《嘉莉妹妹》中的爱情悲剧和道德沦丧_英语论文

Love Failure and Ethical Degradation in Sister Carrie

摘要

《嘉莉妹妹》讲述了一个乡村女孩的人生经历，尤其对其在追求美国梦的过程中的爱情经历进行刻画。这篇论文主要分析嘉莉妹妹是如何从一个天真的乡村少女一步步变为一个被欲望驱使的虚伪小人。为了更加深入地理解嘉莉的变化和特殊社会背景之间的关系，作者将嘉莉妹妹与《了不起的盖茨比》中男主人公的经历进行对比。正是在现代物质化社会里，随着贫富差距的拉大，人们的精神价值追求逐渐陷入一个不断败坏的恶性循环中。在追求美国梦的过程中，爱情与道德也都物质化，成为了交易平台上货物。本文旨在分析在工业化社会里人们的爱情观和价值观，从而有助于现代人在日常生活中提倡一种健康的行为准则和树立正确的爱情观。

关键词：嘉莉；工业化；爱情失败；道德沦丧

Abstract

Sister Carrie tells a story about a country girl’s life experiences, and especially displays her love affairs along with the realization of her American dream. This paper  mainly focuses on the analysis of the process during which Carrie gradually transforms from an innocent country girl into a hypocrite driven by her desire. In order to get a deeper understanding of the relations between Carrie’s changes and the special social background, the author compares the life experiences of the main characters with the experiences of those in Great Gatsby. It is in the modern society that is abundant with material goods, people’s spiritual pursuit and view of value sink into a gradually degrading vicious circle. In the process of realizing American style success, people regard their love and ethics as goods, putting them on a trade platform as other material goods. This paper aims to analyze the view of love and value in an industrial society, which is conducive for modern people to promote a healthy code of behavior and establish correct love idea in our daily life.

Key words: Carrie; industrialization; love failure; ethical degradation