thedescriptionoflocationsinthegreatgatsby英語(yǔ)專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文

1、TheDeionofLocationsinTheGreatGatsbyAbstract：TheGreatGatsby，oneoftheoutstingwksbytheAmericanfamousauthFitzgerald，describespeopleareobsessedin“AmericanDream”inthe1920sTheyaretherepresentativesoftherotten，decadentsocialmalv

2、aluesFitzgeraldusesmanylocationsinthenovelIndertofindoutthefunctionsofthelocations，thisassaywillresearchthedeionoflocations：theEastEgg，theWestEgg，theGrayValleyNewYkCityItisbelievedthatthedeionoflocationshasgreateffectson

3、revealingprofoundlythethemes，depictingtheacterspromotingthedevelopmentoftheplotsKeyWds：TheGreatGatsby；locations；“AmericanDream”；acters；plots1IntroductionTheGreatGatsbyisafamouswksoftheAmericanwriterF.ScottFitzgeraldItlay

4、shispositioninthehistyofthemodernAmericanliteratureFitzgeraldisoneoftherepresentativesofwritersin“JazzAge”the“LostGeneration”inthe1920sThenovelrevealsburstingofthe“AmericanDream”inthe1920s，showsthehighsocietyofUSAduringt

5、heGreatDepression“Wastelofthetimes”inspiritTherearemanyresearchesonthecauseofthebroken“AmericanDream”，actersymbols，coloursymbols，consumerculturethey，narrativetheysoonBesides，thereisonemespecialresearchview，thelocations—E

6、astEgg，WestEgg，GreyValleyNewYkarewthstudyingTheyhavecloseconnectionwithrevealingthetheme，depictingtheacterspromotingthedevelopmentoftheplots2.TheFunctionsoftheDeionaboutLocationsFitzgeraldhashisownwritingpurposeonthedeio

7、noflocationsThefourlocationshaveprofoundmeaningsTheynotonlyreflecttherealityoftheAmericansocietybutalsohavegreateffectsontheactersInthisparttherelationshipwillberevealedrespectivelyThedeionoflocationsisappliedtoreinfceth

8、ethemesdepicttheacters2.1Therelationshipbetweenfourlocationsthetheme“AmericanDream”Thethemeofaliterarywkistoexplethebasic，oftenwithauniversalideaThiswkhasdescribedathemethatisthe“AmericanDream”.[1](P145)Onthesurface，TheG

9、reatGatsbyisapairoffailedlovestybetweenamanawoman，butthescopeofthethemeofthenovelismuchlargerthanthis，itisnotsoromanticThestyoccursmainlyintheEastEgg，WestEgg，GrayValleyNewYkBetweenthefourlocations，therearethetypicalrepre

10、sentativesofsymbolicmeaningsocialclassThethemeAmericanDreamcanbewellstatedbytheresearchesonthefourlocations2.1.1Thesymbolismofthefourlocations“AmericanDream”iginatesintheearlyAmericanhisty，afterthevictyofnnext30years？”Be

11、causeofalotofinheritance，theyneverwryaboutlifejustenjoythemselvesTheyliveinluxurioushousearethetraditionalrichclassTherefe，theyneednottoearnmoneyurgently，donothaveillusionwillTherearenotfrustrationsuccessinalltheirlifeDi

12、fferentfromEastEgg，WestEggisasymbolofthenouveauxriches，whichstartedfromscratch[4](P2325)Theymaketheirefftsthroughlife，throughvariousmeans(mostlyillegalmeans)ftheiraccumulatedwealth，therefeleadtheenvyoftheirprevious，every

13、wheretoshowoffthekindofvulgarlifeThecontradictionbetweentheEastWestisalsoreflectedintheconflictofEastEggWestEgg，whichismerevealingofthe“AmericanDream”tragedydeepenthesubject[5](9899)InadditiontheEasteggsareasymbolofthedl

14、eEastinthenovel；theWestEggsymbolizesthewest.EasternEuropeistheembodimentofdepravity，whilethedleWestisthebirthplaceoftheiginalethicsTheeasternpartisatypicaldegeneration，“JazzAge”thepleasurerepresentativeInthiswksistheeast

15、ernpartof“alackofclearmalvalues，”asymbolofthespiritofthedesert，whilethewestisasymbolofthespiritofmaliginInEastEgg，Tom，DaisyBakerlookelegantoutsideHowever，theylosetheirmalinsideInWestEgg，contrastedwithTomDaisy，Gatsbyhasme

16、malthantheydoAtleast，GatsbyrespectsotherpeopleInthenovel，thethirdmajsceneoftext—“GrayValley”isptrayedas：abizarrefarm，likeavalleyofashespiledup，locatedinthedesolatetheEastWesteggluxuryinsharpcontrasttotherichGrayValleyisf

17、medbytheindustrialwasteplacesBecausethelocationitselfispo，livingagroupofpeoplewithoutthevitality，isabyproductofcapitalism，butalsoisthehomeofthepointhenovelItsymbolizesthemaldecadencethespiritofthewildernessGrayValleyisug

18、lyevilIthasbeenthesymbolofthewastedspiritualwldItisalsothesymbolofthematerialwld，poweakActually，GrayValleyisthespirituallifereflectionoftheserichmenAllaregreylightless“AmericanDream”isconsideredas“GoldenDream”Theyenjoyed

19、themselvesatanycost.Especially，TomDaisyhavenobeliefnoaimsNevertheless，GatsbyconsidersabstractasconcreteconsidertrashaspricelessthingHetriestoseekthematerialtorealizehisdreaminthiswastedlJudgingfromthat，his“AmericanDream”

20、istofailTosumup，theauthdescribesGrayValley，whichreflectstheruinedspiritbymoneywshipGrayValleyisconnectedcloselywiththethemeInthenovel，thelastsceneisNewYkCity，whichinsharpcontraststoGrayValleyItisnoisy，rich，ggeouseyecatch