《呼啸山庄》中伊莎蓓拉形象的重要意义

Isabella's Significant Role in Wuthering Heights

在《呼啸山庄》的读者和评论家眼中,伊莎蓓拉一直是个无足轻重的人物形象,对她的既往研究有很大的局限性。然而作者艾米莉对这一形象的塑造颇含深意:她赋予伊莎蓓拉行为叙述者的身份,给予她言说的机会,让她澄清事实真相,戳穿希克厉颇含心计的谎言;作为由愚钝走向成熟、敢于挑战男权的女性形象,伊莎蓓拉凭借微弱的一己之力,让我们从宝贵的女性叙述视角,窥探到维多利亚时代中产阶级的婚姻和家庭生活内幕——其中包括不幸的婚姻、男权的滥用和家庭暴力屡见不鲜等现象。

Readers and critics of Wuthering Heights have long considered Isabella a minor and insignificant character, who is seldom studied and analyzed. However, Emily Bronte aims to convey significant messages by creating such a role. She grants Isabella the opportunity to speak for herself, clear the air and expose Heathcliff＇s crafted lies. As one transforming from an insane and spoiled girl to a mature and resolute lady who dares to challenge masculine power, Isabella offers us a distinctive voice from a different female narrative perspective and enables us to get a glimpse of the Victorian middle-class marriage and family life, including unhappy marriage, abused masculine power and prevalent domestic violence.