【正文】 so original” “I do love you, Newland, for being so artistic” (Wharton, 20xx). May?s deep love in Newland is quite easy to see from these simple sentences. On their trip to spending honeymoon, May says it full of happiness “it?s just our luck beginningthe wonderful luck we?re always going to have together”(Wharton, 20xx). At that moment, she shows great expectation for the bright future. In Newland?s eye, “Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful”(Wharton, 20xx). When May finds the emotional struggle of 7 Newland, she agrees to make her wedding day ahead of time. Besides, she tells her pregnancy to her relatives and friends to crush the last hope in Newland?s heart. Obviously, May cares about her marriage and family very much. She does every effort to save her marriage .She loves Newland, so she bears the burdens of the pain willingly for the harmony and integrity of her family. Ellen?s attitude towards the relationship between Newland and May Ellen makes few judgments on the relationship between Newland and May in the novel. On hearing the news of the engagement she joyfully expresses that “of course I know。 old New York。華頓 老紐約 社會(huì)特點(diǎn) IV Analysis of “the Old New York” Society Reflected in The Age of Innocence Abstract: Edith Wharton is one of the most distinguished American women writers in the twentieth century. As a productive writer, she published a great many famous works during her life, among which, The Age of Innocence is definitely the most representative one which can be regarded as the miniature of Wharton?s whole life and contains the essence of her thoughts. It is no exaggeration to say that this novel has made a great contribution to the development of realistic novels. The novel gives first place to the love tragedy between nobleman Newland and Ellen, supplementing by the ups and downs of Beaufort which is the representative of the emerging bourgeois. By plementing each other, they reflect the most typical characteristics of the American upper class after the Civil War. The first part of the paper gives a general introduction of the author— Edith Wharton, and her main works. Chapter 1 is about the historical background and the plot summary of The Age of Innocence. By illustrating the love tragedy between Newland and Ellen, we can see the social customs of the upper class in New York in the late 1870s. In Chapter 2, New York upper class? attitudes towards the relationship among the three major characters will be elaborated. Young gentleman Newland Archer?s contradiction in social responsibility and self freedom and the love with Ellen Olenska。最后為結(jié)語，系統(tǒng)闡述文章的主旨內(nèi)涵。再接下來具體分析“老紐約”的社會(huì)特點(diǎn)。年輕儒雅的紐蘭深陷在遵守社會(huì)規(guī)范和追求真愛的兩難境地，熱情奔放的埃倫搖擺于擺脫婚姻的枷鎖與聆聽真情的吶喊之間，而天真純潔的梅則致力于維護(hù)自己的婚姻和保全虛妄的 社會(huì)地位。小說通過貴族青年紐蘭與埃倫之間的愛情悲劇故事，展現(xiàn)出 19 世紀(jì) 70 年代末紐約上流社會(huì)的風(fēng)貌。華頓本人及其作品。小說以貴族青年紐蘭 和埃倫的愛情悲劇為主線，以新興資產(chǎn)階級(jí)的代表博福特的命運(yùn)沉浮為輔，相互映襯， 反映出內(nèi)戰(zhàn)之后美國上流社會(huì)最典型的時(shí)代特征 。她一生創(chuàng)作出大量杰出作品，其中《純真年代》詮釋了華頓一生的歷程，濃縮了她思想的精髓。 作者簽名： 日 期： I Table of Contents 摘要 ……………………………………………………………………………… III Abstract…………………………………………………………………………… IV Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 1 Chapter 1 Literature Background and Plot Summary …………………… 3 1. 1 The historical background of The Age of Innocence ???????? 3 1. 2 The plot summary of The Age of Innocence ……………………………… 3 Chapter 2 New York Upper Class? Attitudes Towards the Relationship Among the Three Major Characters ………………………… ……………… 5 2. 1 Upper class? attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and May ??????????????????????????? 5 Newland?s attitude towards his relationship with May…………………… 5 May?s attitude towards her relationship with Newland…………………… 6 Ellen?s attitude towards the relationship between Newland and May ??????????????????????????? 7 Relatives and friends?attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and May ……………………………………………………… 7 Upper class? attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and Ellen ……………………………………………………………………… 8 Newland?s attitude towards his relationship with Ellen ……………… 8 Ellen?s attitude towards her relationship with Newland ……………… 9 May?s attitude towards the relationship between Newland and Ellen… 10 Relatives and friends? attitudes towards the retionship between Newland II and Ellen………………………………………………………………… 12 Chapter 3 The Social Features of the “Old New York”…………………… 12 3. 1 The conservatism of “old New York” ?????????????? 12 3. 2 The hypocrisy of “old New York” ??????????????? 13 3. 3 The snobbism of “old New York” ??????????????? 14 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………… 16 Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………… 17 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………… 18 III 分析《純真年代》所反映的“老紐約”社會(huì) 摘要 : 伊迪絲對(duì)本研究提供過幫助和做出過貢獻(xiàn)的個(gè)人或集體，均已在文中作了明確的說明并表示了謝意。 本 科 畢 業(yè) 論 文 分析《純真年代》所反映的“老紐約”社會(huì) Analysis of “the Old New York” Society Reflected in The Age of Innocence 畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）原創(chuàng)性聲明和使用授權(quán)說明 原創(chuàng)性聲明 本人鄭重承諾：所呈交的畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文），是我個(gè)人在指導(dǎo)教師的指導(dǎo)下進(jìn)行的研究工作及取得的成果。盡我所知，除文中特別加以標(biāo)注和致謝的地方外，不包含其他人或組織已經(jīng)發(fā)表或公布 過的研究成果，也不包含我為獲得 安陽工學(xué)院 及其它教育機(jī)構(gòu)的學(xué)位或?qū)W歷而使用過的材料。 作 者 簽 名： 日 期： 指導(dǎo)教師簽名： 日 期： 使用授權(quán)說明 本人完全了解安陽工學(xué)院關(guān)于收集、保存、使用畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的規(guī)定，即：按照學(xué)校要求提交畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的印刷本和電子版本；學(xué)校有權(quán)保存畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的印刷本和電子版，并提供目 錄檢索與閱覽服務(wù)；學(xué)?？梢圆捎糜坝?、縮印、數(shù)字化或其它復(fù)制手段保存論文；在不以贏利為目的前提下，學(xué)校可以公布論文的部分或全部?jī)?nèi)容。華頓是美國著名小說家之一。這部小說對(duì)當(dāng)代起著不可小視的作用。 本文首先簡(jiǎn)要介紹 伊迪絲其次介紹了《純真年代》的時(shí)代背景以及主要內(nèi)容梗概。接著主要闡述紐約上流社會(huì)對(duì)三位主人公間關(guān)系的看法。而親戚朋友們?yōu)榱思易迕u(yù)與梅合謀趕走埃倫，所有這些看似簡(jiǎn)單的情節(jié)卻蘊(yùn)含著人性的冷漠與世俗的捆綁。通過分析小說主要人物間的關(guān)系，以及親戚朋友和他們自身對(duì)其關(guān)系的看法及他們的最終選擇，不難看出