【伊莎贝尔阿切尔研究】.pdf
ASTUDY OF ISABEL ARCHER By HUANGJIWEN SUPERVISOR:YINWEIBEN.COURSE:AMERICAN LITERATURE DATE:MAY1993 FOREIGN LANGUAGES INSTITUTE HANGZHOUUNIVERSITY
to support the entire weight of a major novel vithout perallel stories or sub-plots.She functions asthe axis with all the other characters revolving in various aspects.Thus the protagonists character is fully portrayed while the novel comes to a whole of flesh and and blood.
finding only decadance and corruption.Going througk thesethree stages,Isabelachievesabetter and deeperunderstandingoftrueself-identityandtrue civilization.Therafore, in exploring the character of Isabel Archer, I will take Ralph Touahett, Madame Merle and Gilbert Osmond as the foil.of the heroine.