《弗兰肯斯坦》女性形象分析

《弗兰肯斯坦》女性形象分析(论文5800字)
Analysis of Female Images in Frankenstein
内容提要
玛丽•雪莱的著名小说《弗兰肯斯坦》讲述的是一个关于创造和复仇的故事。故事的主人公维特是一个热衷于生命奥秘的人，他用尸体拼凑出了一个新的生命。但是，他却不愿意承担作为造物主的责任。于是，被他制造出来的新生命决定复仇并引发了一系列的悲剧，彻底摧毁了维特的生活和家庭。
整部小说鲜有关于女性的场景，但是这些场景往往受到了相当的关注。评论家们似乎都对小说中的女性人物很感兴趣。现有的几乎都认为《弗兰肯斯坦》中的女性角色都有着软弱的性格。中国的一句古语贴切的描述了书中女性的思想和境遇：在家从父，出嫁从夫，夫死从子。
这些观点在某方面有一定道理，但其局限性也是显而易见的。在对《弗兰肯斯坦》这本书进行仔细阅读后，本文深入分析其中的女性角色，并发现她们虽然从表面看表现出一定柔弱性，但在柔弱外表下面也透露出坚强的一面。通过对此书中卡洛琳、伊丽莎白和贾斯汀的人生轨迹进行分析可以证明这一点。
本文所做的研究主要目的就在于证明这些女性是柔弱和坚强的结合体。在研究过程中首先简要介绍了此书的主要内容和研究目的意义。然后论述了国内外在此方面的研究现状和背景。最后本文以此书中三个主要女性的人生经历为例，深入分析了他们性格中坚强一面。以此来论证本文的观点，并为其他同类研究提供一定的参考意义。
关键词：女性角色，《弗兰肯斯坦》，软弱，反抗，坚强

Abstract
    Mary Shelley’s famous novel Frankenstein is absolutely a story about creation and revenge. The main hero Victor who is crazy on the secret of life created a new life by organs of dead bodies. However, he does not want to carry the responsibility as a “god”. So the creature decides to revenge and lead a lot of tragedies which totally destroy Victor’s family and his life.
    There are quite few scenes about woman in the novel, but those female images are always paid much attention. Critics seem to be very interested in them. So far existed researches figure out that women in Frankenstein are entirely weak and obedient. An old saying in China exactly shows their thoughts and situation. “A woman should be submissive to her father before she is married, husband after she is married, and son after her husband’s death.”
   These ideas have some truth in a certain side, but their limitations are obvious. After carefully read the book of  "Frankenstein" , this paper deeply analyzed  the  there female role in this book, and found that ，although on the surface  they showed some weakness,  below the appearance also revealed strong side. Through the Caroline, Elizabeth and Justin's life trajectory in this book can prove this point.
The main purpose of this paper is to correct these point and to prove that these women are coalition   of weakness and strength., in the course of the study, the main content and purpose of the study are briefly introduced firstly. Then it discusses the present situation and background of research in this area. Finally, this article take  three major women's life experience in this book as an example, in-depth analyzed  the strong side of  their character，so as to prove the viewpoint of this paper, and provide some reference for other similar research.
Keywords: female images，Frankenstein，weakness，fight against，strong tra         
 
Contents
Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………i
内容提要 …………………………………………………………………………ii
Abstract …………………………………………………………………………iii
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………1
Chapter One  Brief Introduction  …………………………………………… 3
1.1 Main Content of Frankenstein ………………………………………4
1.2 Research Purpose ……………………………………………………4
Chapter Two  Research Background……………………………………………6
2.1 Current Research in General …………………………………………    6
2.2 Research Abroad ………………………………………………………6
2.3 Domestic Research ……………………………………………………7
Chapter Three  Analysis of Main Female Images ……………………………9
3.1 General Point …………………………………………………………9
3.2 Details about Caroline ………………………………………………9
3.3 Elizabeth’s Strong Trait …………………………………………… 10
3.4 Attention on Justine ………………………………………………… 11
Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………13
Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………14