诗笔凸显的罗马精神——浅谈莎剧《裘力斯·凯撒》的主要人物形象

On the Main Characters in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

古罗马精神是西方精神文化的最宝贵财富之一 ,它以伟大而崇高的品性显示出动人而持久的魅力。虽然罗马的辉煌早成远年陈迹 ,但这精神却积淀为某种“集体无意识”而溶化于欧人的血液。莎士比亚景仰它、崇尚它 ,这位戏剧艺术的天才 ,以深彻的理解力和豪迈的激情将之凝聚于笔端 ,悲剧《裘力斯·凯撒》通过凯撒、勃鲁托斯、安东尼形象的塑造 ,淋漓尽致地展现了该精神。而这几个既是朋友又是对手的人物复杂的性格刻画 。

Ancient Roman spirit, one of the treasured legacies of the Western civilization, has an everlasting appeal to mankind with its noble and sublime characters. Its glory has long become a past, its spirit, however, has been condensed as a sort of 'collective unconsciousness' and sunk into the blood of the Europeans. Shakespeare, the talented dramatist, who worshipped it deeply, embodied it in his works with thorough going understanding and proud passion, and his Julius Caesar offers a perfect expression to it through the characterization of Caesar, Brutus and Antony. And there characters, partly friends and partly foes, have staged an awe inspiring political philosophical historical tragedy.