Creative background:
La Traviata is a masterpiece adapted from Dumas' personal experience and a story that happened around him. Dumas was born in Paris, France His mother, Catalina Rabe, is a poor seamstress. His father Dumas was just an obscure scribe at that time. Later, he made great achievements in the field of drama creation and novel creation, and became an important representative of French romantic literature movement in the19th century.
La Traviata is a masterpiece based on his personal experience. This is a story that happened around Dumas. 1in September, 844, Dumas fell in love with Marie Duplessis, a famous Parisian prostitute. Mary was born in poverty, lived in Paris and was forced into prostitution. She cherishes Dumas sincere love, but in order to make a living, she still has to keep in touch with rich people. Dumas angrily wrote a dear John letter to travel abroad.
Dumas 1847 returned to France and learned that Mary, who was only 23 years old, was no longer alive. When she was seriously ill, all her former suitors abandoned her, and only two people were buried after her death! After the auction of her relics, she paid off her debts and gave the rest to a poor niece on condition that the heir never came to Paris! Dumas was deeply shocked by the tragedy of real life. Full of regret and thinking, he imprisoned himself in the suburbs, closed the door and began his creative journey.
A year later, when Dumas was 24 years old, he wrote this La Traviata with eternal love. Marie Duplessis, a famous prostitute, yearned for upper-class life, and Alexandra Rabe, Dumas mother, was abandoned by Dumas, which reflected the phenomenon of money worship under the capitalist system at that time and criticized the darkness of capitalism at that time.
Extended data:
works appreciation
La Traviata has created some vivid artistic images for readers, among which the most prominent and unforgettable is the heroine Margaret. She is beautiful, intelligent and kind. Although she has fallen, she still keeps a pure and noble heart.
She pursues real love life with enthusiasm and hope, and when this hope is dashed, she is willing to sacrifice herself to fulfill others. All these make the image of this despised fireworks woman shine with holy light, so that when people mention the word "La Traviata", the first thing that comes to mind is not a cheap prostitute, but a beautiful, lovely and compassionate woman.
This novel adopts three kinds of first-person narration. The book begins with an interview with Margaret's life story directly from the author "I", centers on Armand's self-memory, and ends with Margaret's suicide note. This fully exposes the heroine's painful experience, and it is easy to arouse readers' sympathy and pity.
Everyone's reaction to Margaret's experience is also expressed through the author "I"; This enhances the realism of the story, and the works are full of strong lyrical colors. In the novel, flashbacks and supplementary narration are used. From Margaret's unfortunate physical death to the auction of her relics, the author "I" snapped up a book with an inscription, which led to the touching memories of the donor Armand.
Brief introduction of the author
Dumas, French novelist and playwright. Dumas' illegitimate child. Dumas didn't admit that he was his son until he was seven years old, but he still refused to admit that his mother was his wife. The life experience of an illegitimate child made Dumas ridiculed by the world in his childhood and adolescence. As an adult, I deeply felt that the debauchery of French capitalist society caused many people who were insulted and hurt like their mother and son, and decided to change social morality through literature.
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