Theme of the 《Guests of the Nation》异乡客主题分析课件

1、Theme of the “Guests of the Nation,-FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERS,1,学习交流PPT,2,学习交流PPT,The evil of murderous duty which lies at the center of the story.,3,学习交流PPT,1,narrator、Irish,His relationship with his prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, grows from captor-captive into actual friendship.,Irish,H

2、e likes to argue politics and theology with Hawkins.,CHARACTERS,BONAPARTE,NOBLE,4,学习交流PPT,Napoleon Bonapate(1769-1821),5,学习交流PPT,1,narrator、Irish,His relationship with his prisoners, Hawkins and Belcher, grows from captor-captive into actual friendship.,Irish,He likes to argue politics and theology

3、with Hawkins.,CHARACTERS,BONAPARTE,NOBLE,6,学习交流PPT,2,big English prisoner,He is a polite, quiet fellow, who helps the old woman do her chores.,second English prisoner,He is smaller and more talkative than Belcher, often engaging Noble in religious and political debates.,CHARACTERS,BELCHER,HAWKINS,7,

4、学习交流PPT,3,the officer in charge of the group of Irish rebels,He does not regard the English prisoners as friendly acquaintances as B and N does.,intelligence officer,An intelligence officer who brings the news that the Englishmen are to be executed.,She owns the cottage where the action takes place,

5、 tending the house and feeding the men.,CHARACTERS,Jeremiah Donovan,Feeney,The old woman,8,学习交流PPT,the theme,the theme,9,学习交流PPT,Is the individual absolved of guilt because he or she obeys a societal order?,Does a society (military or otherwise) have the right to order an individual to commit acts that are in violation of personal morality?,In this story can Bonaparte and Noble be forgiven for their actions becau