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1、Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Text Appreciation,I.Text Analysis 1.General Analysis 2.Structure 3.Detailed Discussion 4.Plot AnalysisII.Writing Devices 1.Classic Unities 2.UnderstatementIII.Sentence Paraphrase,Contents,Plot of the play Setting of the play Protagonists of the play Theme of the pl
2、ay,I.Text Analysis,For reference,Have you got the key elements in the story?,Plot:The conflict between Mrs.Kent and Eve and the fight of two men over Mrs.Kent with a happy ending.Setting:A living room of an American middle-class family,at the end of 1930s.Protagonists:Mrs.Kent,Mr.Kent,Eve Kent,and P
3、rofessor Charles Waring.Theme:People usually value more what they dont have or what they are about to lose forever.,I.Text Analysis,The end of General Analysis.,Part 1(Paras.1):Part 2(Paras.):Part 3(Paras.):Part 4(Paras.):Part 5(Paras.):,I.Text Analysis,12,1331,3252,5332 text B,Introduction of a mid
4、dle-class family in America.,The conflict between Mrs.Kent and Eve Kent.,The visit of Professor Waring and his plan.,The conflict between Mr.Kent and Professor Waring.,The end of Structure.,The happy ending of the play.,3344 text B,I.Text Analysis,Question:What kind of family do you think it is from
5、 the introduction of setting at the beginning?,To be continued on the next page.,It is a typical American middleclass family in the 1930s.The husband is breadwinner of the family.The wife stays home,taking care of family and doing handiwork such as sewing which is taken as natural and respectable pa
6、stime.,I.Text Analysis,Question:From the dialogues between Mrs.Kent and Thelma,what are the important values that Mrs.Kent holds?,Mrs.Kent was conservative and conventional for she wanted Thelma to go out with a decent guy and to behave herself at the party.She always wanted to keep a respectable fr
7、ont and couldnt afford to lose face for any improper behaviors of her maid.,To be continued on the next page.,I.Text Analysis,In Para.15,To be continued on the next page.,Question:What did Eve mean?,Eve accused the old of being old-fashioned,conservative,narrow-minded and primitive.She thought peopl
8、e in her town were too interested in property and social status,and were having a vain,vulgar and hypocritical life which she want going to lead.,I.Text Analysis,Comparison and contrast.,Question:What effect did Eves words on Mrs.Kent when she said“it was a fools paradise”?,With time passing,the old
9、 lady was dying;at the meantime,with the inspiration of the friendship,the boy was developing into an confident and open-minded boy and no longer afraid of having new friends.,To be continued on the next page.,I.Text Analysis,In Para.39,Eves words took effect on Mrs.Kent.She began to think about whe
10、ther her marriage was happy or not and whether her husband loved her or not.,To be continued on the next page.,Question:Why did Mrs.Kent say she lived in“a fools paradise”?,I.Text Analysis,In Para.51,After hearing Professor Warings suggestion,Mrs.Kent thought its feasible and felt she was still attr
11、active.She was delighted and even paid more attention to her appearance.,To be continued on the next page.,Question:Why did Mrs.Kent feel delighted?,I.Text Analysis,In Para.35(text B),We could say that it was Professor Waring who have designed an interesting psychological experiment,put it into real
12、ity and proved his point of view.It was not only a research,but also has helped the family solve the problem,so it was“a most interesting and worthwhile evening”.,The end of Detailed Discussion.,Question:What did Professor Waring mean?,I.Text Analysis,The opening scene introduces the setting,an Amer
13、ican middle-class family and the basic values the family holds.,To be continued on the next page.,The beginning:(Paras.112),Thelma,the maid of Mrs.Kent,was asking for the permission of Mrs.Kent to go to a party with her boyfriend.,I.Text Analysis,The conflict evolves and arouses our expectations abo
14、ut what would happen.,To be continued on the next page.,The main conflict:(Paras.1331),Eve hated the conventions of her family and town and wanted to lead a different life from that of her parents.She even doubted the happiness of her parents marriage.Mrs.Kent tried to stick to the traditional way o
15、f life and persuaded Eve to give up the idea.,I.Text Analysis,The play switches to the visit of Professor Waring whose plan evokes more curiosity of readers.,To be continued on the next page.,The visit of Professor Waring:(Paras.3252),Mrs.Kent confided to Professor Waring what she was worrying about
16、.Professor Waring came up with an idea to solve the conflict.,I.Text Analysis,The plan of Professor Waring is working out.The whole play is working up to climax.,To be continued on the next page.,The minor conflict:(Paras.5332 text B),The fight over Mrs.Kent between Mr.Kent,her husband,and Professor
17、 Waring,who pretended to be her long-lost first husband.,I.Text Analysis,The climax of the play brings us satisfaction for its dramatic and happy ending.,The end of Plot Analysis.,The ending:(Paras.3344 text B),The play ended happily.Both conflicts were solved.Mr.Kent found her love again,and Eve de
18、cided to marry.,II.Writing Devices,The unity of time:A play should represent an action that takes approximately the same amount of time as the play;years should not pass during the hours a play takes.2.The unity of place:A play should cover a single physical space and should not attempt to compress
19、geography,nor should the stage represent more than one place.3.The unity of action:A play should have one main action that it follows,with no or few subplots.,To be continued on the next page.,三一律：时间的一致，地点的一致和表演的一致,II.Writing Devices,The play is an example of three unities.The unity of time:Later af
20、ternoon.The unity of place:The living room of the family.3.The unity of action:Mrs.Kent tried to prevent her daughter from going away and got to know whether her hausband still loved her.,The end of Classic Unities.,II.Writing Devices,I can think of worse things than that,Bessie.(Para.52),understate
21、ment,To be continued on the next page.,低调陈述，含蓄陈述。常为了取得戏剧性或幽默的效果。,More examples,II.Writing Devices,Compare“quite ambitious”,Compare“hated/disliked”with“was impatient of”,More examples,To be continued on the next page.,She was not without ambition.,The boy was undoubtedly a difficult pupil,for he had
22、a strong independent mind and was impatient of accepted rules and conventions.,II.Writing Devices,I have never been mugged or physically molested in any way,possibly because my large build does not make me an ideal prospect for a hoodlum.,The end of Writing Devices.,“It does seem a bit damp in here,
23、”said Mark as the water soaked through his shoes.,III.Sentence Paraphrase 1,Well,he gave his mother a new coat last Christmasbut he wouldnt think of givin me anything so personal-like.(Para.6),Personal gifts are more private and intimate.They are only for special people.,go to 2,III.Sentence Paraphr
24、ase 2,I wouldnt go out with him,unless he wasnot when Im working for you.(Para.10),I wouldnt go out with him unless he was a decent guy.I wouldnt do that so long as Im working for you because I dont want to bring shame to such a respectable family.,go to 3,III.Sentence Paraphrase 3,Why,her mother wo
25、uldnt have dreamed of marrying her father,it would simply have seemed childish to her!(Para.15),Her mother probably didnt think of marrying her father at home or in the church.This social convention was silly and childish for them.,would+have doneprobability of a past action,go to 4,More examples,II
26、I.Sentence Paraphrase,She would have done anything to make amends.The guests would have been arriving by now.,back to 3,III.Sentence Paraphrase 4,Thats the whole trouble,our stupid,small-town way of doing things,always under cover.(Para.21),being hidden or protected,go to 5,That is the problem of ou
27、r way of life.People in our small town are usually ill-informed,narrow-minded,and ridiculously conservative,and always like to cover things up.,III.Sentence Paraphrase 5,Of course were putting you and Dad on your honor,Mother.We dont expect you to be so childish as to lock me up in my room,call the
28、police,or anything so naive as that!(Para.23),so as to,Of course we are counting on our promise not to do anything stupid like trying to lock me in my room or call the police.,to count your promise,go to 6,More examples,III.Sentence Paraphrase,His comments on the book were so childish as to be not w
29、orth considering.In Tehran the wives of foreign diplomats wore headscarves so as not to offend the Iranians.,back to 5,III.Sentence Paraphrase 6,Yes,I thought,I was happy ideally sobut,oh,Charles,it was a fools paradise!(Para.39),to feel happy and satisfied,and believe there are no problems,when in
30、fact this is not true,go to 7,III.Sentence Paraphrase 7,And the final uncertainty as to just where he was buried?(Para.46),concerning,about,with regard to,With regard to the place where he was buried,we didnt find out for sure in the end.,go to 8,More examples,III.Sentence Paraphrase,as to+whether/w
31、here/who/which etc.Frank was very uncertain as to whether it was the job for him.He had given me advice as to which suppliers to approach.,back to 7,III.Sentence Paraphrase 8,Partially recovering,I wandered all over the world,hunting some clue to my identityhoping to establish some connection with m
32、y past.(Para.50),When I got a little better,I began to go from one country to another,trying to find out who I was and to get back my lost memory.,go to 9,the act of conducting a search for something,III.Sentence Paraphrase 9,Finally,one night,I had a shock,it all came backmy former lifeand I am her
33、e to claim you,Bessie!(Para.50),You have the right to take away something because it belongs to you.,Finally,one night,suddenly the memory all came back,and I come here to take you away.,go to 10,III.Sentence Paraphrase 10,I can think of worse things than that,Bessie.(Para.52),That would not be such
34、 a terrible thing at all.,go to 11,understatement,III.Sentence Paraphrase 11,I was not killed in action in France,but circumstances over which I had no control kept me abroad all there years.(Para.57),I was not killed in the war in France.As I cant control the things happening around me,I was abroad
35、 for so many years.,go to 12,Relative clause as object of“over”,III.Sentence Paraphrase 12,As soon as I was free to do so,I came straight to Bessie,and I should like nothing better than for us to go away together at once.I want to take her our of the false position she has been in all these years,and the sooner the better.(Para.57),The end of Sentence Paraphrase.,should very much like to,referring to her position as Mrs.Kent,Part Three,Text Appreciation,This is the end of Part Three.Please click HOME to visit other parts.,
