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made the world laugh. The moralizing of his earlier writing had been well padded with humor. Now the gloves came off with biting satire. He pretended to praise the U. S. military for the massacre of 600 Philippine Moros in the bowl of a volcanic, crater. In The Mysterious Stranger, he insisted that man drop his religious illusions and depend upon himself, not Providence, to make a better world. 這位曾令全世界歡笑的人自己卻飽嘗了人世的辛酸。他早期作品中的道德說(shuō)教厚厚地包著一層幽默的外衣,現(xiàn)在幽默換成了辛辣的諷刺。對(duì)于美國(guó)軍隊(duì)在一個(gè)火山口上屠殺六百名菲律賓摩洛人的行為,他沒(méi)有直接進(jìn)行抨擊,而是假裝為之高唱贊歌。在《神秘的陌生人》中,他指出人類應(yīng)該拋棄宗教幻想,依靠自己而不是上帝的力量去創(chuàng)造一個(gè)更加美好的世界。The last of his own illusions seemed to have crumbled near the end. Dictating his autobiography late in life, he mented with a crushing sense of despair on men39。s final release from earthly struggles: ... they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence。 where they achieved nothing。 where they were a mistake and a failure and a foolishness。 where they have left no sign that they had existed – a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.” 他自己的最后一個(gè)幻想到后來(lái)似乎也破滅了。在晚年口述自傳的時(shí)候,他以極端絕望的心情談到人從塵世的苦難中的最終解脫:“……他們從世界上消失了,在這個(gè)世界上他們無(wú)足輕重,無(wú)所成就;甚至他們的存在本身就是個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,是個(gè)失敗,是種愚蠢。這個(gè)世界上也沒(méi)有留下絲毫能表明他們存在過(guò)的痕跡。這個(gè)世界贈(zèng)給他們的只是一日的哀傷和永久的遺忘?!盌evices of figurationMetaphorMark Twain Mirror of Americasaw clearly ahead a black wall of night...main artery of transportation in the young nation39。s heartthe vast basin drained threequarters of the settled United States All would resurface in his books...that he soaked up...Steamboat decks teemed...main current of...but its flotsamWhen railroads began drying up the demand......the epidemic of gold and silver fever...Twain began digging his way to regional fame...Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles......took unholy verbal shots... Simile:Most American remember M. T. as the father of......a memory that seemed phonographicHyperbole:...cruise through eternal boyhood and ...endless summer of freedom...The cast of characters... a cosmos.Parallelism: Most Americans remember ... the father of Huck Finn39。s idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyer39。s endless summer of freedom and adventure.Personification:life dealt him profound personal tragedies...the river had acquainted him with ......to literature39。s enduring gratitude......an entry that will determine his course forever...the grave world smiles as usual...Bitterness fed on the man...America laughed with him.Personal tragedy haunted his entire life.Antithesis:...between what people claim to be and what they really are......took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land......a world which will lament them a day and forget them foreverEuphemism:...men39。s final release from earthly struggle Alliteration:...the slow, sleepy, sluggishbrained sloths stayed at home...with a dash and daring......a recklessness of cost or consequences...Metonymy:...his pen would prove mightier than his pickaxeSynecdoche Keelboats,...carried the first major merc