Loneliness is one of the central themes in the works of Nathanial Hawthorne,which,to some extent,is a reflection of Hawthorn's keen sensitiveness to the existential anxiety of man in his times.The paper explores the theme of alienation that is exposed in the The House of the Seven of Seven Gables by making a careful analysis of morbid mentality of Hepzibah,which is mainly displayed in Hepzibah's alienated feelings to the outside society and abnormal passion for Clifford.
Though the themes in Howards End and Mrs.Dalloway are many and varied,the master theme is a connection of fragments and divergences,and the powerfully drawn female characters have long been the focus in the interpretation of the theme of the novels.In this paper,tentative conclusions are drawn that connection the heroines have seemingly fulfilled in the end is problematic for its vulnerability and superficiality through a careful study of narrative techniques in the molding of Mrs.Wilcox and Mrs.Dalloway;and that such problematic connection revealed in the human relationship is,to some extent,the expression of an ambiguous stance of Forster and Woolf towards the definiteness of connection in a modern binary world.
Expressionism was an aesthetic movement originated in painting in the early 1920’s. But it has also exerted great influence on other forms of arts, including dramatic works. This paper intends to compare the application of expressionistic devices such as flashbacks, and the use of symbols and music in Death of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie.
