欲望号街车象征.doc

姓名:鄢子雅
班级:英语师范101
学号:1007012029
Analysis of symbolism in A Streetcar Named Desire
关于《欲望号街车》中象征主义的分析
Abstract:A Streetcar Named Desire is one of Tennessee Williams’s most popular plays and he is famous for this masterpiece. He uses a lot of symbolism to express the theme in the play. The purpose of this paper is to explore the specific symbolism in the play and to remind readers that although human’s life has e abundant, people need to prevent spiritual and moral decaying. The author probes into the research from three aspects: the Overall use of symbolism in the play, main symbols in the play and effects of symbolism on the theme of the play. During the research, the author mainly uses the methods of description and illustrating with examples.
Key words: symbolism gender conflict flower water theme
摘要:田纳西·威廉斯是美国当代最著名的剧作家之一,被公认为是第二次世界大战以来美国最优秀的戏剧大师。《欲望号街车》是他的最著名的剧作之一。在这篇戏剧中,他运用了大量的象征手法来凸显主题。这篇论文是为了更好地研究象征主义在《欲望号街车》中的具体应用,以及通过这篇论文去警醒世人:尽管人们的物质生活丰盈了很多,避免道德精神沦丧仍然很重要, 不要像布兰奇一样,最终走向毁灭。作者主要从***冲突的象征这一戏剧中的整体象征,一些具体的事物象征,以及象征对主题烘托的作用这几个方面来进行研究。作者主要使用了举例子,下定义,描述说明的方法来探讨这一问题。
关键词:象征主义***冲突花水主题
1 Introduction
Reasons of writing this thesis
Tennessee Williams was known as one of the most important and talented playwrights after World WarⅡ. One of his masterpieces, A Streetcar Named Desire, which has played 855 games. And this play was the first one in the history of America