TheGiftOfMagiTheauthorHewasknownas“EncyclopediaofAmeicanlifewithhumor”美國(guó)生活的幽默的百科全書(shū)WilliamSydneyPorterO.HenrySept11,1862-June5,1910ShortstoriesWarmcharacterizationClevertwistedendingsTheanalysisof

TheGiftofMigiTheNameTheSettingTheWrittingStyleTheNarratorTheThemes

Thename:ThegiftofMagiThemagi,asyouknow,werewisemen--wonderfullywisemen--whobroughtgiftstotheBabyinthemanger(馬廄).TheyinventedtheartofgivingChristmaspresents.Beingwise,theirgiftswerenodoubtwiseones.Andherethenarratortoldusastoryabouttwofoolishchildreninaflatwhomostunwiselysacrificedforeachotherthegreatesttreasuresoftheirhouse.Butinfactthesetwowerethewisest.Theyarethemagi.

那三位麥琪，讀者都知道，全都是有智慧的人——非常有智慧的人，他們把禮物帶來(lái)送給出生在馬槽里的圣嬰耶穌。他們首創(chuàng)了圣誕節(jié)饋贈(zèng)禮物的風(fēng)俗。由于他們是聰明人，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，他們的禮物也是聰明的禮物，如果碰上兩樣?xùn)|西完全一樣，可能還具有交換的權(quán)利。在這兒，我已經(jīng)笨拙地給你們介紹了住公寓套間的兩個(gè)傻孩子不足為奇的平淡故事，他們極不明智地為了對(duì)方而犧牲了他們家最最寶貴的東西。不過(guò)，讓我們對(duì)現(xiàn)今的聰明人說(shuō)最后一句話(huà)，在一切饋贈(zèng)禮品的人當(dāng)中，那兩個(gè)人是最聰明的。在一切饋贈(zèng)又接收禮品的人當(dāng)中，像他們兩個(gè)這樣的人也是最聰明的。無(wú)論在任何地方，他們都是最聰明的人，他們就是麥琪。為什么小說(shuō)名字是“麥琪的禮物”？SettingAdrabflat

inagraycityonChristmasEveThenarratorcallsourattentionalmostimmediatelytothetwomostimportantdetailsofthestory'ssetting:ittakesplaceonaChristmasEve,anditstwomaincharactersliveinaveryunassumingflat.

TheactionofthestorydependsonthefactthatChristmasissufficientlyclosethatDellaneedstobuyapresentnow,evenwithhersmallamountofmoney.Thecouple'sveryhumbleabodebringsouttheirpovertyvividly.It'stheirpovertywhichbothforcesthemtomakethesacrificestheydo,andwhichmakesthosesacrificesmeaningful.O.Henrysketchestheflatwithjustenoughdetailtoconveyanimageofitssqualor:it'scheap,sparselyfurnished,andhasabrokenmailboxandabrokendoorbell.WritingStyleOral

---(capturethatfeelingoftellingastoryorally)Simple---

(simplesentences,easytounderstanding.)Informal----(incompletesentences)

Narrator:ThirdPersonIt‘sasifthenarratorseeseverything,butusuallylimitshimselftoDella’spointofviewbychoiceforstorytellingpurposes.

ThethemesThemeofLoveThemeofSacrificeThemeofWealthThemeofWomenandFemininity

“TheGiftofMagi”isthestoryofapoor,youngcouplewhoseloveforeachotheristhemostimportantthingintheirlives.Suchistheirlovethatthey‘reledtosacrificetheirmostvaluablepossessionstofindChristmasgiftsforeachother.Thewarmhometheymaketogethercompareswiththeirpovertyandthedrearyworld沉悶的世界outside.Theirloveseemstoknownobounds無(wú)限,thoughDella(thewife)worriesabouthowhersacrificewillaffectherhusbandbecauseofhowitaffectsherlooks.Ifevertherewereastorywiththemessagethatallyouneedtobehappyislove.loveThetwomaincharactersin“TheGiftofMagi”areahusbandandwifewhogiveuptheirmostpreciouspossessionstobeabletoaffordgiftsforeachotheronChristmasEve.Thestoryseemstobeallaboutsacrifice.Dellagoesthroughtheprocessofdecidingtomakethesacrifice

andgoingthroughwithit,onlytodiscoverthatherhusbandhasmadethesamesacrifice.Thestory‘snarratorassuresusthatintheirwillingnesstogiveupalltheyhave,theyhaveproventhemselvesthewisestofallgift-givers.Sacrificewealth

Inmanyways,“TheGiftofMagi”isastoryaboutwhatitmeansforsomethingtobevaluable.Doessomething‘svaluelieinhowmuchmoneyitisworth?Orareotherthingsmorevaluablethanmoney?Themaincharactersareverypoor–thisisrepeatedlytoldinthestory–andyetthestorysuggeststhattheirloveforeachothermakesthemveryrich.Itislove,whichmakesthemtogiveuptheonlythingstheyhavetobuypresentsforeachother.Perhapstheirpovertyiswhatenablesthemtoappreciatewhatreallymatters.麥琪的禮物送給誰(shuí)

“麥琪的禮物”獻(xiàn)給我愛(ài)的人，帶去浪漫的愛(ài)、溫馨的情

“麥琪的禮物”給親朋好友送去最誠(chéng)摯的生日祝福

“麥琪的禮物”送給你童心未泯的孩子引領(lǐng)他去鑿開(kāi)幸福的大門(mén)

“麥琪的禮物”送給追逐夢(mèng)想的學(xué)生，告訴他理想、信念是一個(gè)人的脊梁

“麥琪的禮物”送給那徘徊在街頭的少年，能告訴他人生本來(lái)沒(méi)有迷途

“麥琪的禮物”送給你為情所困的朋友，告訴他愛(ài)是一種付出

“麥琪的禮物”送給那踏上絕路的無(wú)助者，能告訴他珍惜生命是一種責(zé)任

“麥琪的禮物”送給你并不喜歡的人，能讓他體會(huì)寬容原來(lái)如此美麗

“麥琪的禮物”送給你面臨困境的兄弟，也許你給了他一條燦爛的生路

“麥琪的禮物”送給你生命中的另一半，能為你的家庭帶來(lái)一份福音

“麥琪的禮物”送給你躺在病床上的親人，給他與病魔交戰(zhàn)的勇氣

“麥琪的禮物”送給自己，給靈魂一次感動(dòng)的機(jī)會(huì)

論文分析獨(dú)特的藝術(shù)手法和亙古不變的主題。藝術(shù)手法探究。Magi

IntheconventionalversionoftheChristmasstory,thewisemenormagi:Melchior（梅爾基奧爾）Gaspar（加斯帕）andBalthasar（巴爾撒澤）

startedthegift-givingcustomofChristmasbybringinggold（黃金）,frankincense(乳香),andmyrrh（歿藥）totheChristchild（指耶穌）onEpiphany（主顯節(jié)）,thedayonwhichtheinfantwaspresented.The3magihavebeendescribednotonlyaswisemen,butalsoaskingsorPersianpriestsanastrologers(占星家).

麥琪

東方三博士（Magi，讀作