Lesson3Blackmail--ArthurHailey羅昕玨吳韓單秋燕孫梅ContentsBriefintroductionaboutArthurHaileyBackgroundabout“Blackmail”CharacteranalysisPlotTextualstructureI'mArthurHaileyHehadbegunhiswritinglifeasajournalistonatransportmagazine,butgothisbreakasafictionwriterwhen,duringaflight,hebegantoponderwhatwouldhappenifbothpilotsfellsickfromfoodpoisoning.Thestorylineledtohisfirstbigsuccess.

Haileysaidhedetached（分離）himselffromhisplotsandcharactersonceabookhadbeensoldtoHollywood.Havingtriedscript-writingatonestageinhiscareer,hesawmovie-makingasacompletelydifferentdisciplinefromnovelwritinganddecidedtostickwithwhatheknew.Novels

1958

FlightintoDanger

(withJohnCastle)

1959TheFinal

Diagnosis-最后診斷-hospitalpolitics

1962InHighPlaces--ColdWarErapoliticsinNorthAmerica

1965Hotel

大飯店--hotels

1968

Airport-航空港-airportpolitics

1971Wheels--automobileindustry

1975

TheMoneychangers-錢商-banks

1979Overload-超載-powercrisisinCalifornia

1984StrongMedicine-烈藥-pharmaceuticalindustry

1990TheEveningNews--newscasters

1997Detective--investigationpolitics

Plays

1960Close-Up(collectedplays)

FilmScreenplays

1957TimeLock

1961TheYoungDoctors

1978

Wheels

Haileybestsellersinclude:Hotel《大飯店》Airport《航空港》Motorcity《汽車城》TheFinalDiagnosis《最后診斷》TheMoneyChangers《錢商》StrongMedicine《烈藥》Eveningnews《晚報》BackgroundinformationAboutthenovelHotel

TheSt.GregoryHotelisthelargestinNewOrleans,Louisiana.For4daysfromMondayeveningtoFriday,thehotelgoesthroughasuccessionofdramaticevents.Withthehotel’smortgageduebytheweekendandwithnochanceofgettingfurtherrenewal,theowner,WarrenTrent,reluctantlymakesuphismindtosellhishoteltoachainhotelowner,CurtisO’Keefe.Characteranalysis:Ogilvie1.Appearance:fat,piggyeyes,grossjowledface,obesebody,incongruousfalsettovoice,movingwithsurprisingspeed2.

Character:atfirstrude,sardonic,self-assured,shamelessgreedy,butfinallysubservient

Duchess1.Appearance:palecheekwithtwohighpoints,gray-greeneyes2.Character:imperious,threecenturiesandahalfofinbredarrogance,decisive,vigilant,veryquickinresponseDuke1.Appearance:attempttosquarehisshouldersbutfailed2.uncertain,readytocompromise,passive,despairingly,Eg:“That’sinteresting,Ididn’tknowthat.”Thedukespokeasifhewasspeakingofsb.unrelatedtothewholething.StagephotoPlot

Basicsituation:

thehit-n-runOgilviehasfoundtheevidence

Risingaction:

OgilviegoestoseetheDukeandDuchessinordertogetmoney(blackmail).Heshowshisevidencetothem.Ogilviecontrolsthesituationandplayswithit.TextualstructureTheconflicts(theproblem—theendoftheproblem)Crime:Duchess:shetriestodenythefactOgilvie:hepresentstheevidencesofcrimeonebyone.Money:Ogilvie:hewantstogetlargesumofmoneyontheconditionthathekeepsquietofwhatheknowsaboutthecrime.Duchess:shewantstomakefulladvantageofOgilvie’sgreed.Shemayoffermoremoneythanhehadaskedontheconditionthathedrivesthecar(theveryevidenceofthecrime)toChicago.Part1.Prelude(1-3)

(Thechiefhouseofficer...Ogilvieremainedstanding)Section1.Thesetting,maincharacters,andthesuspension.

(Thechiefhouse...thatbothmightreturnatanymoment.)

Section2.ThepreliminaryencounterbetweenthehousedetectiveandtheCroydons.

(Awaveofcigarsmoke...Ogilvieremainedstanding)Part3.23-99TheDirtyDealSection1.EliminatingthepossibilityofhavingthecarrepairedinNewOrleans.(Herhusbandasked...Youpeoplearehot).Section2.TheinteriormonologueoftheDuchess.Herjudgement,analysisandcalculationofthesituation,weighingtheadvantagesanddisadvantages.(Theduchess...Orhadthey?