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․figure of speech: irony

․plot

  character

setting

theme

conflict

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․oxymoron → sweet sorrow, wise fool

․paradox(paradoxical) → Eg: We can learn a lot of from a wise fool.

․irony

 

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․If there is something I do care about it, I will take my life to fulfill it without regret.

  亦余心之所善兮，雖九死其猶未悔。

 

․autumn(fall)

→ the fall of Eden, the fall of the mortal

→ August here stands for additional meaning including the glorious past, the ancient secret, and the grandeur no more.

 

․”The Sound and the Fury.”→ from Macbeth (意識流小說)

 

※    A Rose for Emily (p.391)

․confederate flag

․Dixie 深南方

․Emily 代表逝去的南方

․hyperbole 誇飾語法

․William Faulkner   作品影響美洲中南方

 

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․Literature : imaginative, creative

Eg : A Midsummer Night’s Dream

→ Airy nothing, local habitation 虛無飄渺 (Act 5. , scene 1)

 

․comedy → 以結婚、生子收尾

(comedy →conflict→resolution→no harm done)

v.s.

tragedy → 以死亡、血腥收尾

 

※Words:

․lunar(a.) 月的; 月球上的

Eg: Chinese usually celebrate the Lunar New Year with their family.

 

․lunatic(n.) 瘋子, 瘋傻的人/(a.) 瘋的, 精神錯亂的

Eg: The man's lunatic behavior is a menace to society.

 

․compact(a.) 緊密的, 結實的/(v.) 使緊密; 壓緊

Eg : My wife compacted my clothes in a suitcase.

 

․apprehend(v.) 逮捕; 對...擔慮[+that]; 理解, 領會[+that]

Eg: You are, I apprehend, ready to renew the contract.

 

․comprehend (v.) 理解, 了解, 領會[+wh-];包含, 包括

Eg: The child couldn't comprehend the text.

 

※Notice:

․期中考後交文導的outline

․H.W. : 參考p.203，找出三點可以改進的地方

․Take notes and interpret them

(diction, sentence pattern and syntax)