Its subject is "life-as-spectacle" for readers, diverted by its various incidents, observe its hero Odysseus primarily from without; the tragic Iliad, however, presents "life-as-experience": readers are asked to identify with the mind of Achilles, whose motivations render him a not particularly likeable hero.（）

单项选择题Our boasted civilization is but a thin veneer, which cracks and scares off at the first impact of prima1 passions.（）

A. creative
B. traditional
C. uncontrollable
D. original

单项选择题Hamlet’s impetuosity and emotionalism is also the source of his major weakness and character defect.（）

A. atrocity
B. impatience
C. humility
D. ambition