被忽略的灵魂人物——莎翁喜剧中的媒人

The Neglected Main Characters:The Matchmakers in Shakespeare's Comedies

莎翁喜剧中的媒人们用化干戈为玉帛的本领,扭转了男女主人公的命运;用化悲为喜的力量,让结局令人难以置信。同时,他们也制造了最喜剧性的笑料,铸就了莎氏喜剧辉煌。他们是被忽略了的灵魂人物。文章以《无事生非》和《温莎的风流娘儿们》中的媒人为例,探讨他们独有的品格魅力,剖析他们承载的丰富人文内涵,以及莎士比亚本人彼时潜在的婚恋态度。

The matchmakers in Shakespeare's comedies are capable of turning hostility into friendship and reversing the fate of protagonists.They are capable of turning sorrow into joy and make incredible ending out of the play.They also make comic jokes,and thus make Shakespeare's comedies brilliant.The matchmakers are the soul of the play though they got little attention.Taking the matchmakers in Much Ado about Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor as examples,this article aims to analyze the personality charm they have,pointing out rich humanistic connotations they carry and Shakespeare's attitude towards love and marriage at the time while writing these comedies。