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1、英国文学选读期末论文 AnInterpretationoftheVeilinWilliamSomerestMaugham’sThePaintedVeil1.IntroductionWilliamSomerestMaugham(25January1874-16December1965)whoisafamousBritishnovelist,playwrightandshortstorywriterwasamongthemostpopularwritersofhiseraandreputedlytheh
2、ighestpaidauthorduringthe1930s.Hewrotemanynotablenovels,includingOfHumanBondage(1915),TheMoonandSixpences(1919),CakesandAle(1930)andTheRazor’sEdge(1944).Hisworksmainlytalksaboutfamily,loveandthetwistsinmarriagenupperclass,andhasthesenseofsatire.ThePain
3、tedVeilwhichwaswrittenin1925byMaughamwasoneofthepopularworks.Itisstoryabouttoleranceandlovebetweenhusbandandwife.KittyisabeautifulBritishwoman,andWalterFaneisanEnglishmiddle-class,lacklusterbacteriologist.KittymarriedwithWalterquickly.However,KittyAcce
4、ptedWalter’sproposalnotforlove,buttorebelagainsthermother,whichmeansthatsheisirresponsibletomarriage.KittybornlivelyandWalter'ssilenceoftendampenedherenthusiasm.Andtheirinterestsweretotallydifferent,sohermarriagewasnothappiness.KittymetHongkongassistan
5、tChiefSecretaryCharleyDowsonwhohadmarriedandhadthreesons.Shewasseducedbyhisappearance,andthenshehadanaffairwithhim.AfterWalterknewherdisloyalty,hestartedtorevengeher.WalterforcedKittytogotoaremotetownwithhim–MeiTanhu,whereaseriouscholeraepidemicspreadc
6、razily.Walterhealedthesick,cleanupthecity,andstrainedeverynervetoletpeopledrinkwaterclean.There,hemadehimverybusyandignoredKitty.There,theybothexperiencedalotandgraduallyunderstoodeachotherandacceptedeachotheragain.However,whentheystartedtoliveanotherl
7、ife,Walterdiedofaseriouscholera.2.AnInterpretationoftheVeilFromthebeginningtotheend,thereisnoscenethatrelatedtoveil,butwhyisthestorycalledThePaintedVeil?What’sthemeaningof“veil”inthemovie?ThisnovelbeginswithShelley’spoemThePaintedVeil:“Liftnotthepainte
8、dveilwhichthosewholivecallLife:thoughunrealshapesbepicturedthere”.Bythis,wecanknowMaugham’sintentionofthiswriting:tolifttheveil.ThisisaquotefromEdwardNorton:“Weoftenfallinlovewiththeillusionswehaveofaboutapersonratherthanwhotheyreallyar
