关于卖花女的英语论文
寄语学弟学妹-护士长竞聘演讲稿
A Review of the Flower Girl
Ⅰ. The
introduction of the drama
A. The story about
the drama
B.
The tone of the drama
C.
The reflection of the drama
Ⅱ.
The principal actors
A. The flower girl
B.
The note taker
Ⅲ. The literary devices
A.
Analogy
B. Repetition
C. Allegory
Conclusion：The author is successful
A Review of the flower girl
It is a drama that happens under the portico
of Saint Paul's Church in a rainy
day. At
11:15p.m., a group of people are sheltering from
the rain. Under the portico,
there are already
several people including some society people,
social climbers and
underprivileged people.
They are all frowning at the heavy rain, except
one special
man with his back turned on the
others. He is absorbed in his notes and notebook,
in
which he is writing down some pedestrians’
pronunciation busily. As a consequence,
he
causes the flower girl’s panic and spectators’
aversion, due to they think that he is
a
police officer and will not calm down until he
introduces himself. At last, they
know he is a
professor of phonetics named Henry Higgins, who
can spot a person by
his accent. In the
meanwhile, he makes the flower girl stop “her
detestable
boohooing” and catches her lies
explosively. Moreover, Higgins tells Pickering
that
he could pass off the flower girl “as a
duchess” merely by teaching her to speak
properly, which attracts the streetwise girl.
In the end, the flower girl takes the cab
using the money that Higgins tossed to her,
leaving the cab runner on his own.
It
seems a humorous drama, but sharply exposes some
dark reality in the
community at that time,
which is both thought-provoking and entertaining.
What
attracts me most is the excellent
language art, which figures images of all kinds of
people and reflects all the fields of the
society vividly and visually, just by using the
great dialogue and intriguing stage direction.
In the drama, one’s pronunciation stands
for
his social status. In addition, the monologue
renders the surrounding atmosphere,
which makes the drama more vivid.
What make the drama unforgettable for me are
the flower girl’s appearance,
expression and
language. She is described as follows，
“She wears a shoddy black coat that reaches nearly
to her knees and is shaped
to her waist. She
has a brown skirt with a coarse apron. Her boots
are much the worse
for wear.”
We can
easily draw a conclusion that she lives as an ant
at the bottom level of
the society. For her,
life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
Compared with the
colorful world, brown and
black is the mass-tone of her life. Meanwhile，her
dress is
an example of the wretched poverty of
working class. However, she is only one of the
countless people.
“She is no doubt as
clean as she can afford to be; but compared to the
ladies she
is very dirty. Her features are no
worse than theirs; but their condition leaves
something to be desired.”
It is
obvious that she is a free individual, who is not
inferior to others. If she
has enough money
and the relative social status, she also can be an
elegant lady. Or
will everyone can be an
elegant person if he has these advantageous
conditions. The
bridge is a difficult one to
cross due to there is the class distinctions
between them.
“Ow, eez ye-ooa san, is e? Wal,
fewd dan y’ de-ooty bawma a mather should,
eed
now bettern to spawl a pore gel’s flahrzn than ran
awy athaht pyin.”
“Never you mind, young man.
I’m going home in a taxi. Eightpence aint no
object to me.”
From her language
and behaviors, we can see that she is adventurous,
resourceful and intelligent; even though she
is poor, she also has a right to live well.
She excuses herself bravely, and uses her
wisdom to reach the goal. She knows how
to
assert her own right and live in such a dog-eat-
dog society clearly. It could even
say that
she is an example of the independence and strength
of women at that time.
What’s more,
Higgins’s rude behavior is one of the comedy
factors that attract
me. For work, he is crazy
and enthusiastic; because he says, “That’s my
profession:
also my hobby. Happy is the man
who can make a living by his hobby.” Standing in
the crowd, he doesn’t seem to care what the
spectators are doing; he just writes down
what
he cares about. His vocational skills and
intelligence are very mature, but social
skills are childish. Once, in order to stop
the girl’s “boohooing”, he says:
“A woman who
utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has
no right to be
anywhere——no right to live.
Remember that you are a human being with a soul
and
the divine gift of articulate speech.”
In this manner, he is an impatient man who
scarcely considers the feelings of
others. He
devotes himself to his work absolutely, and is
proud of it. He is a defender
of the language
of Shakespear and Milton. However, his rude words
also reflect a
social phenomenon: one’s accent
stands for his social status in such an era. The
bottom level of the society has fewer rights
to do something and always be despised
by the
superior class.
In the drama, the author
uses analogy and repetition throughout; this makes
the
drama colorful and vivid. For example, she
repeatedly stresses that she is a good girl,
as she thinks that the note taker is a
police officer. At that moment, such sentences
reflect the flower girl’s guilt and panic. In
addition, the note taker considers the girl’s
voice as “a bilious pigeon”, which can show
the character of addressor. Obviously, he
is a
man who treats others’ emotion with indifference.
Besides, allegory is a rhetorical
device that
the author also uses for portraying the
characters. For example, when a
hurried man
collides with the flower girl and blames it on
her, she doesn’t get angry
but tauntingly say,
“Theres menners f’ yer! Te-oo banches o voylets
trod into the
mad.” It is easy to see that she
is looked indifferent by others, but at heart she
has her
own moral courage. Of course, this
kind of creative rhetorical device, widely used in
the drama, can reinforce the expression effect
and show a richer and more incisive
scene.
These are the reasons that I appreciate this
drama.
As the above aspects, the author
is very successful. Apart from making others
laugh, the story’s reflection of realistic
society is very thought-provoking. The
common
language, interesting plots and close connections
are undoubtedly worth
learning and
appreciating.