《欲望号街车》中布莱奇悲惨命运的根源探究_英语论文

An Analysis of Blanche’s Tragedy in A Streetcar Named Desire 

摘要

《欲望号街车》，很大程度上是作者田纳西威廉姆斯的自传。其中剧中描写的男女主人公的冲突与碰撞与真实生活中暴力父亲和羸弱母亲的纠葛类似。而布莱奇特有的性格和特质，则是从她母亲和妹妹上汲取的灵感。首先，作者分析布莱奇悲剧的社会根源，她不但是旧南方的承袭者，也是北方工业社会文明的受害者。南方的文化和传统深深影响了布莱奇，使她将男人看做唯一的幸福和依靠，当身边的男人都抛弃他后，布莱奇走向了人生的黑暗与精神的毁灭。而后，田纳西威廉姆斯将视角集中于她个人的性格如何导致了她的悲剧。文章从欲望与死亡，幻想与现实，受害者与介入者几个方面分析。布莱奇始终麻醉自己陶醉于自己编织的美丽幻想和甜蜜梦境中，然而，残酷的现实将她的梦幻王国彻底毁灭。进而，田纳西利用象征手法深化布莱奇的悲惨命运。作者通过具体事物的象征意义，例如音乐，香水，和灯光等来深化观众心中布莱奇的形象和她的悲剧命运。整篇文章通过饱经内心折磨，情感复杂的布莱奇的悲剧形象，并分析其悲剧的多方面原因，希冀着建立一个男女平等的理想社会，并试图给予处在类似境遇的现代人一些提示和启迪。

关键词：布莱奇；悲剧；欲望；冲突

Abstract

This paper mainly studies the causes of Blanche’s tragedy. A Streetcar Named Desire, largely an autobiography, displays the clash and conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist which imitate the real life between his violent father and genteel mother. Blanche, is almost the representative of her mother and her sister. First of all, the author emphasizes social roots of Blanche’s tragedy, and analyzes why Blanche is a product of the Old Southern and a victim of the capitalism. Southern culture and custom influence her deeply, forcing her to regard men as her own happiness and reliance. When men around her all abandon her, Blanche plucks herself into darkness and madness. Secondly, the author reveals her own characteristics that affect her tragic fate, from the perspectives of death and desire, illusion and reality, victim and intruder. Blanche indulges herself in a realm of her charming imagination and sweet dream that she creates, but cruel reality destroys her illusion thoroughly. In the story, Williams makes good use of symbols to highlight Blanche’s tragedy. These symbolic items, such as music, perfume, and paper lantern, serves to makes deeper impression about Blanche’s image and her tragic fate. Though the image of Blanche, Williams presents a sophisticated woman tortured by her inner conflict and contradiction. By focusing on the causes of her tragedy, this paper seeks to establish an ideal equal society between men and women, and attempts to offer some suggestions for modern men under the similar situation.

Key words: Blanche; tragedy; desire; conflict