摘要
赫尔曼·麦尔维尔在其经典名著《白鲸》中塑造了一批血肉丰满的人物形象。偏执狂亚哈、耽于沉思的以实玛利、忠实的魁魁格,此外,理性的斯达巴克更是给广大的读者留下了深刻的印象。斯达巴克的理性主要表现在两个方面:他深谙捕鲸的风险,因而能够理性地对待人与自然的关系,同时能很好地平衡收益和风险之间的冲突。然而,隐伏在这层理性面纱背后的却是以人类为中心的沙文主义思想,这种思想正是导致斯达巴克悲剧的根源。
In his masterpiece Moby-Dick, Herman Melville portrayed the characters with flesh and blood. Besides Ahab’s monomania, Ishmael’s indulgence in meditation, loyal Quequeg, what impresses readers most is Starbuck’s rationality which suggests itself in the following two ways： he knows how to balance interests and risks and he can interpret the man-nature relation from the economic perspective. However, what lies latent behind Starbuck’s rationality is anthropocentricism, which finally leads to his tragedy.
