indiscretion-140
刘耀文的大沙雕
钟意阿满
冒昧的 英文怎么说
这么偏的演员你都要问的话，起码是philes，所以下面估计你应该能看懂，那我就不翻译了···。
William B. Davis。
Overview
Date of Birth:13 January 1938, Toronto, Ontario, Canada。
Contact:View agent contact info on IMDbPro.。
Trivia:His favorite "The X Files" (1993) episode is "Talitha Cumi" (3.24). more。
STARmeter: Down 2% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.。
Awards:1 win & 3 nominations more。
NewsDesk:
(12 articles) Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/29/2009。
(From Fangoria. 26 September 2009, 10:56 PM, PDT)。
The Official Trailer for The Shortcut。
(From shocktillyoudrop. 3 September 2009)。
Actor:
In Production
2000s
1990s
1980s
Amazon Falls (2010) (post-production) .... Calvin。
Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf (2010) (post-production) .... Dr. Robert Parker。
Damage (2009)
The Thaw (2009) .... Ted。
"Caprica" .... Minister Chambers (1 episode, 2009)。
- Pilot (2009) TV episode .... Minister Chambers。
The Shortcut (2009) .... Benjamin。
Something Evil Comes (2009) (TV) .... Mr. Dutton。
Possession (2009/I) .... Hypnotist。
Reverse (2008) .... Chris。
Passengers (2008) .... Jack。
A Pickle (2008) .... Mack。
"Fear Itself" .... Father Chris (1 episode, 2008)。
- In Sickness and in Health (2008) TV episode .... Father Chris。
Web of Desire (2008) (TV) .... Charles Friedman。
The Femme Fatale (2008) (V) .... Sam。
"Masters of Science Fiction" .... The President (1 episode, 2007)。
- The Awakening (2007) TV episode .... The President。
Numb (2007/I) .... Peter。
Judicial Indiscretion (2007) (TV) .... Senator Garland Wolf。
The Messengers (2007) .... Colby Price。
"Canadian Comedy Shorts" .... Finance Minister (1 episode, 2006)。
- Episode #10.9 (2006) TV episode .... Finance Minister。
The Secret of Hidden Lake (2006) (TV) .... Judge Landers。
Sisters (2006/I) .... Dr. Bryant。
Her Fatal Flaw (2006) (TV) .... Richard O'Brien。
Dark Storm (2006) (TV) .... General Killion。
The Janitors (2006) .... Harvey。
"Supernatural" .... College Professor (1 episode, 2006)。
- Scarecrow (2006) TV episode .... College Professor。
"Stargate SG-1" .... Damaris / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2006)。
... aka La porte des étoiles (Canada: French title: dubbed version)。
- The Fourth Horseman: Part 2 (2006) TV episode .... Ori Prior Damaris。
- Babylon (2005) TV episode .... Damaris。
Goose on the Loose (2006) .... Alphonse David。
Dark Pines (2005) (TV) .... Shannon Fraser。
"Robson Arms" .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright (10 episodes, 2005)。
- Aftershock (2005) TV episode .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright。
- The Recipe (2005) TV episode .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright。
- Educating Alicia (2005) TV episode .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright。
- The Lonely Passion of Mr Tan (2005) TV episode .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright。
- A Material Breach (2005) TV episode .... Dr. Carlisle Wainwright。
(5 more)
Max Rules (2005) .... Rick Brinkley。
"Tilt" .... Father Mike (1 episode, 2005)。
- Nobody Ever Listens (2005) TV episode .... Father Mike。
The Last Round (2005) .... Mitchell。
The Cost of Living (2005/II) .... Mark Mortinson。
The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
Packing Up (2004) .... Jenkins。
"The Murdoch Mysteries" .... Alderman Godfrey Shepcote (1 episode, 2004)。
- Except the Dying (2004) TV episode .... Alderman Godfrey Shepcote。
Lyon King (2004) .... Finance Minister。
The Cradle Will Fall (2004) (TV) .... Dist. Atty. Alex Myerson。
... aka Mary Higgins Clark's The Cradle Will Fall (UK: complete title)。
"Kingdom Hospital" .... Dean Swinton (1 episode, 2004)。
... aka Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (USA: complete title)。
- The Young and the Headless (2004) TV episode .... Dean Swinton。
Snakehead Terror (2004) .... Doc Jenkins。
Word of Honor (2003) (TV) .... Lewis Kaplan - Tyson's Boss。
"Smallville" .... Mayor Tate (2 episodes, 2002-2003)。
... aka Smallville Beginnings (USA: rerun title)。
... aka Smallville: Superman the Early Years (UK: promotional title)。
- Relic (2003) TV episode .... Mayor Tate。
- Ryan (2002) TV episode .... Mayor Tate。
Arbor Vitae (2003) .... Old Soul。
100 Days in the Jungle (2002) (TV)。
Saint Sinner (2002) (TV) .... Father Michael。
... aka Clive Barker's Saint Sinner (USA: complete title)。
The Thing (2002) (VG) (voice) (as William Davis) .... Col. Whitely。
"Body & Soul" (2002) TV series .... Dr. Edward A. Esseff (unknown episodes)。
Damaged Care (2002) (TV) .... Dr. Sam Verbush。
"The X Files" .... CGB Spender / ... (37 episodes, 1993-2002)。
... aka The X-Files (USA)。
- The Truth: Parts 1 & 2 (2002) TV episode .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
- Requiem (2000) TV episode .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
- En Ami (2000) TV episode .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
- Closure (2000) TV episode .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (1999) TV episode .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
(32 more)
Aftermath (2002) .... Deputy Director Edwards。
Polished (2002) .... Philip。
"Andromeda" .... Professor Logitch (1 episode, 2001)。
... aka Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (USA: complete title)。
- Pitiless as the Sun (2001) TV episode .... Professor Logitch。
"MythQuest" .... Head Priest (1 episode, 2001)。
- The Oracle (2001) TV episode .... Head Priest。
Anthrax (2001) .... Tye Crow。
"The Outer Limits" .... Dr. Biemler / ... (3 episodes, 1995-2001)。
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)。
- Worlds Within (2001) TV episode .... Dr. Biemler。
- Out of Body (1996) TV episode .... John Wymer。
- The Conversion (1995) TV episode .... Ed。
Mindstorm (2001) (as William Davis) .... Parish。
... aka Le projet Mindstorm (Canada: French title)。
Out of Line (2001) .... Russell。
"First Wave" .... Sagon (1 episode, 2001)。
- Checkmate (2001) TV episode .... Sagon。
The Proposal (2001) .... Agent Frank Gruning。
Broken Saints (2001) (voice) .... Benjamin Palmer。
Becoming Dick (2000) (TV) .... Dr. Hardwin。
Killing Moon (2000) (TV) .... Ed。
Murder Most Likely (1999) (TV) .... Detective Inspector。
"Mentors" .... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 episode, 1999)。
- The Truth Is in Here (1999) TV episode .... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle。
Voyage of Terror (1998) (TV) .... Dr. Norman Ellisy。
... aka Die Schreckensfahrt der Orion Star (Germany)。
... aka The Fourth Horseman。
The X Files (1998) .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
... aka Aux frontières du réel (Canada: French title)。
... aka The X Files Movie (Australia)。
... aka The X-Files (USA: closing credits title)。
The X Files Game (1998) (VG) .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
... aka The X-Files (USA: alternative title)。
Perpetrators of the Crime (1998) .... Henderson。
The Last Tzaddik (1998) .... Mr. Drazien。
The Limbic Region (1996) (TV) .... Teacher。
"Poltergeist: The Legacy" .... Dr. Bill Nigel (1 episode, 1996)。
- Do Not Go Gently (1996) TV episode .... Dr. Bill Nigel。
Unforgettable (1996) .... Dr. Smoot。
The X-Files: The Unopened File (1996) (V) .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
When the Vows Break (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Alexander。
... aka Courting Justice (USA)。
"Sliders" .... Prof. Myman (1 episode, 1995)。
- Eggheads (1995) TV episode .... Prof. Myman。
Circumstances Unknown (1995) (TV) .... Gene Reuschel。
Not Our Son (1995) (TV) (uncredited) .... Police Chief。
Dangerous Intentions (1995) .... Group Leader。
Don't Talk to Strangers (1994) (TV) .... Huddleston。
... aka Dangerous Pursuit。
Heart of a Child (1994) (TV) .... Vern。
Beyond Suspicion (1994) (TV) .... Capt. Dick Roth。
"North of 60" .... Inspector Neilsen (1 episode, 1993)。
- Out of the Blue (1993) TV episode .... Inspector Neilsen。
"Nightmare Cafe" .... Doctor (1 episode, 1992)。
- Sanctuary for a Child (1992) TV episode .... Doctor。
"Street Justice" .... Badgely (1 episode, 1992)。
- Homecoming (1992) TV episode (as William Davis) .... Badgely。
Diagnosis Murder (1992) (TV) .... Marvin Parkins。
... aka A Diagnosis of Murder (UK)。
The Hitman (1991) (as William Davis) .... Dr. Atkins。
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Lawyer。
"MacGyver" .... Judge (1 episode, 1991)。
- Trail of Tears (1991) TV episode .... Judge。
"21 Jump Street" .... Judge / ... (3 episodes, 1987-1991)。
- Crossfire (1991) TV episode .... Judge。
- Champagne High (1988) TV episode (as William Davis) .... Mr. Wickenton。
- Mean Streets and Pastel Houses (1987) TV episode .... Mr. Weidlin。
It (1990) (TV) .... Mr. Gedreau。
... aka Stephen King's It (USA: complete title)。
Anything to Survive (1990) (TV) .... Dr. Reynolds。
"Wiseguy" .... Curant / ... (2 episodes, 1988-1989)。
- People Do It All the Time (1989) TV episode .... Inspector #2。
- The Merchant of Death (1988) TV episode .... Curant。
Look Who's Talking (1989) .... Drug Doctor。
... aka Daddy's Home。
Matinee (1989) (TV) .... Heath Harris。
... aka Midnight Matinee。
"Danger Bay" .... Frank Norris / ... (2 episodes, 1987-1988)。
- Racing Against Time (1988) TV episode .... Jack Kane。
- High Flyer (1987) TV episode .... Frank Norris。
"Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" .... Arvin (1 episode, 1988)。
- Judgement (1988) TV episode .... Arvin。
The Little Match Girl (1987) (TV) (as Bill Davis) .... Dr. Sam Easton。
"Airwolf" .... F.I.R.M. Official (4 episodes, 1987)。
... aka Airwolf II (USA: new title)。
... aka Atlantis Airwolf (International: English title: fourth season title)。
- The Key (1987) TV episode。
- Rogue Warrior (1987) TV episode。
- Stavograd: Part 2 (1987) TV episode .... F.I.R.M. Official。
- Stavograd: Part 1 (1987) TV episode .... F.I.R.M. Official。
Deadly Deception (1987) (TV) .... Lawyer。
"The Beachcombers" .... Dave Douglas (1 episode, 1986)。
... aka Beachcombers (Canada: English title: last season title)。
- Trial Balloon (1986) TV episode .... Dave Douglas。
Head Office (1985) (as William Davis) .... University Dean。
The Cuckoo Bird (1985) (TV) .... Ted。
"SCTV Channel" .... Man On The Phone (1 episode, 1984)。
- Half Wits/Save the World Parade (1984) TV episode .... Man On The Phone。
The Dead Zone (1983) (as William Davis) .... Ambulance Driver。
Writer:
Reverse (2008) (writer)。
"49th and Main" (2006) TV series (unknown episodes)。
Packing Up (2004) (writer)。
Exchange (2003/II) (writer)。
"The X Files" (1 episode, 2000)。
... aka The X-Files (USA)。
- En Ami (2000) TV episode (written by)。
Director:
Reverse (2008)
"49th and Main" (2006) TV series (unknown episodes)。
Packing Up (2004)。
Exchange (2003/II)。
Producer:
"49th and Main" (2006) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)。
Exchange (2003/II) (producer)。
Editor:
Packing Up (2004)。
Exchange (2003/II)。
Thanks:
The Jester (2008) (very special thanks)。
Self:
2000s
1990s
Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007) (V) .... Himself。
The X Files: The Making of 'The Truth' (2004) (V) .... Himself / Cigarette Smoking Man。
"Critical Eye" (2002) TV series .... Himself - Host。
Smoking: Why Can't I Quit? (2000) (TV) .... Host。
The Cigarette Smoking Man Revealed (1999) (V) (also archive footage) .... Himself / Cigarette Smoking Man。
The X-Files Movie Special (1998) (TV) .... Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender。
Inside the X Files (1998) (TV) .... Himself。
"The Jack Docherty Show" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1998)。
... aka Not the Jack Docherty Show (title for episodes with guest hosts)。
- Episode dated 19 January 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Himself - Guest。
"Terminal City" (1998) TV series .... Himself。
Archive Footage:。
Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Cigarette Smoking Man/CGB Spender。
Secrets of the X Files, Part 1 (1995) (TV) (uncredited) .... Cigarette Smoking Man/CGB Spender。
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《Gold Boy》txt下载在线阅读全文,求百度网盘云资源
excuse
my-ties.
请原谅我的冒昧。
pardon
me
my
clumsiness.
原谅我的笨拙。
excuse
me
for
my
abrupt
questions.
请原谅我冒昧提出这些问题。
venture
to
say
that....
恕我冒昧地说。。。。
take
leave
to
differ
from
you.
恕我冒昧，我不敢苟同。
if
may
venture
to
say
so.
如蒙允许；恕我冒昧。
would
it
be
rude
to
inquire
where
you
come
from?
恕我冒昧请问你是哪人？
such
indiscretion
cannot
be
pardoned.
如此轻率是不可原谅的。
would
rather
not
venture
an
opinion.
我宁愿不要冒昧地发表意见。
forgive
me.
请原谅我。
大圣杰锅是
求关于《红字》的英语论文
《Gold Boy, Emerald Girl》（Yiyun Li）电子书网盘下载免费在线阅读。
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书名：Gold Boy, Emerald Girl。
作者：Yiyun Li
豆瓣评分：7.6
出版社：Random House。
出版年份：2010-9-14
页数：240
内容简介：
In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner and acclaimed author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants , gives us exquisite fiction filled with suspense, depth, and beauty, in which history, politics, and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition.。
In the title story, a professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student’s true affections. In “A Man Like Him,” a lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. In “The Proprietress,” a reporter from Shanghai travels to a small town to write an article about the local prison, only to discover a far more intriguing story involving a shopkeeper who offers refuge to the wives and children of inmates. In “House Fire,” a young man who suspects his father of sleeping with the young man’s wife seeks the help of a detective agency run by a group of feisty old women.。
Written in lyrical prose and with stunning honesty, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl reveals worlds strange and familiar, and cultures both traditional and modern, to create a mesmerizing and vibrant landscape of life.。
作者简介：
Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing, China, and moved to the United States after she got B.S. from Peking University in 1996. She received an MFA in creative nonfiction from the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker,[2] The Paris Review, and Zoetrope: All-Story. Two of the stories from A Thousand Years of Good Prayers were adapted into films: The Princess of Nebraska and the title story, which Li adapted herself.。
She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and their two sons, and teaches at University of California, Davis.。
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《Yes, Minister》和《Yes, Prime Minister》中有哪些令你印象深刻的对白或金句？
The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses to name the father, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores questions of grace, legalism, sin and guilt.。
[edit] Plot summary。
The Scarlet Letter. Painting by T. H. Matteson. This 1860 oil-on-canvas was made under Hawthorne's personal supervision.。
The Scarlet Letter. Painting by T. H. Matteson. This 1860 oil-on-canvas was made under Hawthorne's personal supervision.[1]。
The novel begins in 17th-century Boston, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her bosom. The scarlet letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she has committed and it is to be a symbol of her sin – a badge of shame – for all to see. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester's husband, who is much older than she is, sent her ahead to America while he settled some affairs in Europe. However, her husband never arrived in Boston. The consensus is that he has been lost at sea. While waiting for her husband, Hester has apparently had an affair, as she has given birth to a child. She will not reveal her lover’s identity, however, and the scarlet letter, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. On this day Hester is led to the town scaffold and harangued by the town fathers, but she again refuses to identify her child’s father.[1]。
The elderly onlooker is Hester’s missing husband, who is now practicing medicine and calling himself Roger Chillingworth. He settles in Boston, intent on revenge. He reveals his true identity to no one but Hester, whom he has sworn to secrecy. Several years pass. Hester supports herself by working as a seamstress, and Pearl (her daughter) grows into a willful, impish child, who is more of a symbol than an actual character, said to be the scarlet letter come to life as both Hester's love and her punishment. Shunned by the community, they live in a small cottage on the outskirts of Boston. Community officials attempt to take Pearl away from Hester, but, with the help of Arthur Dimmesdale, an eloquent minister, the mother and daughter manage to stay together. Dimmesdale, however, appears to be wasting away and suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. Chillingworth attaches himself to the ailing minister and eventually moves in with him so that he can provide his patient with round-the-clock care. Chillingworth also suspects that there may be a connection between the minister’s torments and Hester’s secret, and he begins to test Dimmesdale to see what he can learn. One afternoon, while the minister sleeps, Chillingworth discovers something undescribed to the reader, supposedly an "A" burned into Dimmesdale's chest, which convinces him that his suspicions are correct.[1]。
Dimmesdale’s psychological anguish deepens, and he invents new tortures for himself. In the meantime, Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. One night, when Pearl is about seven years old, she and her mother are returning home from a visit to the deathbed of John Winthrop when they encounter Dimmesdale atop the town scaffold, trying to punish himself for his sins. Hester and Pearl join him, and the three link hands. Dimmesdale refuses Pearl’s request that he acknowledge her publicly the next day, and a meteor marks a dull red “A” in the night sky. It is interpreted by the townsfolk to mean Angel, as a prominent figure in the community had died that night, but Dimmesdale sees it as meaning Adultery. Hester can see that the minister’s condition is worsening, and she resolves to intervene. She goes to Chillingworth and asks him to stop adding to Dimmesdale’s self-torment. Chillingworth refuses. She suggests that she may reveal his identity to Dimmesdale.[1]。
Hester arranges an encounter with Dimmesdale in the forest because she is aware that Chillingworth knows that she plans to reveal his identity to Dimmesdale, and she wishes to protect him. While walking through the forest, the sun will not shine on Hester, though Pearl can bask in it. They then wait for Dimmesdale, and he arrives. The former lovers decide to flee to Europe, where they can live with Pearl as a family. They will take a ship sailing from Boston in four days. Both feel a sense of release, and Hester removes her scarlet letter and lets down her hair. The sun immediately breaks through the clouds and trees to illuminate her release and joy. Pearl, playing nearby, does not recognize her mother without the letter. She is unnerved and expels a shriek until her mother points out the letter on the ground. Hester beckons Pearl to come to her, but Pearl will not go to her mother until Hester buttons the letter back onto her dress. Pearl then goes to her mother. Dimmesdale gives Pearl a kiss on the forehead, which Pearl immediately tries to wash off in the brook, because he again refuses to make known publicly their relationship. However, he too clearly feels a release from the pretense of his former life, and the laws and sins he has lived with.。
The day before the ship is to sail, the townspeople gather for a holiday and Dimmesdale preaches his most eloquent sermon ever. Meanwhile, Hester has learned that Chillingworth knows of their plan and has booked passage on the same ship. Dimmesdale, leaving the church after his sermon, sees Hester and Pearl standing before the town scaffold. He impulsively mounts the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses publicly, exposing the mark supposedly seared into the flesh of his chest. He falls dead just after Pearl kisses him.[1]。
Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth dies a year later. Hester and Pearl leave Boston, and no one knows what has happened to them. Many years later, Hester returns alone, still wearing the scarlet letter, to live in her old cottage and resume her charitable work. She receives occasional letters from Pearl, who was rumored to have married an European aristocrat and established a family of her own. Pearl also inherits all of Chillingworth's money even though he knows she is not his daughter. There is a sense of liberation in her and the townspeople, especially the women, who had finally begun to forgive Hester of her tragic indiscretion. When Hester dies, she is buried in "a new grave near an old and sunken one, in that burial ground beside which King's Chapel has since been built. It was near that old and sunken grave, yet with a space between, as if the dust of the two sleepers had no right to mingle. Yet one tombstone served for both." The tombstone was decorated with a letter "A", and it was used for Hester and Dimmesdale.。
[edit] Major themes。
Nathaniel Hawthorne。
Nathaniel Hawthorne。
[edit] Sin
Sin and knowledge are linked in the Judeo-Christian tradition. The Bible begins with the story of Adam and Eve, who were expelled from the Garden of Eden for eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. As a result of their knowledge, Adam and Eve are made aware of their disobedience, that which separates them from the divine and from other creatures. Once expelled from the Garden of Eden, they are forced to toil and to procreate – two “labors” that seem to define the human condition. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledge – specifically, in knowledge of what it means to be human. For Hester, the scarlet letter functions as “her passport into regions where other women dared not tread,” leading her to “speculate” about her society and herself more “boldly” than anyone else in New England.[2]。
As for Dimmesdale, the “cheating minister” of his sin gives him “sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind, so that his heart vibrate[s] in unison with theirs.” His eloquent and powerful sermons derive from this sense of empathy.[2] The narrative of the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is quite in keeping with the oldest and most fully authorized principles in Christian thought. His "Fall" is a descent from apparent grace to his own damnation; he appears to begin in purity. He ends in corruption. The subtlety is that the minister is his own deceiver, convincing himself at every stage of his spiritual pilgrimage that he is saved.[3]。
The rosebush, its beauty a striking contrast to all that surrounds it – as later the beautifully embroidered scarlet A will be – is held out in part as an invitation to find “some sweet moral blossom” in the ensuing, tragic tale and in part as an image that “the deep heart of nature” (perhaps God) may look more kindly on the errant Hester and her child (the roses among the weeds) than do her Puritan neighbors. Throughout the work, the nature images contrast with the stark darkness of the Puritans and their systems.[4]。
Chillingworth’s misshapen body reflects (or symbolizes) the evil in his soul, which builds as the novel progresses, similar to the way Dimmesdale's illness reveals his inner turmoil. The outward man reflects the condition of the heart.[4]。
Although Pearl is a complex character, her primary function within the novel is as a symbol. Pearl herself is the embodiment of the scarlet letter, and Hester rightly clothes her in a beautiful dress of scarlet, embroidered with gold thread, just like the scarlet letter upon Hester's bosom. [2] Parallels can be drawn between Pearl and the character Beatrice in Rappaccini's Daughter. Both are studies in the same direction, though from different standpoints. Beatrice is nourished upon poisonous plants, until she herself becomes poisonous. Pearl, in the mysterious prenatal world, imbibes the poison of her parents' guilt.。
[edit] Past and present。
The clashing of past and present is explored in various ways. For example, the character of the old General, whose heroic qualities include a distinguished name, perseverance, integrity, compassion, and moral inner strength, is said to be “the soul and spirit of New England hardihood.” Now put out to pasture, he sometimes presides over the Custom House run by corrupt public servants, who skip work to sleep, allow or overlook smuggling, and are supervised by an inspector with “no power of thought, nor depth of feeling, no troublesome sensibilities,” who is honest enough but without a spiritual compass.[4]。
Hawthorne himself had ambivalent feelings about the role of his ancestors in his life. In his autobiographical sketch, Hawthorne described his ancestors as “dim and dusky,” “grave, bearded, sable-cloaked, and steel crowned,” “bitter persecutors” whose “better deeds” would be diminished by their bad ones. There can be little doubt of Hawthorne’s disdain for the stern morality and rigidity of the Puritans, and he imagined his predecessors’ disdainful view of him: unsuccessful in their eyes, worthless and disgraceful. “A writer of story books!” But even as he disagrees with his ancestor’s viewpoint, he also feels an instinctual connection to them and, more importantly, a “sense of place” in Salem. Their blood remains in his veins, but their intolerance and lack of humanity becomes the subject of his novel.[4]。
[edit] Public response。
The Scarlet Letter was published in the spring of 1850 by Ticknor & Fields, beginning Hawthorne's most lucrative period.[5] When he delivered the final pages to James Thomas Fields in February 1850, Hawthorne said that "some portions of the book are powerfully written" but doubted it would be popular.[6] In fact, the book was an instant best-seller[7] though, over fourteen years, it brought its author only $1,500.[5] Its initial publication brought wide protest from natives of Salem, who did not approve of how Hawthorne had depicted them in his introduction "The Custom-House". A 2,500-copy second edition of The Scarlet Letter included a preface by Hawthorne dated March 30, 1850, that he had decided to reprint his introduction "without the change of a word... The only remarkable features of the sketch are its frank and genuine good-humor... As to enmity, or ill-feeling of any kind, personal or political, he utterly disclaims such motives".[8]。
The book's immediate and lasting success are due to the way it addresses spiritual and moral issues from a uniquely American standpoint. In 1850, adultery was an extremely risqué subject, but because Hawthorne had the support of the New England literary establishment, it passed easily into the realm of appropriate reading. It has been said that this work represents the height of Hawthorne's literary genius; dense with terse descriptions. It remains relevant for its philosophical and psychological depth, and continues to be read as a classic tale on a universal theme.[9]。
The Scarlet Letter was also one of the first mass-produced books in America. Into the mid-nineteenth century, bookbinders of home-grown literature typically hand-made their books and sold them in small quantities. The first mechanized printing of The Scarlet Letter, 2,500 volumes, sold out within ten days,[5] and was widely read and discussed to an extent not much experienced in the young country up until that time. Copies of the first edition are often sought by collectors as rare books, and may fetch up to around $6,000 USD.。
On its publication, critic Evert Augustus Duyckinck, a friend of Hawthorne, said he preferred the author's Washington Irving-like tales. Another friend, critic Edwin Percy Whipple, objected to the novel's "morbid intensity" with dense psychological details, writing that the book "is therefore apt to become, like Hawthorne, too painfully anatomical in his exhibition of them".[10] 20th century writer D. H. Lawrence said that there could be no more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter.[11]。
[edit] Allusions。
* Anne Hutchinson, mentioned in Chapter 1, The Prison Door, was a religious dissenter (1591-1643). In the 1630s she was excommunicated by the Puritans and exiled from Boston and moved to Rhode Island.[4]。
* Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.。
* Sir Thomas Overbury and Dr. Forman were the subjects of an adultery scandal in 1615 in England. Dr. Forman was charged with trying to poison his adulterous wife and her lover. Overbury was a friend of the lover and was perhaps poisoned.。
* John Winthrop (1588-1649), first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.。
* Richard Dawkins' Out Campaign is represented with the Scarlet Letter A emblem.。
[edit] Film, TV and theatrical adaptations。
Main article: Film Adaptations of the Scarlet Letter。
1995 film poster。
1995 film poster。
* 1917: A black-and-white silent film directed by Carl Harbaugh with Mary G. Martin as Hester Prynne。
* 1926: A silent movie directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson.。
* 1934: film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Colleen Moore。
* 1973: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe a film directed by Wim Wenders in German。
* 1979: PBS version starring Meg Foster and John Heard。
* 1994: A rock musical, "The Scarlet Letter" written by Mark Governor is produced in Los Angeles.。
* 1995: The Scarlet Letter, a film directed by Roland Joffé and starring Demi Moore as Hester and Gary Oldman as Arthur Dimmesdale. This version is "freely adapted" from Hawthorne according to the opening credits and takes liberties with the original story.。
* 1996: The film Primal Fear references The Scarlet Letter.。
* 1996: The Marilyn Manson promotional video for the song 'Man That You Fear' obliquely references the novel.。
* The Red Letter Plays (In The Blood produced in 1999, and F--ing A, produced in 2000) by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, rewrote the story placing it in contemporary New York and Houston.。
* 2001: A musical stage adaptation which premiered at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Stacey Mancine, Daniel Koloski, and Simon Gray.。
* 2004: The Scarlet Letter is a Korean noir-thriller featuring an adulteress' monologue, that mentions a plan to raise her unborn child as Pearl in America, in a desperate plea to exit her obsessive affair.。
* 2008: "shAme"[1], a rock opera by Mark Governor based on "The Scarlet Letter" premieres in Los Angeles. It is a major reworking of his 1994 stage musical that was also produced in Boston in 2000 and as a radio production in Berlin in 2005. The 2000 version was endorsed and presented by the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society.。
[edit] References to the novel。
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (September 2008)。
[edit] Literature。
* The 1993 novel The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee re-wrote the story, placing it in present-day Boston, Colonial America, and seventeenth-century India during the spread of the British East India Company.。
* Deborah Noyes wrote a companion to this novel entitled Angel and Apostle with Pearl as the main character.。
* Postmodern writer Kathy Acker borrows from The Scarlet Letter in her novel Blood and Guts in High School. Janie, the main character, identifies with Hester Prynne and intertwines their stories in a vulgar manner.。
* In the novel Speak, Hairwoman, the English teacher, refers to The Scarlet Letter in her lesson. The novel's protagonist, Melinda Sordino, is a freshman in high school who is ostracized from her fellow schoolmates during the school year, much as Hester Prynne was ostracized by the Puritans in Boston.。
* Maryse Condé's novel I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, although set at the time of the Salem witch trials, also features the character Hester Prynne.。
* The title of Jhumpa Lahiri's 2008 novel Unaccustomed Earth comes from a passage from the introduction to The Scarlet Letter: "Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth."。
[edit] Culture
Richard Dawkins's Out Campaign for atheism uses a red scarlet "A" on webpages and clothing as an emblem of atheist identification. [12]。
Tennessee has drivers convicted of DUI wear vests advertising this fact while on roadside litter pick-up duty. This is a badge of shame similar to the original scarlet letter.。
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王维的简介
1、《Yes, Minister》和《Yes, Prime Minister》令人印象深刻的对白或金句。
The Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country。
镜报的读者是自以为在统治国家的人。
The Guardian is read by the people who think they ought to run the country。
卫报的读者是自以为应该统治国家的人。
The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country。
泰晤士报的读者是真的统治国家的人。
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country。
每日邮报的读者是统治国家的人的夫人。
The Financial Times is read by people who own the country。
金融时报的读者是手里攥着国家的人。
The Morning Star is read by people who think the country should be run by another country。
晨星报的读者是想把国家交给别国统治的人。
The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is。
每日电讯报的读者是觉得我们正被别国统治的人。
The Sun reads don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits。
太阳报的读者不在乎谁统治这个国家，只要她前凸后翘就行。
2、简介
是，大臣（Yes Minister，后来续集名为Yes, Prime Minister）是一套于1980年代播出的英国电视处境喜剧。这套剧集走英式幽默的路线，由安东尼·杰（Antony Jay）与乔纳森·林（Jonathan Lynn）创作，自1980年到1984年，在BBC上播出三季，每季7集。续集，《是，首相》，两季，每季8集，在1986至1988年播出。上下两部之外，还另有一部圣诞特别篇。总共有38集。除圣诞特别篇为60分钟外，其余37集为30分钟。这套剧集以嘲讽当时英国政坛各种现象为主题，是当时很受欢迎的电视剧。
这部剧以一位英国政府内阁大臣在白厅的办公室为背景（其后在《是，首相》续集中为唐宁街10号，即英国首相府），讲述了由保罗·爱丁顿（Paul Eddington）扮演的内阁大臣吉米·海克 （Jim Hacker，《是，首相》中为首相）的执政历程。争取的各项法令和工作效率的改善，都受到了英国行政部门的反抗，特别是常务次官（英国公务员中的高级官员）汉福瑞·爱坡比爵士（由奈杰尔·霍斯伦（Nigel Hawthorne）饰演）。首席私人秘书伯纳特·伍雷（Bernard Woolley，由德里克·福德斯（Derek Fowlds）饰演）是一个两边倒的墙头草，然而，更多地受汉福瑞爵士的影响。几乎每集都是以汉福瑞爵士说，“是，大臣”结尾。汉福瑞爵士在这句台词中回味他的胜利，或者，相当少的时候，承认失败。