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论《双城记》中卡顿的悲剧
作者姓名 XX 指导教师 XX 所在学院 XX学院 专业（系） 英语教育 班级（届）XX级 英教XX班
完成日期 2013 年 5 月 8 日
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An Analysis of the Tragedy of
Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities
By
XX
Prof. XXX, Tutor
A Thesis Submitted to Department of English
Language and Literature in Partial
Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of B.A in English
At XXXUniversity
May 8, 2013
Abstract
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A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, which is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. This novel shows effectively the author‘s aim to point out the injustice of oppression and the justification of the revolution. However, Dickens shows his strong criticism on the excess of bloodshed during the French Revolution.
Sydney Carton the most typical character represents Dickens‘s humanism best. He is the real tragic hero in this novel. He always thinks about others and makes concessions for others, even sacrifices. In the end, after doing careful, meticulous and perfect arrangement, Carton took Darnay's place by counterfeiting and died for the Manette family, three generations of four people.
This thesis will analyze Carton‘s short but touching life to explore his tragedy. It consists of three parts. The first part is Carton‘s tragedy on love. Lover in love with someone else and his humble love make him never seek happiness for himself. This is definitely resultless love. The second part consists of the jackal behind the lion and nobody give him business. These are the tragedy on his work. The last is his life tragedy. A lazy, alcoholic, ignored, despised attorney is willing to sacrifice his life for love and others. This is a beautiful tragedy, and that sacrifice is eternal.
Key words humanism tragedy love life work
摘 要
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《双城记》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法国大革命为背景的鸿篇巨制，情节高潮迭起，感人肺腑，是世界文学经典名著之一。故事中将巴黎，伦敦两城市连接起来，通过对各种人物的遭遇及其人性的剖析，展现了人道主义视野下革命的合理性和暴力的疯狂性。
西德尼·卡顿，一个最能代表狄更斯的人道主义思想的理想化的人物，在这部小说中是真正的主角，是悲剧化的英雄。他自始至终都是为他人着想，为他人做出退让和牺牲，以至在最后做了周密细致，十分完美的安排之后，冒名顶替，慷慨赴刑，以他一个人的生命换来马奈特全家三代四口人的生命。
本论文将通过分析卡顿的短暂却令人惋惜和感动的一生，来探讨他人生的悲剧。它包括三部分，也是悲剧体现的在三个方面。首先是卡顿爱情的悲剧，深爱的人却爱着别人，这注定是一种没有结果的爱；而自己那看似卑微的爱，却不愿意为自己争取幸福。再次是只愿做狮子背后的豺狼，也没有伯乐去发现他的才华，这又体现了卡顿工作上的悲剧。最后是卡顿的人生悲剧，一个外表看起来懒惰的经常酗酒的被人忽略被人轻视的律师助理，愿意为了爱，为了他人，而牺牲自己的生命，这是美丽的悲剧。这样的牺牲，其实就是永恒。
关键词 人道主义 悲剧 爱情 生活 事业
Table of Contents
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Abstract ··························································································· Ⅲ Abstract in Chinese ········································································· Ⅳ Introduction ······················································································ 1
ChapterⅠ Carton’s Tragedy on Love ············································· 6
A. Resultless love ·········································································· 6 B. Humble love ··············································································· 7 ChapterⅡ Carton’s Tragedy on Work ··········································· 11 A. The jackal behind the lion ························································ 11 B. No talent- spotter ···································································· 12 Chapter Ⅲ Carton’s Tragedy on Life ·········································· 14 A. A lazy, alcoholic attorney ······················································· 14 B. An ignored, despised gay ·························································· 15 Conclusion ······················································································· 18 Notes ································································································ 20 Bibliography ···················································································· 21
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