首页
登录
职称英语
The conflict between good and evil is a common theme running through the grea
The conflict between good and evil is a common theme running through the grea
游客
2025-01-09
37
管理
问题
The conflict between good and evil is a common theme running through the great literature and drama of the world, from the time of ancient Greeks to the present. The principle that conflict is the heart of dramatic action when illustrated by concrete examples, almost always turns up some aspects of the struggle between good and evil.
The idea that there is neither good nor evil--in any absolute moral or religious sense—is widespread in our times. There are various relativistic and behaviorist standards of ethics. If these standards even admit the distinction between good and evil, it is as a relative matter and not as whirlwind of choices that lies at the center of living. In any such state of mind, conflict can at best, be only a petty matter, lacking true university. The acts of the evildoer and of the virtuous man alike become dramatically neutralized. Imagine the reduced effect of Crime and Punishment or the Brothers Karamazoc had Dostoevsky thought that good and evil, as portrayed in those books, were wholly relative, and that he had had no conviction about them.
You can’t have a vital literature if you ignore or shun evil. What you get then is the world of Pollyanna, goody-goody in place of the good. Cry, The Beloved Country is a great and dramatic novel because Alan Paton, in addition to being a skilled workman, sees with clear eyes both good and evil, differentiates them, pitches them into conflict with each other, and takes sides. He sees that the native boy Absalom Kumalo, who has murdered, cannot be judged justly without taking into account the environment that has had a part in shaping him. But Paton sees, too, that Absalom the individual, not society the abstraction, committed the act and is responsible for it. Mr. Paton understands mercy. He knows that this precious thing is not evoked by sentimental impulse, but by a searching examination of the realities of human action. Mercy follows a judgment; it does not precede it.
One of the novels by the talented Paul Bowles, Let It Down is full of motion, full of sensational depravities, and is a crashing bore. The book recognizes no good, admits no evil, and is coldly indifferent to the moral behavior of its characters. It is a long shrug. Such a view of life is non-dramatic and negates the vital essence of drama. [br] In the opinion of the author, Cry, The Beloved Country is a great and dramatic novel because of Paton’s ______.
选项
A、insight into human behavior
B、behavioristic beliefs
C、treatment of good and evil as abstractions
D、willingness to make moral judgments
答案
D
解析
推测判断题。作者之所以认为Cry,The Beloved Country是一部伟大的小说,主要原因是Alan Paton “sees with clear eyes both good and evil,differentiates them,pitches them into conflict with each other,and takes sides”,对善恶有自己的判断。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3905647.html
相关试题推荐
Whatisthedifferencebetween"saladbowls"and"meltingpot"?[br]TheEnlight
Whatisthedifferencebetween"saladbowls"and"meltingpot"?[br]TheEnlight
HowmanypeoplediedintherecentconflictbetweenIraqipeopleandtheU.S.-
HowmanypeoplediedintherecentconflictbetweenIraqipeopleandtheU.S.-
Cultureshockisapainfulexperiencewegothroughwhenweencountermanyn
Cultureshockisapainfulexperiencewegothroughwhenweencountermanyn
Cultureshockisapainfulexperiencewegothroughwhenweencountermanyn
Cultureshockisapainfulexperiencewegothroughwhenweencountermanyn
WhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTformedthroughclipping?A、DormB、motelC、Gen
1 "Internationalcommunication"iscommunicationbetweenmembersofdiff
随机试题
IntheAgeofGenetics,younolongerhavetotrytocutoutsmokingorthin
Lastyear,customers(buy)______atotalof90millioniPodsand2billionsong
36天女婴,以呕吐1个月为主诉就诊。为混合喂养,食欲佳。生后5~6天开始吃奶后呕
具有温肺化痰、通络止痛功效的药物是()A.白前 B.桔梗 C.白芥
人类社会发展的决定力量是( )。A.地理环境 B.人口因素 C.人的
下列哪些是绘制竣工图的依据()。A、设计总平面图、单位工程平面图、纵横断面图
Itwaslawfulforthedoctorstotreath
结核性脑膜炎的主要播散方式为A.血行播散 B.淋巴播散 C.支气管播散 D
汤女士,40岁。消化性溃疡病史3年,频繁黑便,经医院检查Hb90g/L,RBC3
依据《危险化学品重大危险源监督管理暂行规定》,下列关于重大危险源应当委托具有相应
最新回复
(
0
)