解读《刀锋》中三女性

The interpretation of three women in "The Razor's Edge"

长篇小说《刀锋》是二十世纪英国著名的小说家毛姆的代表作,也是其最受欢迎的一部作品。小说中的三位女性人物——伊莎贝儿、苏珊和索菲,分别代表了当时社会中的三类女性。作者毛姆通过对这三位女性人物的刻画,反衬出男主人公拉里的崇高,同时也流露出作家自己对于女性的成见。

'The Razor's Edge' is the masterpiece of Maugham, a British novelist in the 20 th century, and it is also one of his most popular works. There are three women characters, Isabel, Susan and Sophie, who are the representatives of different women at that time. By depicting three women characters, the writer Maugham exalts the protagonist Larry by contrast, as well as reveals his own prejudice against women.