從《紅字》和《荊棘鳥》看宗教禁欲主義下的愛情

The Love under Asceticism in The ScarletLetter and The Thorn Birds


Contents

Abstract........................……..……………………………………...…………..……...I
Key Words……………………………………………………………………....……..I
摘要.……………………………….…………...………………..................................Ⅱ
關(guān)鍵詞……………………………………………………………………………….Ⅱ
Introduction…………………………………………………………………….……..1
I. Love in Guilty and Self-accusation—Tragedy under Asceticism in The Scarlet Letter..............................................................................................................................2
A .The Brief Contents of The Scarlet Letter.…….………...……….…………........2
B. Dimmesdale’s Tragedy………………………………………………………......3
C. Hester’s Tragedy……………………………………………………...………….7
D. Chillingworth’s Tragedy………………………………………...……………….9
II. The Conflict between Asceticism and Love—the Tragic End in The Thorn birds…………………………………………………………………………………10
A. The Choice between Ambition and Love Ralph Faced………………………..10
B. The Hypocrite and The Love Forbidden by God……..………..……………….11
C. The Ultimate Victim—Meggie ……………..………….…….………………..12
Ⅲ. Analysis of Love Under Asceticism in the Scarlet Letter and The Thorn birds…13
Conclusion……………………………………………………………….…………..15
Acknowledgements………………………………………….………………..……16
Bibliography………………………………………………….…...………………...17



Abstract

Love is the eternal theme in human life. However, love changes much because of the influence of asceticism. Although love is a tragedy, the spirit of main characters longing for love and struggling with the doctrine of religions is worth learning. It can also be learned that the asceticism restrains the human nature and results in the destruction.
This thesis will deal with the influence of asceticism on love in The Scarlet Letter and The Thorn Birds. The influence reflects mainly in the leading characters Dimmesdale and Ralph. Both of them are priests and fall in love. The worse is that each of them has a child. However, they have to abandon their beloved because of the asceticism, and they bear too much torture. So tragedy cannot be avoided.

Key Words

Love; desire; tragedy; asceticism



摘　要

愛情是人類永恒的話題. 可是在西方社會(huì)中，愛情由于宗教禁欲主義的影響發(fā)生了一些變化，帶有了一定的悲劇色彩。在西方描寫神職人員愛情的文學(xué)作品中，雖然他們的愛情是悲劇，但他們那種為了愛情而努力奮斗，甚至和宗教做抗?fàn)幍木袷刮覀冋駣^。從中我們也能深刻的感受到宗教對(duì)人性的摧殘。
本篇論文將從《紅字》和《荊棘鳥》兩部作品中的主要人物丁梅斯代爾和拉爾夫來看宗教禁欲主義對(duì)他們內(nèi)心的摧殘和折磨,從而導(dǎo)致的悲劇. 丁梅斯代爾和拉爾夫都是牧師，卻同樣陷入了感情之中。但是因?yàn)樽诮痰慕髁x，他們不能接觸愛情，一旦有了感情就要經(jīng)受很多折磨和痛苦。所以悲劇的產(chǎn)生是必然的。

關(guān)鍵詞

愛情; 欲望; 悲劇; 禁欲主義

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