A Victim in Patriarchal Society——An Analysis of Daisy in The Great Gatsby_英语论文

摘要

《了不起的盖茨比》是美国著名作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的小说代表作，自问世以来，因其在人物形象塑造方面的独特之处，魅力经久不衰，被誉为美国最伟大的小说之一。该小说主要讲述了二十世纪美国人性与欲望的纠葛。评论界通常将其中女主人公黛西的悲剧原因归咎于作者的有意设计。父权社会是由古希腊的父权制演变而来并由现代历史学家和社会学家称为父权社会的一种社会结构。本文主要旨在通过运用一个全新的视角——父权社会，来探究造成黛西这一悲剧的原因，其目的在于警醒现代人共建和谐的两性关系的重要性。

关键词：了不起的盖茨比；父权社会；黛西；牺牲品; 悲剧

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 About Francis Scott Fitzgerald 1

1.2 About The Great Gatsby 2

2. An Overview about Patriarchy 3

2.1 Evolution of Patriarchy 3

2.2 The Female Status in Patriarchal Society 4

3. Daisy’s Tragic Situation 6

3.1 Daisy’s Love 6

3.2 Daisy’s Marriage 7

3.3 Daisy’s Compromise on Life 8

3.4 Daisy’s Tragedy of Personality 9

4. The Objective Reasons for Daisy to Become the Victim of the Patriarchal Society 11

4.1 The Female Prejudice under the Patriarchal Society 11

4.2 The Immature Feminism Development in 1920s or 1930s 13

4.3 The Prevailing Male Chauvinism under the Feudal Society 14

5. The Subjective Reasons for Daisy to Become the Victim of the Patriarchal Society 15

5.1 Daisy’s Own Character Factors 15

5.2 The Conflicts in Daisy’s Self-consciousness 17

5.3 The Deformed Development of the Values in Daisy’s Thought 18

6. Conclusion 19

References 22