A Brief Analysis of the Main Theme of A Tale of Two Cities1.doc

双城记的主题简分析A Brief Analysis of the Main Theme of A Tale of Two CitiesContentsAbstract.1Key words.1I. Introduction.11.1Introduction to the Author.11.1.1The Authors Fame.11.1.2The Authors Growth and Main Works.21.1.3The Authors Writing Skills in This Novel.31.2Introduction to the Story.31.2.1The Content of the Novel.31.3Introduction to the Background of the French Revolution.4II. The Main Theme.5III. Main Characters.63.1 Doctor Manette.63.2 Lucy Manette. .63.3 Darnay.73.4 Carton.73.5 Mrs Defarge.7IV. Analysis of Difference Characters.74.1Benevolence.84.2Animosity.12V. Conclusion.13References.14A Brief Analysis of the Main Theme of A Tale of Two Cities摘 要: 双城记是狄更斯晚年的一部力作.作者以法国大革命为时代背景,在人道主义的旗帜下,通过几个家庭的悲剧故事和一段凄美的爱情故事,表现出法国大革命的血腥恐怖,从而呼吁英国政府用仁爱对抗暴力,用仁爱拯救英国子民.作者的人道主义思想感情色彩在这部小说里得到了充分的展现.本文从作者的情感思想的对比(即暴力和仁爱)着手来研究双城记中作者的人道主义观点.同时,对作者的生平和主要作品以及当时的时代背景进行介绍,是我们能更好地了解作者的人道主义观点在作品中的体现.关键字:双城记;人道主义;暴力;仁爱Abstract: A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens main works in his old time. The author took the French Revolution as the background and took humanitarianism as the flag to display the bloody horror of the revolution through several families tragic story and a deplorable love story. Dickens aimed for appealing the authority to use benevolence to resist violence and use mercy to save the mass in Britain. The authors colorful humanitarianism views were fully expressed in this novel. This paper will study the Dickens humanitarianism views in A Tale of Two Cities through the contrasts among the authors emotion thoughts, meanwhile, I will introduce the authors experience, main works and the historical background at that time, which will make us get better knowledge of Dickens humanitarianism views displayed in this novel.Key words: A Tale of Two Cities; humanitarianism; violence; benevolenceI. Introduction 1.1 Introduction to the AuthorThis paper mainly talks about the authors emotion thoughts such as love and animosity and what should to be done when facing them. Before we discuss it, we must have some understanding of the author.1.1.1 The Authors FameCharles Dickens was one of the great figures in English literature and has maintained his popularity to the present day because of his breadth of appeal. Many of the characters he created have passed into a sort of modern mythology while many of his quotations have become part of everyday language. His works have been translated into practically every language and his novels have been adapted to plays, films, musicals, and so on. His unique bend of humor, pathos and humanitarianism resounds through all his works, and made him widely popular in his time. Today, he is generally regarded as a serious literary artist as well as a social analyst. His depiction of Victorian society as being industrialized, greedy, and self important has earned him a seat among the great morally and socially responsible writers of history.1.1.2The Authors Growth and Main WorksCharles Dickens was born in Landport, Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. In 1814 Dickens moved to London, and then to Chatham, where he received some education. He worked in a blacking factory, Hungerford, London, while his family was in Marshalea debtors prison in 1824. In 1824-27 Dickens studied at Wellington House Academy, London, and at Mr Dawsons school in 1827. From 1827 to 1828 he was a law office clerk, and then worked as a shorthand reporter at Doctors Commons. He wrote for True Son (1830-32), Mirror of Parliament (1832-34) and the Morning Chronicle (1834-36). He was in the 1830s a contributor to the Monthly Magazine, and The Evening Chronicle and edited Bentleys Miscellany. In the 1840s Dickens founded Master Humphrys Clock and edited the London Daily News. Dickens career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays appeared in periodicals. His Sketches By Bos and Pickwick Papers were published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth.The Pickwick Papers were stories about a group of rather odd individuals and their travels to Ipswich, Rochester, Bath and elsewhere. Dickens novels first appeared in monthly installments, including Oliver Twist (1837-39), which depicts the London underworld and hard years of the founding Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickelby (1838-39), a tale of young Nicklebys struggle to seek his fortune, and The Curiosity Shop (1840-41). Among his later works are David Copperfield (1849-50), where Dickens used his own personal experiences of work in a factory, Bleak House (1852-53), A Tale Of Two Cities (1859), set in the years of the French Revolution and Great Expectations (1860-61).