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Analysis of the Boss in Katherine Mansfield’s The Fly

解读凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德《苍蝇》中的老板形象

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Analysis of the Boss in Katherine Mansfield’s The Fly

Li

Henan Institute of Science and Technology

May, 2015

Contents

Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................... i Abstract in English ...................................................................................................... ii Abstract in Chinese .................................................................................................... iii I. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 II. Background information ........................................................................................ 1

2.1 Introduction to The Fly .................................................................................... 1

2.1.1 Plot overview of The Fly....................................................................... 2 2.1.2 Analysis of the creation background of The Fly ................................... 3 2.2 The theme of Katherine Mansfield’s later period works.................................. 3 III. Character analysis of the boss according to its text ........................................... 4

3.1 Analysis of the boss’s behavior based on interpersonal relationship ............... 4 3.2 Psychological study of the boss through his ideological activity .................... 5 3.3 Complexity exploration of the boss by his contradictory action ..................... 6 IV. The relations between the boss and The Fly ........................................................ 8

4.1 The symbolical meaning of the fly and the boss .............................................. 8

4.1.1 The symbolical meaning of the boss ..................................................... 8 4.1.2 The symbolical meaning of the fly ....................................................... 8 4.2 The destiny of the boss and the fly .................................................................. 9 V. Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 9 Bibliography ............................................................................................................... 11