《了不起的盖茨比》中三位主要女性形象的对比

Comparison and Analysis of the Three Major Female Characters in The Great Gatsby

美国现代作家菲茨杰拉德在其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》中刻画了三位令人印象深刻的女性形象:黛西·布坎南、乔丹·贝克和梅特尔·威尔逊。出身于上层社会的黛西是父权制社会的传统女性代表,来自于中产阶级家庭的乔丹是战后逐步走向独立的新女性形象,而急欲从社会底层脱身的梅特尔则是工业社会消费文化的牺牲品。菲茨杰拉德从男性立场出发,把她们丑化为金钱和物欲的化身。这一方面源于菲茨杰拉德自身的婚恋经历,另一方面也折射出深受男权文化影响的他在新女性不断涌现的时代背景下所感受到的焦虑恐慌和不知所措。

In his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, the modem U.S. Writer Fitzgerald depicted three impressive female char- acters： Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson. Coming from the upper class, Daisy was a representative of tradi- tional women in the patriarchal society. Jordan, from a middle-class family, was a new female image after the war who grad- ually obtained her independence. While Myrtle who struggled to get away from the bottom of society was a victim of the consumer culture of industrial society. From the standpoint of a man, Fitzgerald downgrades them as the embodiment of money and material desire. Part of this comes from the experience of Fitzgerald in love and marriage. At the same time, it in- dicates the anxiety, panic and helplessness of Fitzgerald, who has been deeply influenced by man-dominated culture, in an era when new women constantly come to the force.