英国文学作品“复仇”主题探讨——以艾米丽·勃朗特《呼啸山庄》为例

Discussion on Theme of Revenge in English Literature——Taking Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte as an Example

"复仇"主题向来是英国文学作品中的常见要素,"复仇"这类情感较为激烈的主题内容能够直观透射人物的心理状态,从而反映时代社会的弊病。文章通过探析《呼啸山庄》中男主人翁希斯克利夫复仇的经过和结果,揭示了男主人翁童年受辱后初步异化、社会推动下心理人格丧失、爱情争夺失败后完全异化的复仇心理形成的内因,从而反映了英国维多利亚时代的畸形社会样貌。探讨英国作品中的"复仇"主题,具有重要的历史价值及现实意义。

The theme of"revenge"has always been a common element in English literature.The theme of"revenge",which is a kind of intense emotion,can directly convey the psychological state of the characters and reflect the social ills of the times.Wuthering Heights tells a story of the mad revenge of the hero Heathcliff who suffered from great humiliation and then ignored the legal system and trampled on social ethics,and reflects the appearance of the deformed society in the Victorian Age from the perspective of the emotional and psychological alienation of the characters.The exploration on the theme of revenge in British works has important historic value and realistic significance.