评《押沙龙,押沙龙!》中的查尔斯·邦

On Charles Bon in Absalom,Absalom!

查尔斯·邦是《押沙龙,押沙龙!》中的重要人物。他不是奴隶主萨德本家族成员,却与这个家族有着很密切的联系。他以自身的素养、执着的信念,通过亨利、朱迪思影响着萨德本家族,加速了这个奴隶主家族的灭亡。他不见得有很高的政治觉悟,但在追求个人理想的过程中,在一定程度上成了萨德本家族的拯救者兼埋葬人。

Charles Bon,an important figure in Absalom,Absalom!,is not a member of slaveholding Sutpen family,but has very close ties to this family.His own temperament and the persistent belief affect the Sutpen family through Henry and Judith,and accelerate the demise of this slaveholding family.He may not have a high political consciousness,but in the pursuit of personal ideals,becomes the saviour and burier of Sutpen family to a certain extent.