《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》中麦琪人生悲剧的时代背景分析

On the Historical Background of Maggie's Tragedy in The Mill on the Floss

《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》中主人公麦琪经历了悲剧的一生,父亲破产并去世,哥哥与她断绝往来,爱情也找不到归属,最终麦琪与哥哥汤姆长眠于弗洛斯河中。19世纪维多利亚时期的英国,在男权社会对女性的压迫下,女性的各种权利受到限制。同时工业革命的到来给社会带来巨大变革,女性身处渴望自由却又害怕改变的矛盾之中。麦琪的人生悲剧与上述时代背景密不可分,具有外部压迫和内在矛盾的双重印记。

In The Mill on the Floss,the heroine Maggie experienced a tragic life.Her father went broke and then died.Her brother Tom cut her out of his life after the collision of Maggie’s affections for Philip Wakem and Stephen Guest.Maggie and Tom eventually drowned in the flood.In the Victorian times,various rights of women were deprived by the patriarchal society.After Industrial Revolution,great changes in the society put women in the dilemma of desiring freedom and fearing change.Maggie's tragedy,which is closely related to the historical background of the society,reflects the external oppression of the society and the internal contradiction of women themselves.