Wandering in the Realm of Good and Evil——An Analysis of Moral Consciousness in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_英语论文

摘要

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森(1850-1894)是英国19世纪后半叶新浪漫主义文学的奠基人和杰出代表。他的作品《化身博士》因其深刻的主题思想而引起了诸多批评家的关注与讨论。亨利·詹姆斯认为该小说“充满哲学意味”。在这部短片著作中，主人公杰基尔博士是一个彻头彻尾的绅士，至少在外人眼中如此，然而与此同时他的身体里又住着另一个名为海德的恶魔。本文将恶比作“黑色”，将善比作“白色”，主要结合维多利亚时代的道德观来初步探讨“黑”与“白”之间的灰色地带，并旨在引领读者辩证地看待善恶。

关键词：斯蒂文森；化身博士；善与恶；维多利亚时代；道德观

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 About Robert Louis Stevenson 1

1.2 About The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1

1.3 An Overview of the Victorian Era 2

 1.3.1 The History of Victorian Era 2

 1.3.2 London in Victorian Era 3

2. Good and Evil in the Victorian Era 4

2.1 The Definition of Good and Social Phenomena 4

2.2 The Definition of Evil and Social Phenomena 5

3. The Duality of Good and Evil in the Novel 6

3.1 The Good Reflected by Dr. Jekyll 7

 3.1.1 The Implication of Jekyll ’s Name 7

 3.1.2 The Essential Goodness of Dr. Jekyll 7

 3.1.3 Dr. Jekyll’s impurity of goodness 9

3.2 The Evil Reflected by Mr. Hyde 11

 3.2.1 The Implication of Hyde’s Name 12

 3.2.2 Mr. Hyde’s Evil Nature 12

 3.2.3 Mr. Hyde’s End: Going to Ruin 13

3.3 The Symbiosis of Good and Evil 14

 3.3.1 Good and Evil Integration 15

 3.3.2 Contradictory Stevenson 16

4. Conclusion 17

References 19