《玻璃动物园》中的女性人物创伤解读

Analysis on Female's Trauma in The Glass Menagerie

《玻璃动物园》是美国著名戏剧家田纳西·威廉斯的重要作品。它在1945年的成功演出,标志着威廉斯戏剧创作生涯的开端,并成为美国戏剧史上的里程碑。该剧描绘了无人能够逃离现实的压抑事实。剧中的两位女主人公都因种种原因受到创伤,母亲阿曼达在男权社会的压力下,因丈夫酗酒和离家出走出现了“记忆侵扰”的症状,女儿劳拉则因身体残疾及家庭环境被“过度警觉”症状纠缠。两位女性人物都为创伤恢复做了种种尝试,她们摆脱创伤梦魇的道路充满艰辛。自我赋能和接受他人帮助,在恢复的过程中起到了重要作用。

The Glass Menagerie is an important play of Tennessee Williams who is the famous American playwright.Its successful performance in 1945 not only marked the beginning of Tennessee Williams'career as a playwright,but also became the historical milestone of American drama.This play shows the depressing fact that no one can escape from the reality.The two heroines are traumatized for various reasons.The mother Amanda suffers from intrusion under the pressure of patriarchal society,her husband's problems of drinking and abandonment become her nightmare.The daughter Laura suffers from hyper-arousal due to her physical defect and family issues.Both of them try to fight against traumatic experience by lots of meaning.The way of getting rid of traumatic nightmare is full of difficulties.Self-effort and accepting others'help play important role to their recovery.