西尔维亚·普拉斯《钟形罩》中埃斯特“向死而在”的哲学解读

Philosophical Interpretation of Esther’s“Being-Toward-Death”in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar

《钟形罩》一书中埃斯特的生死抉择与灵肉博弈契合了海德格尔关于“向死而在”的哲学思想,埃斯特力图以生命的完结和选取他人此在去理解此在的完整性,最终得以向死而在,意识到此在是自我存在的唯一选择。埃斯特的向死而在给处于社会这个无形的钟形罩下的美国女性带来希望,也赋予女性关于生命意义新的理解。

In The Bell Jar,Esther’s confrontation with the life-or-death choice and struggle between body and soul correspond to Heidegger’s thought of“Being-toward-death”.By the choice of committing suicide and the Da-sein of others that have come to an end,Esther attempts to reach her wholeness in death.In the end,being fully aware of herself as a whole,she shifts the focus of life to survival by undergoing the experiences of impending death.Esther’s“being-toward-death”brings hope to American females who live under the invisible bell jar of the society,and hence endows women with a new understanding of life.