This essay starts with presenting symbols of houses and gardens along with the textual evidence in The Portrait of a Lady.By analyzing these architectural metaphors and the symbolic trajectory they chart from the pers...This essay starts with presenting symbols of houses and gardens along with the textual evidence in The Portrait of a Lady.By analyzing these architectural metaphors and the symbolic trajectory they chart from the perspective of their aesthetic competence and functional competence,a conclusion is met of the finding below:in the Portrait of a Lady,these symbolic architectural metaphors are not only expressing characters’psychological state of mind but as well succeeding in suggesting a course of action.展开更多
文摘This essay starts with presenting symbols of houses and gardens along with the textual evidence in The Portrait of a Lady.By analyzing these architectural metaphors and the symbolic trajectory they chart from the perspective of their aesthetic competence and functional competence,a conclusion is met of the finding below:in the Portrait of a Lady,these symbolic architectural metaphors are not only expressing characters’psychological state of mind but as well succeeding in suggesting a course of action.
