摘 要

作为一部著名的小说，《飘》有着许多吸引人的地方。在所有的线索中，其中最为重要并贯穿全文始终的，莫过于主人公斯嘉丽的从一个传统的南方淑女成长为一个永不言败的乱世佳人这一转变过程。事实上，在某种意义上，斯嘉丽的形象甚至使同样身处美国南方的男人们相形见绌，因为她有着直面残酷现实的勇气，有着重新在这个世界上站起来的智慧，还有着拼死保卫家园的坚韧。但是与此同时，同样重要的是，在其个性转变的过程中，斯嘉丽同样饱受精神上的苦痛，为这一过程付出了巨大的代价。正因如此，斯嘉丽——佳人在乱世中个性的磨砺才会对读者和文学评论家有着莫大的吸引力。针对这一转变过程，众多文学评论从不同角度对斯嘉丽的个性、命运进行了不同的解读，但是却容易忽略这本名著中隐藏的珍宝——意象。
本文主要从这篇小说中独特的意象“马”、“火”、“塔拉庄园”三方面来解读斯嘉丽这个乱世佳人的永恒魅力。在这篇论文中，第一部分主要介绍了这一小说的作者玛格丽特 米歇尔的生平以及小说的主要情节。第二部分从理论视角阐述了“意象”的定义和特点。第三部分从三个不同的“意象”方面来解读斯嘉丽的个性和命运；文章的最后总结了意象在《飘》这篇小说中的使用。

关键词：意象；个性；马；火；塔拉庄园。

Abstract

As a famous novel, Gone With the Wind has no shortage of attractive aspects. But of all the clues, the most important clue all through this novel is nothing but how the heroine Scarlet is transformed from a traditional southern fair lady into a determined woman who never surrenders to hardships. As a matter of fact, to some extent, the image of Scarlet even dwarfs those of men in the south for she has the courage to confront the cruel reality, the wisdom to rise again in this world and the perseverance to protect her home. Even in our era, such a female figure as Scarlette is someone worthy of our respect and admiration, let alone in a time more than a century ago. But at the same time, of equal importance is her suffering in this process. In terms of this transformation, innumerable literature critics have obtained different interpretations from different perspectives. But insofar as the hidden sparkles concerned, we often overlook the importance of images in this novel, which are so improtant in portraying the personalities and fate of Scarlet.
In this essay, the first part mainly introduces the life of the author Magaret Mitchell and the main plots of this novel; the second part of this essay maily interpretes the definition and the features of image from the theoretical perspective; the third part of this essay analyzes the personalities and the fate of Scarlet by interpreting the three different images appearing in this novel; the last part of this essay concludes the use of image in Gone with the Wind.

Keywords: image; personality; horse; fire; Tara