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1、 1 CatintheRain ErnestHemingway 2 BackgroundInformation ErnestHemingwayisoneofthegreatest20th centuryAmericanwriterswhohaveatremendousinfluenceontheliterature His iceberg techniquemakesmostofhisstoriesmeaningfulandeffective CatintheRain istheoneofthebest Accordingtohim Thereisseven eighthsofitunderw
2、aterforeverypartthatyoushow Anythingyouknowyoucaneliminateanditonlystrengthensyouriceberg The iceberg theoryrevealsthatthedesignofeveryscene character plot movementhasitsimplicitmeaning 3 TheStory AcoupleofAmericanstaysinanItalianhotelinarainyday Thewifecatchesasightofapoorcatcrouchingunderatablefro
3、mtherainoutside Shewantstobringitin Howeverwhenshecomestotheyardonlyfindsthecatismissing Afterreturningtotheroomamaidsendsheracat 4 characteristic Rain apowerfulomnipresentcoverage unstoppablemandatoryandpower Cat Pathetic independence Thehusbandandthehotelkeeper superiorityThewife tobeorderedortobe
4、serviced lackofherownindependence Themaid lowstatus 5 Rain isapowerfulomnipresentcoverage unstoppablemandatoryandpower symbolizingthemale centeredpatriarchalsocietyaswellasthepowerfulmalediscoursehegemony雨 是一个强大的无所不在的覆盖 不可阻挡的强制性和力量 象征着男性为中心的男权社会以及强大的男性话语霸权 6 catasasymboloftheimageofwomeninthepatriar
5、chalsociety itscharacteristicsare homelesstopeople erratic toavoiddanger strugglingforlife thesurvivalstatusmeansthatwomeninapatriarchalsociety themaledominatedbyleftandright itisdifficulttofindtheirownposition 猫作为象征男权社会中的女性形象 其特点无非是 寄身于人 漂泊不定 躲避危险 苟且为生 这种生存状态意味着女性在男权社会中被男性所支配 所左右 难于找到自己的位置 7 Beside
6、sthecats thethemedisclosedbymalefigures thehusbandandthehotelkeeperinthestory canbefoundthroughanalyzingtheirattitudetothewife 除了猫以外 由男性人物 丈夫和酒店主人的故事 揭露的主题可以发现通过分析他们的态度的妻子获得 8 Thehusband theconversationsbetweenthewifeandthehusband theresponseofthehusband comparedwithhiswife semotionalandlongdialogue
7、s isshorterbutstronger Takethehusband sreactiontothewifeatthebeginning whathesaysis I llgetit Don tgetwet or shutupandgetsomethingtoread atthefinal Allofthesedialoguesareseemedmorelikeanorderthanasuggestion 9 thehotelkeeper everytimethewifepassingbyhim afeelingofaffectionarisesinthewife Thepadronema
8、deherfeltverysmallandatthesametimereallyimportant Shehadamomentaryfeelingofbeingofsupremeimportance Fromthis thefactthattheprotectionandrespectfromthehotelkeepermakesherfeelsuperiorcanbediscovered 10 Theattitudestothewifeofthehusbandandthehotelkeeperareoppositeinaway but thehusband thehotelkeeperand
9、eventhepasser by whoisaman shareonecommonfeature thatitissuperior Theevidencewhichcanprovethisnotionistheobjectusedbythemalefigures Agoodillustrationisthehusbandneverleaveshisbed thepadronehashisowndesk andthepasser bygetsarubbercape 11 Bed themostimportantobjectinthebedroom tosomedegree representsa
10、kindofsuperiority suchasadeskinthehotelhall Thesetwomainobjectsimplythesuperiorityofthemale Andcomparedthewifeandthepasser by thewiferunsoutofthehotelwithoutanyraingear whilethepasser bywearsinarubbercapewhichcanprotectshimselffromgettingwet Thistinydetailalsosuggeststhatfemalecannotprotectherselfby
11、herown 12 Thewife Obviously thecatandthewomenhaveacloserelationshiptometaphor Catintherainsituation aswomeninthepatriarchalsociety Thecatandthefateofitwhereshehasaverydeepresonance Shetriestohelpthecatoutofthepassivesituationwithfear 13 Theheroineofthemotivationofatleasttwopoints oneisthenarcissisti
12、candmasturbation sheprotectedthecat alsoistheconsciousnessofselfprotection Shepassedthe savethecat behavior torealizeself rescue Twoisashowofstrength shelongedforbyprotectingthecattoprovehisrole shecandecidetoanotherthing itisakindofheroicfeelings 14 Sheiseagertochangetheirsituation changetheappeara
13、nce changeyourhair changetheirstatus changewithherhusbandinthefamilyrelationship Inshort shewantstoupdatethemselves 她渴望改变自己的处境 改变外表 改变发型 改变自己的地位 改变她与丈夫在家庭中的关系 总之 她要更新自我 15 Anotherfemalefigurein CatintheRain isthemaid Thetwiceappearancesofherareundertheorderofthehotelkeeper Thefirsttimeisthehotelkeep
14、ersendshertolookafterthewife andthesecondisthehotelkeepersendshertobringthedomesticcattothewife Suchkindsofplotstellsusthelowstatusofthemaid anddevelopsthethemeeffectivelyonceagain Thelowsocialstatus dominatedbymaleandwithoutself awarenessisrevealed 16 Thecomparisonbetweenmaleandfemale wildcatanddomesticcatin CatintheRain showsthesuperiorityofmaleandinferiorityoffemale Moreover theunconsciousstruggleofchoosingfreedomandindependenceorthewomantraditionalsituationinthewife sheartisshowedasthemoreimportantthemewhichHemingwaywantedtotellus 17 Thanksforyourattention
