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Ⅰ. Introduction
As we all know, there are lots of misers depicted in the literary world. Shylock and Grandet are typical representatives in this family. Shylock is a character of the Merchant of Venice which is one of William Shakespeare’s great comedies. Grandet is a character in one of the most famous works of Honore de Balzac. One is in England; the other lives in France. In the past years, a lot of people have studied Shylock and Grandet. As to Shylock, many scholars believe that he is a perfidious miser with bad faith; some scholars refute such an argument from ethnic, religious, human, national, legal and commercial aspects. For example, Yao and Song（2006）of the School of Law, Suzhou本英语毕业论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供 University, defend Shylock from law. In contrast, Grandet is a cooper, lives in the underlying social and experiences the hard life. He understands the value of money and knows how to cherish it. That he is stingy, greedy and pursues the gold is understandable. From a purely economic point of view, he has outstanding professionalism, "the vision of gold”, and diplomatic means and superb managerial skills, and the mind of economists.
This thesis will use a new viewpoint, the psychology of narratology, to discuss these two characters. The previous studies are not comprehensive or not enough. Abbott (2007: 193) says, “Narratology is the descriptive field devoted to the systematic study of narratives. Some narratologists see their field as a science analogous to linguistics. Many of the terms in this glossary come from the work of narratologists. In the first section of Bibliography (“Foundational Works”) are entries squarely in the field of narratology by Bal, Bathes, Chatmen, Cohn, Genette, Prince, and Rimmon-Kenan.” As to character, there are two viewpoints of narratology, one is structure and the other is psychology. Shen(2007：65) states, psychologists believe that character is more本英语毕业论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供 important than action, for character reveals who they are, what motive causes actions, and that character has his individuality.
Ⅱ.Similarities
Ⅲ.Differences
Ⅳ Reasons why Shylock and Grandet are different
Ⅴ.Conclusion
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