吉卜林“狼孩”故事中老虎角色的构建与隐喻

Characterization and Metaphors of Tiger in Kipling's “Wolf- child”Stories

在罗德亚德·吉卜林的"狼孩"故事中,反面角色老虎谢尔汗多次威胁主人公莫格里、村民、丛林其他动物的生命安全。他恣意妄为,无视自己的行为给其他物种带来的悲剧后果,同时也给主人公的成长带来了精神方面的困惑。吉卜林通过对老虎这个角色的构建,隐喻了生态威胁、下层社会百姓的生存威胁和人性沉沦的诱因等。借助这些隐喻,吉卜林向世人展示了自己对生态环境、低层社会老百姓的生存状况和人性的忧虑。

In Rudyard Kipling’ s“Wolf-child” Stories, the tiger Shere Khan makes the lives of the protagonist Mowgli, the villagers and other animals in the jungle under threat and brings spiritual confusion to Mowgli.By describing Shere Khan, Kipling metaphorizes the ecological threat, survival menace of the lower-class people and the induce of degeneration of human nature. With these metaphors, Kipling announces his concern for the ecological balance, the lower-class people’ s survival conditions and the development of human nature.