英美文学选读期末考试A卷姓名： 专业：学号： 学习中心：（附答案） 成绩：Answer the following questions in English. (20 points for each)1. What is the theme expressed in Shakespeares “Sonnet 18”? 答：Shakespeares eighteenth sonnet expresses the theme of humanism: Love conquers all, beauty lives on earth. Shakespeares sonnets were the leading translation company of the Elizabethan age, when the great love poems of England were written. His poems extol and affirm the value and power of human beings, praise and praise the noble dignity and reason of human beings, and explain the thoughts of humanism with profound language. The idea of humanism also permeates the eighteenth sonnet. The poem opens its imagination with the imagery of summer, and our mind immediately imagines the luxuriant shade and the gorgeous bud. But summer here is actually not what we usually think of as a hot summer summer. British summer except for a few days in late July, the climate is generally comfortable and pleasant, similar to the late spring in northern China, let people have a pleasant, beautiful association. And the summer here is both a lovely and agreeable sign of the poets friend, and an allusion to the young and energetic period of his friend, for summer is always full of life.2. What does the image “lamb” stand for in William Blakes poem “The Lamb”?答：Lamb contact who controls the topic of life. It means to be content with the status quo and get rid of the shackles of fate. From the meaning of life, life philosophy, life symbol and other aspects.3. How to describe the characteristics of Mrs. Bennet in the novel Pride and Prejudice? 答 :Mrs Bennet is a foolish and thoughtless woman. There was no etiquette or virtue to her, and she did not care about the moral and ideological education of her daughters. From the beginning of the novel, her only problem is how to marry off all her daughters. She was very satisfied with her daughter Lindas marriage, but did not condemn Lindas shameful behavior, nor did she worry about Lindas bad influence on the family. Mrs. Bennets incivility also leads directly to Elizabeths humiliation, and her unrestrained behavior also leads to Janes moving away after her marriage to Mr. Bingley.4. Who is the narrator in Edgar Allan Poes The Cask of Amontillado? What wrong does he want to redress?答：Edgar Allan POE The irony of the novel has produced remarkable aesthetic effects and effectively reveals POE used to describe Gothic themes such as revenge, terror and death. In the work, the author is separated from the narrator Monterisse, in fact, Monterisse is the authors biggest allegorical object. Monterisse successfully completes the planned murder by deceiving Furtunado into the cellar through verbal irony, but the author sets up two contrasting scenes with the black mask, cloak and Monterisses arm. On the logo and other ironic imagery to expose the cruelty and meanness of Monterisse. The victim, Fortunado, is also the object of the authors mockery. His arrogant ambassador Monterisse can take advantage of the opportunity to enter, but he himself is not prepared, but step into the trap, indirectly contributing to his own death. In what can be seen as the final and greatest irony of the work, 50 years later, Fortunado is laid to rest at the base of Monterisses mansion while the narrator brags about his crimes.5. In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, do you think Gatsby deserves to be called the great person? Why/ Why not?答：Gatsby is a sheep in Wolfs skin, and the upper society is the gathering place of wolves. In order to enter the upper society, he uses illegal means to smuggle, create, weave false lies, put on the Wolfs skin, and enter the wolves. He is desperate to find young love mixed with material beauty, ugliness, human nature, reality, dream and self-imagination and other complex materials. It is not the game love derived from The Times. It is different from the upper class who indulge in the material desire to play and make fun. It is better to describe him by smuggling to gain huge wealth. He risked his life in exchange for the admission ticket of the upper class society, the pursuit is not a broader material wealth, but unreal young love, love is his belief in everything, love is a double-edged sword, love helps him complete, but also destroyed his life. It can be said that the success of love, defeat also love. Whether he made his fortune by fabricating lies, smuggling money, or partying like crazy, he thought the material was too heavy or too light. If he was too heavy, why didnt he find another way to find Daisy, such as asking for information privately, and if he was too light, why did he risk his life to enter the upper society? There is a saying on the Internet, when turbidity becomes a normal state, it is simply a mistake. There is also a saying in the article, in that society at that time, people were obsessed wit