因为需要,彼此依存——析《蝴蝶君》中主人公关系维系的原因

Togetherness out of Need——A Reinterpretation of the Relationship in M.Butterfly in Maslow's Theory of Need

《蝴蝶君》塑造了宋丽玲和伽利玛这两个性别模糊的形象,颠覆了西方对东方的魔幻化认识和固有的东西方权利关系模式。本文运用马斯洛需求理论解释主人公宋丽玲和伽利玛保持持久关系的根本原因,即彼此可以满足对方多种层次的需要。伽利玛失去宋丽玲扮演的蝴蝶夫人就无法生活,因此在知道宋丽玲的真实身份后选择自杀,与现实告别,回到自己的幻想空间。

M. Butterfly has established two figures with blurred sexual orientation, and upset the stereotyped image of the West on the East. This paper seeks to analyze the root cause for the sustained relationship between the two protagonists in M. Butterfly, Song Liling and Rene Gallimard, utilizing Maslow＇s theory of the hierarchies of need as a theoretical tool for explanation. It＇s the mutual satisfaction of the different hierarchies of needs of each other that they finally became inseparable. And this accounts for why Gallimard chose to return to fantasy after knowing Song＇s real identity by committing suicide in the end.