奥菲利亚的时代演变(英文)

Ophelia Through the Ages

《哈姆雷特》当然是关于哈姆雷特的剧目,但其他人物对于理解本剧以及主人公也是至关重要的。奥菲利亚就是一个生动的例子。本文通过聚焦不同时代对于哈姆雷特和待奥菲利亚关系的处理方法的变化来考察《哈》剧的演变。这一关系的处理决定着哈姆雷特到底是应该被视为悲剧英雄,还是一个染上了他自己坚决痛斥的残忍和堕落人性的人。总之,哈姆雷特如何对待奥菲利亚为理解该剧从诞生到当今的漫长接受历程中命运变幻提供了主要线索。

Hamlet is of course a play about Hamlet.Yet other characters can be crucial as well to our understanding of the play and of the protagonist himself.Ophelia is a particularly vivid instance of this.This study examines the evolving pattern of Hamlet over the ages,as seen through the lens of Hamlet＇s treatment of Ophelia.This treatment is central to a consideration of whether Hamlet is a tragic hero or a person who is tarnished by the very brutality and degradation of human existence that he persistently deplores and struggles against.Overall,in fact,the story of Hamlet＇s treatment of Ophelia is a major clue to the changing fortunes of this play from its earliest inception to what the play has become today.