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1、Robinson CrusoeThe novels protagonist and narrator. Crusoe begins the novel as a young middle-class man in York in search of a career. His father recomends the law,but Crusoe yearns for a life at sea, and his subsequent rebellion and decision to become a merchant is the starting point for the whole
2、adventure that follows. His vague but recurrng feelings of guilty over his disobedience color the first part of the first half of the story and show us how deep Crusoes religious fear is. Crusoe is steady and plodding in everything he does, and his perseverance ensures his surrival through storms,en
3、slavement,and a twenty-eight-year isolation on a desert island. Overall,Crusoes virtues tend to be private,his industry,resourcefulness, and solitary courage made him an exemplary individual.but his vices are socials, and his urge to subjugate others is highly objectionable. In bringing both sides t
4、ogether into one complex character, Defoe gives us a fascinating glimpse into the success,failures,and contradictions of modern man.FridayA twenty-six-year-old caribbean native and cannibal who converts to protestantism under Crusoes tutelage. Friday becomes Crusoses servant after Crusoe saves his l
5、ife when Friday is about to be eaten by other cannibals. Friday never appears to resist or resent his new servitude,and he may sincerely view it as approprate compensation for having his life saved. But whatever Fridays response may be, his servitude has become a symble of imperialist oppression thr
6、oughout the modern world. Fridays overall charisma works against the emotional deadness that many readers find in Crusoe The portuguese Captain The sea captain who picks up Crosoe and the slave boy xury from their boat after they escape from their moorish capters and float down the African coast. Th
7、e portuguese captain takes Crusoe to brazil and thus inaugurates Crusoes new life as plantation owner: The Portuguese captain is never namednlike Xury, for exampleand his anonymity suggests a certain uninteresting blandness in his role in the novel. He is polite, personable, and extremely generous t
8、o Crusoe, buying the animal skins and the slave boy from Crusoe at well over market value. He is loyal as well, taking care of Crusoes Brazilian investments even after a twenty-eight-year absence. His role in Crusoes life is crucial, since he both arranges for Crusoes new career as a plantation owne
9、r and helps Crusoe cash in on the profits later.Xury A nonwhite (Arab or black) slave boy only briefly introduced during the period of Crusoes enslavement in sallee. When Crusoe escapes with two other slaves in a boat, he forces one to swim to shore but keeps Xury never betrays that trust. Neverthel
10、ess, when the Portuguese captain eventually picks them up, Crusoe sells Xury to the captain without any qualms, as if forgetting their former solidarity and equality in slavery. Xurys sale thus shows us the racist double standards sometimes apparent in Crusoes behavior. The Widow Appearing briefly, but on two separate occasions in the novel the widow keeps Crusoes 200 pounds safe in England throughout all his thirty-five years of journeying. She returns it loyally to Crusoe upon
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