《白衣女人》中疾病的隐喻

The Metaphor of Diseases in The Woman in White

《白衣女人》中的人物很多是患有疾病的,如劳拉的家族遗传病神经症,玛丽安所得的伤寒,珀西瓦尔的父亲天生是畸形等。疾病是作者塑造人物形象的手段,也成为某种现象的隐喻。在《白衣女人》中神经症是英国不健全的法律制度的隐喻,也是英国上层社会某些家族血液中流传的精神上和道德上的缺陷的隐喻。

Many of the characters in The Woman in White are suffering from diseases, such as Laura＇ family genetic disease neurosis, Marian from typhoid, Perceval＇s father, who was born with deformities. Disease is not only the method the author used to shape the characters, but also a kind of metaphor for the certain phenomenon. In The Woman in White, neurosis is the metaphor for United Kingdom＇s imperfect legal system, and it is also the metaphor for the moral and ethical shortcomings of the upper class British family and blood lineage.