俯瞰人类的情感困惑——透析《苹果树》中花的线索暗示

The Human Emotional Dilemma—On the Flower Implications in The Apple Tree

高尔斯华绥轻描淡写地结束了爱情故事《苹果树》,似乎对男主人公的恋爱态度缺乏明确的立场。理解了作者设计的种种暗示,其创作意图便可了然于心。凄美的爱情悲剧包含了种种讽刺意味。一条花的线索暗示了一个爱情的反讽叙事,主人公在象征爱情的苹果花下缺失了爱情。作者客观的描述中隐含着对男主人公人性弱点的理解和批判以及对人类情感困境的关注。

John Galsworthy ends The Apple Tree lightly without a seemingly firm standpoint concerning the hero. The author＇ s intention of writing will be well understood if the various implications the author has created are comprehended. The love tragedy in fact is built with ironic image in the story. An elaborately designed clue of flowers implies an irony, i. e. a love under an apple tree sets in relief an absence of love. Both an understanding and criticism of the human weaknesses represented by the hero and the author＇ s concern about the human emotional dilemma are embedded in the imagery system of the narrative.