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The title of the biography The American Civil War Fighting for the Lady could hardly be more provocative. Thomas Keneally, an Au
The title of the biography The American Civil War Fighting for the Lady could hardly be more provocative. Thomas Keneally, an Au
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2010-05-05
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问题
The title of the biography The American Civil War Fighting for the Lady could hardly be more provocative. Thomas Keneally, an Australian writer, is unapologetic. In labeling a hero of the American civil war a notorious scoundrel he switches the spotlight from the brave actions of Dan Sickles at the battle of Gettysburg to his earlier pre-meditated murder, of the lover of his young and pretty Italian-American wife, Teresa. It is not the murder itself that disgusts Mr. Keneally but Sickles’s treatment of his wife afterwards, and how his behavior mirrored the hypocritical misogyny of 19th-century America.
The murder victim, Philip Barton Key, Teresa Sickles’s lover, came from a famous old southern family. He was the nephew of the chief justice of the American Supreme Court and the son of the writer of the country’s national anthem. Sickles, a Tammany Hall politician in New York turned Democratic congressman in Washington, shot Key dead in 1859 at a corner of Lafayette Square, within shouting distance of the White House. But the murder trial was melodramatic, even by the standards of the day. With the help of eight lawyers, Sickles was found not guilty after using the novel plea of "temporary insanity". The country at large was just as forgiving, viewing Key’s murder as a gallant crime of passion. Within three years, Sickles was a general on the Unionist side in the American civil War and, as a new friend of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a frequent sleepover guest at the White House.
Mrs. Sickles was less fortunate. She was shunned by friends she had made as the wife of a rising politician. Her husband, a serial adulterer whose many mistresses included Queen IsabellaⅡ of Spain and the madam of an industrialized New York whorehouse, refused to be seen in her company. Laura, the Sickles’s daughter, was an innocent victim of her father’s vindictiveness and eventually died of drink in the Bowery district of New York.
Sickles’s bold actions at Gettysburg are, in their own way, just as controversial. Argument continues to rage among scholars, as to whether he helped the Union to victory or nearly caused its defeat when he moved his forces out of line to occupy what he thought was better ground. James Longstreet, the Confederate general who led the attack against the new position, was in no doubt about the brilliance of the move.
Mr. Keneally is better known as a novelist. Here he shows himself just as adept at biography, and achieves both his main aims. He restores the reputation of Teresa Sickles, "this beautiful, pleasant and intelligent girl", and breathes full and controversial life into a famous military engagement.
选项
A、launch a surprise attack on Democratic congressman.
B、show sympathy for an abused but reputed lady, Teresa.
C、curse bitterly at the hypocrisy of notorious heroes.
D、expose the true character of a civil war general.
答案
D
解析
题干问:"作者引用Keneally的传记,主要目的是…"。根据原文第1自然段,作者的主要目的是"揭示内战将军的真实本质",答案选项表达了此意。而选项"对民主党的国会议员发起令人惊讶的攻击","对一个受尽虐待但很有名望的女士表示同情"以及"辛辣地批评一位臭名昭著的英雄的虚伪"皆不符合题意。
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