TheFishermanandHisSoulAbouttheBookTheFishermanandHisSoulisashortstoryfromOscarWilde'scollectionTheHappyPrinceandOtherTales.Wildewritesthesestoriesforhischildrenin1888。TheFishermanandHisSoulisthestoryofayoungfisherman.Onedayhecatchesamermaidinhisfishingnetandhefallsinlovewithher.Thefishermanlearnshecannotbewiththemermaidbecausehehasahumansoul。Thefishermanthentriestosendawayhishumansoul.Thefishermanlearnsfromawitchhowtosendhissoulaway。Heisthenfreetobewithhismermaid.Hissoulisaloneintheworld。Hetravelstheworld。Eachyearhecomesbacktothefishermanandtellshimabouthistravels.Oneofthethemesofthestoryistemptation。Inthestorythemermaidtemptsthefishermanwithstoriesofthesea。Thefishermantemptsthewitchtohelphimsendawayhissoul。Andhissoultriestotemptthefishermantoleavethemermaid.Butthemainthemeofthestoryislove.Loveismoreimportantthananything。Thesoulcannottemptthefishermanbecausethefisherman'sloveistoostrong.Andintheend,wediscoverthatyoucannotlivewithoutlove。TheFishermanandHisSoulisanexoticstorywithOrientalandEasterninfluences。Therearealsomermaids,witchesanddevils.Thelanguageispoeticandisfullofallegory.1THEMERMAIDEveryeveningtheyoungFishermangoesoutonthesea.Hethrowshisnetsintothewater.Whenthewindblowsfromtheland,hedoesn'tcatchmanyfish.Butwhenthewindblowsfromthesea,hecatcheslotsoffishandhecansellthematthemarket.OneeveningtheFisherman'snetisveryheavy。Hethinks，'Areallthefishintheseainmynet?Oristhereamonsterinmynet?'Hepullsandhepullshisnet.Therearenofishormonstersinhisnet.ButthereisalittleMermaidandsheissleeping。TheMermaid'shairisgolden.Herbodyiswhite.Hertailissilverandpearl.Herearsarelikesea—shellsandherlipsarelikesea-coral.HerbeautymakestheFishermanveryhappy。Heleansoutoftheboat.HetakestheMermaidinhisarms.Shewakesupwhenhetouchesher。Shecrieslikeaseagullandshewantstoescape。ButtheFishermanholdstheMermaidinhisarms.‘Pleasefreeme,'theMermaidcries。”IamtheonlydaughteroftheKing.Myfatherisoldandalone.‘Makemeapromise，'saystheFisherman。"Icanfreeyou。BpleasecomewhenIcallyou。Youcansingtomeandtothefish.Thenmynetscanalwaysbefulloffish。"‘Ipromise，'criestheMermaid.ThefishermanopenshisarmsandfeesthefrightenedMermaid.Sheswimsdownunderthewater.Whatisnotapromise？口Astatementinwhichyousaythatsomethingwilldefinitelyhappen。口Youwilldefinitelydosomething.口Youwilldefinitelynotdosomething。（完整版）黑布林英语渔夫和他的灵魂（完整版）黑布林英语渔夫和他的灵魂seahorses.ShesingsofsunkenshipsandofMermaidsholdingouttheirarmstothesailors，callingthemintothesea。TheMermaidsingsandsings。Allthefishcomefromthebottomoftheseatolistentoher.TheFishermanthrowshisnetsintothesea。Hisnetsandboatarefulloffish.ThentheMermaidstopssinging。ShesmilesattheFishermanandsheswimsbackunderthesea。EveryeveningtheFishermancallstheMermaid。Andeveryeveningshesingsforhim。Butshedoesnotcomenearhim。TheFishermantriestotouchher.ButsheswimsbackundertheSea。EveryeveningtheFishermanlistenstotheMermaid.HerSongandhervoicearesweettohisears.AndtheFishermanforgetshisnetsandthefish.Hiseyesarefulloflove.OneeveningtheFishermancallstotheMermaid。'LittleMermaid，littleMermaid，|loveyou.CanIbeyourhusband？'hesays.ButtheMermaidshakesherhead.'No,'shesays.'Youhaveahumansoul。Icannotloveyouwithyourhumansoul.SendawayyourhumansoulandIcanloveyou.'TheFishermanthinks，'Ihaveasoul。ButIcannotseeit。Icannottouchit.Idonotneedit.Icansenditaway.ThenIcanbe...
