Moll-Flanders

MollFlanders2013031118SelinaMyideasforthepresentation•Theauthor•ThebriefintroductionofMollFlanders•Therelationshipofcharacters•Thetheme•MyreadingreactiontothebookDanielDefoe•ApioneernovelistofEngland•Aprolificwriterofbooksandpamphletsonagreatvarietyofsubjects•AbusinessmanandadevoutPresbyterianThebriefintroductionofMollFlanders1•HeroineMollFlandersarenotbornguilty.•Mollisakind,sincerewoman.Herlifeisfulloffantasy.•MollFlanderswasborninNewgatePrisonandhermotherwasathief,wasexiledtoVirginia.•Herchildhoodwasadoptedbyothers,butshehopedthatfromherchildhood,shecanbetrulyself-independenttorealizeherladylikehomelyidealsbyhardworking.ThebriefintroductionofMollFlanders2•Butattheageof15,shewasinaseductionbytheeldersonofarichfamily,latershehadtomarrywiththeyoungersontocoverthesin.•Sincethen,shedidaprostitutefor12years,beenmarriedfor5times,andformoneymadefornicationwithavarietyofman,andbeenthethieffor12years,becameawell-knownpickpocket.•Shewaslikehermother,beingarrestedandeventuallybeputintoNewgatePrison,andalsobeensenttoVirginiaafteraneight-yearexile.ThebriefintroductionofMollFlanders3•Shefinallybecameanhonestwoman,livedarichandsatisfyinglifewithherhusband.•Andbeforeherdeath,shesincerelyrepentfortheirpastsinscareers.Therelationshipofcharacters•Moll----seduction(Robert’brother)•Moll----marryRobert•Moll----marryabusinessman•Moll----marryalandowner(herbrother)•Moll----bealoverofagentleman•Moll----marryanIrish•Moll----marryathiefThetheme1•“根据自己的经验，很快懂得了这个道理：世道变了，连婚姻也不例外。不论在伦敦，还是在乡下，结婚是为了相互的利益，不是处于某种政治阴谋，就是为了做生意，”她还发现，“男人无所顾及的奔走，寻找富家之女；他们把此称之为‘猎妇’—即通过婚姻发一笔横财…”Thetheme2•(你们)对男人的侮辱，只得逆来顺受，导致以后无穷的痛苦。我认为，我们女人完全没有必要这样做男人的附庸品，……婚姻大事，关系到自己一身的幸福，万万不能操之过急。即使(你们)出嫁迟一点，但换来的一生安定的生活，因而完全补偿了晚婚的遗憾，嫁了个坏丈夫的女人，结婚往往太早太仓促；而嫁了个好丈夫的女人，则结婚再晚也不算晚。总之，除了身体残疾或名声扫地的女人，世上的女人迟早都能嫁个好丈夫，只要(你)能谨慎从事，处置得当。”Thetheme3•笛福借摩尔不断依附男人，直至人老珠黄而不得不行窃以为生的这段经历论述了经济与婚姻紧密挂钩的社会弊端，这也是当时妇女在经济和婚姻问题上处于被动、受约束和从属地位的体现。•可见，尽管当时大时代的前提是妇女们普遍受到不公正待遇，但笛福仍表现出他尊重妇女，理解妇女，同情妇女的态度，相信她们可以获得婚姻幸福并抨击了传统的妇女观，这在当时是难能可贵的。Myreadingreactiontothebook1•MakeacontrastwithRobinsonCrusoe:•Similarity:1.anindividualpersonasthemaincharacter2.inextremelypoorcondition3.inordertomakestruggleforsurvival•Difference:manstrugglewithnature,whilewomanstrugglewithvanity.Myreadingreactiontothebook2•一个漂亮的女人，她自小就渴望舒适、享受的生活环境，她为着这个目标，以自己的美丽为唯一可依赖的资本，从受骗到骗人，逐渐圆熟自己的生存技巧。•Aperson,whethermanorwoman,ifnotsetinsideafirmbottomlineofself,hisorhercorruptionwillcertainlystopuntildeath.•ThereisNothingwrongwithadesireforbetterlife,buthe(she)cannotusethisastheironlygoalinlife.Asiftheyputitasthehighestideal,themenwillbeabletogiveitalluptorealizethegoal,andtheywouldhavetofall.Thankyouforyourattention.