命运:曹禺话剧中的一种神秘力量

Fate:A Mysterious Power in Cao Yu's Plays

曹禺的话剧着力探寻了"命运"这一神秘的命题。剧作中,命运是一种变幻莫测、难以把握又不可抗拒的神秘力量。命运的变幻莫测与难以把握体现在:离奇的题材、人物关系与冲突的错综复杂、事情发展的突然扭转以及各种不可预料的致命巧合四个方面。命运的不可抗拒则表现为:人对命运的徒劳抗争和永难冲破的命定轮回。其中,命定的轮回现象又包括人生轮回、生死轮回和业报轮回等。"命运"在曹禺话剧中显示出一种无所不在、无所不知、无所不控的神秘魔力。

Cao Yu＇s plays have all concentrated themselves on the exploration of a single mysterious theme of fate. That fate in them is an unfathomably, uncontrollably, and irresistibly mysterious power lies in uncanny plots, complicated relationships, complicated conflicts, accidents and fatal coincidences beyond expectation. And fate＇s determined transmigration forever not allowing for remedy includes life and death transmigration, life phases transmigration and retribution transmigration. Thus fate in Cao Yu＇s plays is presented as a mysterious power, an immanent, omniscient and omnipotent power.