莎士比亚喜剧中的孤女童话

Fairy Tales for Orphan Girls in Shakespeare's Comedies

戏剧奇才莎士比亚在为婚恋喜剧创作女主人公的时候多次选用孤女的形象,赋予她们的身份横跨贵族、中产和平民等各个社会阶层。尽管家世、性情不尽相同,这些女性在追求个人婚姻幸福时大都顺利扫除障碍,获得了童话般完美的结局。本文将围绕《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《无事生非》和《终成眷属》这四部剧中孤女主人公的人物设计,探讨家世和性情与她们命运发展的关联性,并结合时代背景分析莎士比亚善待孤女的"仙女教母"情趣对此类主题创作的意义。

Orphan girls were depicted many times as female protagonists in Shakespeare's romantic comedies and the social class Shakespeare had bestowed upon them ranged from top to bottom.Despite differences in their pedigree and disposition,these girls managed to overcome obstacles standing in their choice of marriage and achieved a happy ending.This paper will center around four orphan girls from Merchant of Venice,Twelfth Night,Much Ado About Nothing and All's Well That Ends Well to explore how their respective pedigree and disposition has shaped their destiny,analyse Shakespeare's interest in playing a fairy godmother in his time and conclude how this might affect the life of orphans then and the later creation of orphan protagonists in literature.