Lecture3TheBrideComestoYellowSky

1、The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Cranesample reading 1Analysis of The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky Which point of view is employed? What is the setting? Please retell the story and point out the conflict? Please analyze the characters. What is the theme of this story?1. Point of view (1) First-

2、person voices （ “I” ） (2) Second-person voices (3) Third person voices 1. objective 2. limited omniscient 3. Fully omniscient(4) Mixed voices 2. Setting Part ION THE TRAIN from San Antonio to Yellow SkyPart IIAT THE BAR of the Weary Gentleman saloon at Yellow SkyPart IIIIN THE STEETS of Yellow Sky P

3、art VIBefore Jack Potters house2. Setting San Antonio: the brides hometown Yellow Sky: the grooms hometownPlot 1. please retell The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky according to the five stages of the plot?2. What kind of conflict is involved in the The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ?1. Exposition Beginning5.

4、Resolution(denouement) End3. CrisisMiddle2. Complication (s)4. Falling actionExposition: Having just gotten married in San Antonio, Jack Potter, town marshal of Yellow Sky, and the bride are aboard a train headed back to Yellow Sky, Jacks hometown. Despite their elegant surroundings, both bride and

5、groom are nervous about returning to Yellow Sky. When they arrive, they quickly rush toward Jack Potters house, hoping that they are not seen.Complication: Meanwhile, in Yellow Sky, six men are sitting in a bar, when a man rushes in, announcing that Scratchy Wilson, a local legend, has been on the d

6、rink again and is in one of his usual moods. Scratchy Wilson walks on the street, yelling out callous invitations to join him in a gunfight. He approaches the door of the bar, and after taking a few pot shots at it, he decided to take up the challenge with his old rival, Jack Potter.Crisis: Scratchy

7、 Wilson approaches Jack Potters house and calls out his challenge, with no response. Still frustrated, he reloads his gun, and the bride and Jack Potter interrupt him. Scratchy points his gun at Jack.Falling action and resolution:Jack announces that he didnt take a gun on him and that he had just go

8、tten married, completely to Scratchys shock. Finally, Scratchy gives up the gunfight and walks away, saying that well, Ilow its off, Jack. The conflict in The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky(1) External conflict: man Vs nature man Vs society protagonist Vs antagonist (2) Internal conflict: man Vs self4. T

9、he main characters Jack Potter Scratchy Wilson The bride The drummer The local people and the dog4.1 Jack Potter Para.2 Para. 17-19 Para.54 Para. 784.2 Scratch Wilson Para.49 Para.60 Para.63-684. 3 The Bride Para.3 Para.75 4.4 The drummer Para.33 Para.36, 39, 45,504.5 The local people and the dog Pa

10、ra.34, 38, 62 Para.66The theme of The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky At the end of the story, Scratch Wilson said: “Well, Ilow its off, Jack.” Whats your understanding of this sentence? Whats the significance of Jack Potters marriage? Or is there any symbolic meaning in the title of this fiction?Before t

11、he marriage:Jack Potter : a marshal trying to maintain the social order through gunfightScratch Wilson: a troublemaker who obtains pleasure in gunfightAfter the marriage:Jack Potter : In taking a bride, Jack has broken with the traditions of the Old West and also become a civilized man, one who has

12、truly put away childish things. so he rejects gunfight with Scratch Wilson Scratch Wilson: disappointed because no one would play with him The bride By marrying a girl from San Antonio, it shows that Jack Potter has accepted eastern civilization and would like to implement it in the Yellow Sky.The T

13、heme The inevitability of social development, and shows that industry and business civilization has pervaded and would eventually replace the western civilization. Eastern culture has destroyed the cowboy culture. It is about the passing of an era. the East: the advanced industry and business civili

14、zation(para.9) the West: the backward and primitive civilization(para.1)Para. 1. that a glance from the window seemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. Vast flats of green grass, dull-hued spaces of mesquite and cactus, little groups of frame houses, woods of light and

15、tender trees, all were sweeping into the east, sweeping over the horizon, a precipice. 巨大的普尔曼式火车正气宇轩昂地向前奔驰，从窗户瞥出去，巨大的普尔曼式火车正气宇轩昂地向前奔驰，从窗户瞥出去，似乎只是证明似乎只是证明德克萨斯州平原德克萨斯州平原在向东倾泻而出。在向东倾泻而出。广袤平坦的绿广袤平坦的绿地、色彩单调的牧豆树和仙人掌、零星的座座木屋、浅色的小地、色彩单调的牧豆树和仙人掌、零星的座座木屋、浅色的小树林树林，越过那悬崖般的地平线。，越过那悬崖般的地平线。para. 9 . He pointed ou

16、t to her the dazzling fittings of the coach, and . she contemplated the sea-green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass, the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. At one end a bronze figure sturdily held a support for a separated chamber, and at conven

17、ient places on the ceiling were frescoes in olive and silver. 他把车厢里令人眼花缭乱的装潢指给她看；她果然瞪大了眼睛，注视着那些带图案的海绿色天鹅绒，闪光的黄铜、白银和玻璃，还有那像油面一样闪烁着黑色光泽的木头。车厢的一头，立着一具作为单人卧室支柱的青铜像。在天花板合适的位置则装饰有橄榄色和银白色的壁画。26Qs for study (p14)THANK YOU!HomeworkPlease appreciate the wording in those paragraphs1. a glance from the window s

18、eemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. Vast flats of green grass, dull-hued spaces of mesquite and cactus, little groups of frame houses, woods of light and tender trees, all were sweeping into the east, sweeping over the horizon, a precipice. Please appreciate the wording in those paragraphs2. At sight of the dog, the man paused and raised his revolver humorously. At sight of the man, the dog sprang up and wa