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1、The Duchess and the Jeweller,Virginia Woolf,Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 28 March 1941) She was an English author,essayist(评论家）,and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a signific
2、ant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.,(一个英国艺术家和学者的团体),Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway(1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), The book-length essay A Room of Ones Own (1929), with its famous dictum：“A woman must have money and a
3、 room of her own if she is to write fiction.“,The plot,The hero of this novel is a wealthyjeweller in London,who named Oliver Bacon.At first,the narrator use a great deal of words to describe Bacons life,which is luxurious.Then through Bacons mental activity,we know that he grew up in a poor neighbo
4、rhood and came from a poor family.,The plot,Now he lives in a big flat,there is a man servant serve for him,he could buy everything he wants,but he always recollect his poor childhood,those recollection makes him unconfident, even if he is wealthy now.So he does businesses with the duchess of Lambou
5、rne.when the duchess shows him the ten peals,he wants to test it,but the duchess prevents him,he finally gives in because of Diana,as well as because of the tempting status.,Theme,This novel is basically to satire the society, in that society,if you are the noblest lord, you will be honoured .But if
6、 you are just an ordinary people,even if you are wealthy, you are still an ordinary people.,Snobbish: when he enters his office, he just waggles his one finger of the amber-coloured glove; Greedy: his nose,which is long and flexible,seemed to say by its curious quiver at the nostrils that he is not
7、satisfied yet; Ambitious: he wants to become an utter class person; Full of vanity: he ask the Duchess to wait for ten minutes;,Personality of Mr.Bacon,My feeling,In my point of view,though Oliver Bacon is a greedy,ambitious and snobbish man,just because he is so attracted by the wealth and social s
8、tatus;however,he is also smart and quickminded,he struggled to his career, and finally ,owned his own store,moreover, his store became famous in the world jewelry market.I think its great,he is very intelligent.,Rank in Britain,Royal Duke 大公 Duke 公爵 Duchess 公爵夫人 Marquis 侯爵 Marchioness 侯爵夫人 Earl 伯爵 C
9、ountess 伯爵夫人 Viscount 子爵 Viscountess 子爵夫人 Baron 男爵 Baroness 男爵夫人 Baronet 从男爵 Knight 骑士,Stream of Consciousness (意识流）,Stream of consciousness is a form of narrative（叙事的）technique used to “render the flow of myriad （无数的）impressionsvisual, auditory, physical, associative, and subliminalthat impinge on
10、the consciousness of an individual and form part of his awareness along with the trend of his rational thoughts.“,I think it may be difficult for us to uderstand the exact meaning of Stream of Consciousness by reading the defination.Then i will give you an explanation. A literary technique in which
11、a characters thoughts are presented in the confusing,jumbled and inconsequential manner of real life without any clarification by the author. in this kind of fiction,interior monologue will be common used. if you want to learn more about stream of consciousness technique,you can read to the Lighthou
12、se,written by Woolf.,Writting Skills,Interior monologue: This story happened just on somedays morning,but the narrator let us know about Mr.Bacons childhood, experience and what he plan to do in the future by describing the mental activities. Symbolism:describe the giant hog and truffle,show us a greedy and hideous figure.,Thank you!,
