知其不可为而为之与不知其不可为而为之——鲍赛昂夫人与高里奥老头悲剧探微

Knowing the Impossibilities but Persevering and Unknowing the Impossibilities but Persevering

在长篇小说《高老头》中，高里奥老头的惨死和鲍赛昂夫人的情场失意是两个典型的悲剧故事；从历史的角度看，是两个“时代落伍者”的悲剧；从道德角度看，是两个心灵纯洁、伟大的人物的悲剧；从悲剧审美角度看，鲍赛昂夫人的悲剧是知其不可为而为之的悲剧，高里奥老头的悲剧是不知其不可为而为之的悲剧。

In the novel,The old Man Gao,the old men s tragic death and Madam Pasang s frustration in love are the two typical tragic stories.From the historic point of view,they are two tragedies of outdated people;from the morality,about two great people with pure mind;from tragic aesthetic,this madam s tragedy is that she knew something could not be done but she still did it.Old man Gao s tragedy is that he did something without knowing that it could not be done.