나다니엘 호손의 로맨스와 월터 미티의 로맨스: 「월터 미티의 비밀스러운 생활」을 중심으로
Romance of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walter Mitty: Focused on “The Secrete Life of Walter Mitty”
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Nathaniel Hawthorn stressed the importance of imagination in American romance. He said that “a neutral territory, somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the Actual and Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the other.”(35) In that territory, “the truth of the human heart” can be revealed. As the Hawthornean romance, readers can find the neutral territory in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Walter Mitty, who is a middle-aged and little man, is located between the actual and imaginary world. He escapes from the actual life through daydreaming. In his daydreaming and imagination, he becomes a commander, captain, and crack shot that could be seen as an archetype of traditional masculinity. However, in an actual life, he is a kind of a henpecked man. His daydreaming can not be understood by his wife. Mrs. Mitty asks him to let Dr. Renshaw look him over, and she tries to check his temperature. Walter Mitty's imagination loses its strength in the principle of reality which is represent by his wife and the society which surrounds him.
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Nathaniel Hawthorn stressed the importance of imagination in American romance. He said that “a neutral territory, somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the Actual and Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the other.”(35) In that territory, “the truth of the human heart” can be revealed. As the Hawthornean romance, readers can find the neutral territory in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Walter Mitty, who is a middle-aged and little man, is located between the actual and imaginary world. He escapes from the actual life through daydreaming. In his daydreaming and imagination, he becomes a commander, captain, and crack shot that could be seen as an archetype of traditional masculinity. However, in an actual life, he is a kind of a henpecked man. His daydreaming can not be understood by his wife. Mrs. Mitty asks him to let Dr. Renshaw look him over, and she tries to check his temperature. Walter Mitty's imagination loses its strength in the principle of reality which is represent by his wife and the society which surrounds him.
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