《一杯茶》赏析.docx

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A Cup of Tea
Katherine Mansfield was one of the most famous short story writers in the
world. In her stories, she always uses indirect ways to reflect the reality
in the society. She
likes
to
emphasis the theme by describing
a certain
person,
an event or a scene. In
many of
her stories,
she shows her attitude
of
feminism
by using many ironic and exaggerating sentences, which add a little humorous
sense as well as profound meaning to her story.
A Cup of Tea is a simple story with penetrating meaning: Rosemary is a very
rich woman. Although she is
not very beautiful,
she dresses in
a delicate and
modern way. In a rain y day, she encounters a young beggar who wants a cup of
tea to get warm. Rosemary takes the little girl home and offers her food and
drinks. When her husband comes back, he is very shocked to say such a ragged
girl
and asked Rosemaryto get
rid of her. Refused by Rosemary, he intentionally
speaks highly of the beauty of that
beggar,
which surprised
Rosemary and finally
she let the girl go.
In
the
beginning
of
the
story,
the
author
gives
us
a
very
typical
protagonist —Rosemary, a wealthy and happy woman. She has beautiful clothes,
celebrated
friend
sand a husband loves her very
much. “She was young, bri