GRE作文：艺术品的真实性话题
<p> <span word="Imaginative">Imaginative</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="novels">novels</span>, <span word="plays">plays</span>, <span word="films">films</span>, <span word="fairy">fairy</span> <span word="tales">tales</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="legends">legends</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="meaningful">meaningful</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creators">creators</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fiction">fiction</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="reality">reality</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="literally">literally</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="creations">creations</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="lasting">lasting</span> <span word="significance">significance</span>.</p><p> <span word="Do">Do</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="lasting">lasting</span> <span word="significance">significance</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="cites">cites</span>? <span word="To">To</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="extent">extent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="overstates">overstates</span> <span word="fictions">fictions</span> <span word="comparative">comparative</span> <span word="significance">significance</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="balance">balance</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="recounting">recounting</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="dimensions">dimensions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="experience">experience</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="add">add</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="appreciation">appreciation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="set">set</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="fantasy">fantasy</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="context">context</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="lasting">lasting</span> <span word="significance">significance</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="account">account</span>. <span word="Examples">Examples</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="film">film</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="illustrate">illustrate</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="points">points</span>.</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="concede">concede</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="rely">rely</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="settings">settings</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="plot">plot</span>, <span word="thematic">thematic</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="development">development</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="informing">informing</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="underlying">underlying</span> <span word="political">political</span>, <span word="economic">economic</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span>, <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="frame">frame</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reference">reference</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="appredate">appredate</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="works">works</span>. <span word="Fact">Fact</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="basis">basis</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="fiction">fiction</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fiction">fiction</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="substitute">substitute</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="concede">concede</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>--<span word="insofar">insofar</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="objective">objective</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="meaningful">meaningful</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="experience">experience</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contrary">contrary</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="alive">alive</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="creative">creative</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="imagery">imagery</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="view">view</span>. <span word="And">And</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="events">events</span>--<span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="symbolism">symbolism</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="metaphor">metaphor</span>.</p>
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