个人意志与上帝力量:“陌生人”形象新解

Unity of Personal Will and God's Power: A New Interpretation of “Stranger” in In the Highlands

易卜生长诗《在高原》中的"陌生人",他的身份是上帝遣来的。随着"年轻人"内心矛盾的激化,上帝从隐身为自然界的"光",到显现为"陌生人"的身影。"年轻人"相信"陌生人"的引导,他才克服了感情的磨难,最终坚定了自己"在高处"生活的决心。而"陌生人"带领"年轻人"找到的是自己心中的上帝。从本质上说"陌生人"是"年轻人"自我意志和上帝力量的统一,他具有神性,永恒存在,全知全能,将"年轻人"从尘世的痛苦中解脱。"陌生人"是诗人易卜生有意创造的神秘形象,体现了他在面临种种社会问题时对宗教的一种深刻认识。

The “stranger” in Ibsen’s long poem In the is a messenger of God, who changes from the invisible “light”in nature to the figure of a “stranger” as a young man’s contradiction intensified. The man” believes in the stranger’s guide,so he can overcome emotional suffering and become determined to live in the highlands. While what the ^stranger5＇ leads the ＇Vouth5＇ to find is the God in the young man’s inner heart. In nature,the “stranger” is the unity of young man’s will and God’s power, holy, eternal and omniscient so he can save the “young man” from agony. The “stranger”,a mysterious figure created deliberately by the author Ibsen, represents his profound understanding of the religion when he confronts many social issues.