高英第二冊(cè)馬拉喀什.ppt

1、Analysis on Marrakech -by Maggie,Marrakech,Theme Language and words,The author express his outrage at the spectacle of misery in the following way: 1.the factual description of the miserable life of the natives is in itself a reflection of the authors sympathy for the natives and the hatred for the

2、rules. 2.the author uses rhetorical questions to add force to his outrage.for example,Are they really the same flesh as yours? Do they even have names?,3. the author employs to show his sympathy for the poor. for example,in para15,he makes an analogy between the Jews and the poor old woman a couple

3、of hundred years ago who used to be burned for witchcraft when they could not even work enough magic to get themselves a square meal.,The theme of this essay is that the natives in Marrakech are mistreated by the imperialists and colonialists. He mercilessly exposes the poverty,misery and degradatio

4、n（潦倒）of the native people in the colonies.,Theme,Specific analysis on the six scenes,the burial of poor inhabitants an Arab navvy begging for bread the miserable life of the Jews in the ghettos poor people cultivating the poor soil a file of very old women carrying the fire wood a young Negro mistre

5、ated by the whites,the burial of poor inhabitants,in his description of a burial scene,the writer suggests that, for the poverty-stricken people of Marrakech,a proper burial is impossible.The dead are carried on the backs of friends and family,thrown into a shallow,unmarked grave,which is barely cov

6、ered by the lumpy earth,and then neglected.,para1 as the corpse went past.rushed after it makes the scene more vivid para2they are merely wrapped in a piece of rag.like a derelict building-lotdescribes the scene of the burial concretely para2 the last sentence shows the pessimistic truth about the b

7、urial para3 uses a lot of rhetorical devices such as rhetorical question,alliteration and euphemism to show sympathy,an Arab navvy begging for bread,para 5 the last sentenceprobably its idea was that if it could drive me away the bread would somehow remian hanging in mid-air.shows the animal is hung

8、ry as well as afraid of people . para 6 these words sidle shyly and stowed it gratefully in some secret places under his ragsin para 7 show the navvy even a lot of people in Marrakech is too poor to afford the bread.,the miserable life of the Jews in the ghettos,para 8 uses some rhetorical devices t

9、o describe the unpleasant living condition of the Jews. para9 and para 10 uses a lot of contrasts to achieve the effect of irony and shows sympathy to the Jews. para13isnt it a fact that the average Jew is a labourer working for about a penny an hourshows how little money the Jews earn directly.,poo

10、r people cultivating the poor soil,para 16 the first sentenceall people who work with their hands are partly invisible,and the more important the work they do,the less visible they are.discloses the fact that people in Marrakech are both poor and on the low social status. para 17 what does Morocco m

11、ean to a Frenchman?.or to an Englishman?shows the ruthless colonialism .,a file of very old women carrying the fire wood,para19all of them are mummified with age and the sun,and all of them are tiny.depicts the image of old women struggling for life and arises the readers pity. para19she accepted he

12、r status as an old woman,that is to say, as a beast of burden.and para20 describing the fate of a donkey all show the miserable life of women in this colony and make readers angry about the colonialism and imperialism.,a young Negro mistreated by the whites,para24 no hostile,no contemptuous,not sull

13、en, not even inquisitive.shows the ignorance of the young Negro and the cheat from the whites.The young Negro should hate the whites but he shows respect instead. para25 the author put a question ofhow much longer can we go on kidding these people?How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?to show his dissatisfaction and rage.,The author talks about the invisibility of the natives at le