论《双城记》中德法奇夫人的角色的变化

On the role change of Madame Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities

对小说《双城记》进行分析,认为德法奇夫人有三重角色:妻子的角色,女革命者的角色,及杀人犯的角色。从最初的受害者,到最后的嗜血恶魔,德法奇夫人一步步地被复仇之心引向万劫不复的深渊,同时她也一步步地失去了读者的同情。在对德法奇夫人的三个角色进行分析后,读者可以进一步了解到狄更斯对于血腥的法国大革命的态度,即深切同情穷人、工人、平民等下层阶级,也谴责恐怖的暴力,同时也谴责引起暴力革命的罪恶的社会制度。

In A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge plays triple roles ： a wife, a woman revolutionist, and a murderer From a victim in the first place to a blood-thirsty demon in the end, Madame Defarge is driven, by her urge for re- venge, to her doomed abyss. Meanwhile, she is losing, step by step, readers＇ sympathy for her as a victim. This paper deals with the triple roles that Madame Defarge plays, and further analyses Dickens＇ attitude toward the French Rev- olution ：his heartfelt sympathy for the common people and his condemnation of violence and terror,as well as of the evil social system that caused the Revolution.