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简介：TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredthefinestachievementofFitzgerald’sliterarycareer.Thenovelissuccessfulforitsnarrativeskill,gracefulanddelicateprosestyle,andespecially,theemploymentofsymbolismwhichcontributesmosttothedepthandbroadnessofitstheme.Thereisanabundanceofimageswhicharefullofsymbolicmeaningthroughthewholestory,amongwhichthemostimportantoneisunquestionablytheemploymentof"thegreenlight".Thispaper,throughanalyzingtheskillfulemploymentofsymbolisminthetermof"thegreenlight"inthenovel,discussesthedeepconnotationthatisimpartedbythenovelistandexplainsthedecisiveroleofthesymbolismofthisterminthenovelinshapingthefigures,developingtheplotofthestory,anddeepeningthethemesofthework.