牛津典故词典

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• 12. Solitude This theme incorporates two main ideas: solitude and the state of being an exile or an outcast. ADAM, ROBINSON CRUSOE, and JESUS can all be used to represent solitude, being in a place without he company of other people. GRETA GARBO and HOWARD HUGHES are more recent examples of social recluses. The other group0-0- CAIN, HAGAR, ISHMAEL, MARIUS, and the WANDERING JEW—are representative of outcasts or exiles, those shunned by other people or banished from their home. Adam, Cain, Robinson Crusoe, Greta Garbo, Ben Gunn, Hagar, Howard Hughes, Ishmael, Jesus, Lone Ranger, Marius, Pied Piper, Wandering Jew, (查看原文)

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• 14. Difficulty(p.113-116) The stories of HERCULES and SISYPHUS call to mind the undertaking of formidable tasks, successfully in the case of the former and unsuccessfully in the case of the latter. ATLAS and the OLD MAN OF TH ESEA suggest onerous burdens. This idea of having something difficult to accomplish is obviously closely related o=to the theme of Perseverance, and to that of a Problem, both covered elsewhere. Characters: Atlas(阿特拉斯), Augean stables（奥格阿斯的牛圈）, Excalibur（亚瑟王的神剑，石中剑）, Hercules（赫丘利）, Old Man of the Sea（海中老人）, Pelion on Ossa, Sisyphus（西绪福斯）, scocerer’s apprentice（《小巫师》，《魔法师的徒弟》） (查看原文)

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