drives away darkness. Gatsby worships that light and his gesture shows he wants to touch the green light. That is, he tries his best to fill their impossible gulf between he and Daisy with mater

13、ialism.17“要不是海上有雾，我们就能望见对岸你家的房子,”盖茨比说，“你家码头上有一盏绿灯，那灯光总是彻夜不息。” 黛西蓦然伸过胳臂去挽着他的胳臂，但他似乎沉浸在他方才所说的话里。可能他突然想到那盏灯的巨大意义现在永远消失了。和那把他跟黛西分开的遥远距离相比较，那盏灯曾经似乎离她很近，几乎碰得着她。那就好像一颗星离月亮那么近一样。现在它又是码头上的一盏绿灯了。他的神奇的宝物已经减少了一件。 CHAPTER 5“If it wasnt for the mist we could see your home across the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always

14、 have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had se

15、parated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.18 Green Light uGatsby and Daisy reunited. Compared to the great distance that has

16、separated him from Daisy, Gatsby seems as close as a star to the moon at this moment, even he can touch her. Now the green light is just a light on a dock.uIn fact, what Gatsby worships is a moral vacuum. So when Daisy in person really stands in front of him, she loses the magic he imagines. The gre

17、en light is just a light.19“盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。它从前逃脱了我们的追求，不过那没关系明天我们跑得更快一点，把胳臂伸得更远一点于是我们奋力向前划，逆流向上的小舟，不停地倒退，进入过去。THE END OF THE BOOK.Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats no matter-tomorrow we will run

18、faster, stretch out our arms farther. And one fine morning- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.20 Green Light uThe author ends the story by the presenting the green light again to invoke the universal significance of this symbol. The green light is part of

19、 the American dream. uGatsby, in a way, represented some people who sought after the “American Dream”, they courted fame, fortune and social status by hard work and endeavor. In order to win Daisy who was the “golden girl” in his dream, he made his fortune by participating in organized crime, includ

20、ing distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. But at the end, Gatsbys dream of Daisy disintegrated, unearthing the corruption that wealth caused.21 WhiteDaisy纯洁天真而又自私虚荣纯洁天真而又自私虚荣.22 WhiteDaisy纯洁天真而又自私虚荣纯洁天真而又自私虚荣.23 WhiteDaisyuWhite in general: pure, innocent, cold, indifferent,

21、 uWhite in Great Gatsby:1.White symbolize Daisy is innocent, pure girl who is fond of money, ease, and material luxury. .2.In The Great Gatsby, Daisy represented the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set of the Roaring Twenties, who is also fickle, shallow and somehow cynical. .24 YellowCar驶向死亡的方向盘驶向死亡的方向盘.25BlueEyes暗淡无光、暗淡无光、 忧郁的上帝之眼忧郁的上帝之眼.26The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fadingbespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes.1.This pair of