“蝴蝶”意象的继承和变体发展——作比《蝴蝶君》和《蝴蝶夫人》二剧

The Inheritance and The Variance to the Image of Butterfly——A Contrast Between M.Butterfly and Madame Butterfly

《蝴蝶夫人》一剧创造出了一种经典的"蝴蝶"意象,它隐喻柔弱的东方女子。《蝴蝶君》一剧巧妙的融会了该戏剧题材,剧情却与前者构成了鲜明的对立,其中男女关系、东西方关系甚而殉情方式都颠倒了过来。然而,对于"蝴蝶"意象,该剧却并非简单的进行颠倒,而是既有继承又有变体的发展。

Madame Butterfly has created a classical image of Butterfly, which inferred weak oriental women. M. Butterfly blended the theme delicately. However, the plot of the latter contrasted with the former strikingly. In Mo Butterfly the relations between men and women, the relations between West and Orient, even the ways of dying for love changed completely. To the image of Butterfly, the drama hasn＇ t changed it simply,which inherited but developed it forward in a variant style.