1、傻瓜威尔逊中人物形象分析学位论文 本科生毕业论文题 目 Analysis of the Characters in Puddnhead Wilson 傻瓜威尔逊中人物形象分析 学生姓名 张文星 学 号 201107010124 专业班级 英语11101班 指导教师 冉力 完成时间 2015年5月 Analysis of the Characters in Puddnhead WilsonTHESISSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements forThe degree of Bachelor of ArtsIn Hunan Univ
2、ersity of Arts and ScienceBy Zhang WenxingSupervisor: Ran LiMay 2015Hunan University of Arts and Science摘 要 1894年出版的傻瓜威尔逊是马克吐温晚年反映美国奴隶文化的代表作之一,这部小说以美国南方奴隶制为背景，在19世纪的美国，种族歧视是一个独特且尖锐的话题，作者通过对小说人物的刻画，以其特有的讽刺，批判了当时美国社会根深蒂固的种族歧视政策和白人至上主义。本文着重剖析了小说中的两个典型人物傻瓜威尔逊和女奴罗克西，在我看来，这看似不相关的两个人物有着深刻的文化联系，在种族歧视的社会背景下，
3、这两个人物深刻反映了美国社会中极端对立的种族矛盾。本文将通过罗克西娜和威尔逊两人的肖像，行为以及心理描写角度来分析，再现马克吐温以人道主义的立场,对残忍无情的奴隶制和僵化堕落的南方种族文化深刻而又尖锐的批判,更重要的是，反映出这部作品对后世的影响和深刻教训，即，唤起人们对于人权自由和平等的渴望和追求。关键词：威尔逊 罗克西 奴隶制 种族歧视AbstractPuddnhead Wilson, published in 1894, is one of Mark Twains representitive works, which reflect America slave culture. The
4、 novel is set in America southern slavery.During 19 century, slave and racial discrimination is a special and sharp subject in America. The author through the depiction of characters, with its peculiar irony, criticizes the American society at that time deep-rooted racial discrimination policy and w
5、hite supremacist.This paper emphatically analyzed two typical characters of the novel fool Wilson and slave Roxy.In my opinion, this seemingly unrelated two characters has a profound cultural links,Under the social background of racial discrimination, the two figures reflects the opposite extremes o
6、f racial conflicts in American society.This article will analyze Roxy and Wilson from the point of view of their portrait, behavior and psychological reproducing Mark Twains deep and sharp criticism to the ruthless southern slavery and rigid fallen racial culture on humanistic view. Whats more, I wa
7、nt to reflect the influence of this work and profound lessons for later generations, that is, evoking peoples desire and pursuit of human rights, freedom and equlity.Key words：Roxy; Wilson; Slavery;Southern Racial DiscriminitionContents摘 要 iAbstract iiIntroduction 1Chapter 1 An Introduction to Mark
8、Twain and Puddnhead Wilson. 21.1 Introduction to Mark Twain 21.2 Introduction to Puddnhead Wilson 2Chapter 2 An Introduction to Character Analysis 42.1 The Way of Character Analysis 42.2 The Significance of Character Analysis 4Chapter 3 Analysis to The Main Characters in Puddnhead Wilson 53.1 Analys
9、is to Roxy 53.2 Analysis to Wilson 5Conclusion 6Bibliography 7AcknowledgementsIntroduction马克吐温的一系列以美国密西西比河流域文化为背景的小说中，傻瓜威尔逊并不是最具代表性的作品。然而，书中罗克西娜这一人物形象以其独特的生理特征与文化意识引起了评论界的西方评论界的广泛关注。在这个以奴隶制经济为基础的名叫道森兰丁的小镇里，奴隶首先是像猪狗一样有价值的商品，他们可以被主人自由的买卖。被买卖的命运从一开始就笼罩在小说主人公罗克西娜和同伴们的生活之上，也正是由于惧怕被卖到河的下游去，罗克西娜才一手产生了调包的想法
10、.作者通过对小说人物的刻画，以其特有的讽刺，批判了当时美国社会根深蒂固的种族歧视政策和白人至上主义.Chapter 1 An Introduction to Mark Twain and Puddnhead Wilson. 1.1 Introduction to Mark Twain Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens,1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories of
11、 the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Although he was not rich, he was still regarded as one of the most famous people because of his great humorous and witty and fame. He was honoured as Lincoln of literary history. Helen Keller once said , I like Mark Twain . Who does not li
12、ke him ? Even God loves him , provide him with wisdom and paint a rainbow of love and belief in his heart. William Faulkner said that Mark Twain was the first real American writter and we all come to inherit him. Mark Twain was died in 1910 and buried at Elmira,NewYork. Mark Twain, American founder
13、of critical realism, the world famous short story master, went through the development process from early American capitalism to imperialism, The tone of his works also turned from brisk to sarcastic and then to pessimistic. He wrote many works which reflected Americas social phenomenon. Mark Twain
14、established a memorial monument in both history of America literature and history of the world. As a great spiritual wealth of mankind ,his works will be spreaded on earth forever.1.2 Introduction to Puddnhead Wilson Puddnhead Wilson is written by Mark Twain in 1893.It tells a bizarre story made by
15、man. Female black slave Roxy only has sixteenth black ancestry, her son has only one over thirty-two black descent. Although the skin of her son is as same as the white man, he still will be treated as slaves for his whole life. So Roxy plays a shrewd trick.She changes her own son ,Toms,leeping in c
16、radle and Thomas a Becket, the white race, the son of Driscoll. As a result, the two wrong-identitied children grow up in different environment not belonging them. During the later long 23 years, Roxys son becomes young master of the house while the real master becomes black slave.Tom grows up in a
17、superior environment, unlearned, also pick up a bad habit of gambling. To pay his debts, he dresses as a girl in the town to steale. Finally, he is discovered when he steals his uncles money. He killed his uncle and flees at night. At the last minute of the trial, Wilson find the truth by fingerprin
18、t. The two children dont go back to their own position until Wilson distinguish them with unique dactylography. The style the work telling the story continue the American humor pattern of Mark Twain and it also has a distinctive ideological significance of criticizing southern racial and cultural-di
19、scrimination. He sharply criticized the cruel and savage slavary. Chapter 2An Analysis of Main Characters in Puddnhead Wilson2.1 The Portrait Analysis of Roxy and WilsonAt the begining chapter of the book, Mark Twain uses many words to describe Roxy. From Roxys manner of speech, a stranger would hav
20、e expected her to be black, but she was not. Only one sixteenth of her was black, and that sixteenth did not show. She was of majestic form and stature, her attitudes were imposing and statuesque, and her gestures and movements distinguished by a noble and stately grace. Her complexion was very fair
21、, with the rosy glow of vigorous health in her cheeks, her face was full of character and expression, her eyes were brown and liquid, and she had a heavy suit of fine soft hair which was also brown, but the fact was not apparent because her head was bound about with a checkered handkerchief and the
22、hair was concealed under it. Her face was shapely, intelligent, and comely-even beautiful. She had an easy, independent carriage-when she was among her own caste-and a high and sassy way, withal; but of course she was meek and humble enough where white people were.From the first sentence, From Roxys
23、 manner of speech, a stranger would have expected her to be black, we can get the information that the author suggests the difference between black and white. Tone of voice. However only sixteenth of her was black, and that sixteenth did not show. Whats more, with later words about Roxy, we know tha
24、t Roxy is as same as white people except her tone of voice and hei sixteenth black lineage even she is more beautiful than others. As a very typical, slaves of oppression by white culture. Her life is full of contradictions. She is always in a natural identity crisis. She looks different with the wh
25、ite, but she was born a slave. Her skin is white but her words are vulgar; she has thick soft hair but wears the humble clothes; She is very deferential to white masters but very bossy to those black workers. In other words, Roxy , as a black people, agrees with and also accept the racial attitudes
26、and slavery. She agrees that the status of white people is naturally higher than black. So sad she is.However, as a woman slave, she has an attractive appearance. It is doomed that she is not only a slave with economic value but also a tool available for white master to vent their sexual desire. The
27、 novel implys to readers when refer to Tom that she once is the plaything of a another prominent noble race. Unfortunately, the white master who makes her to be pregnant is only interested in her body. Also this novel darkly implys that Roxy becomes the focused target of her new master when she is s
28、old down the river. And then the hostess retaliates her unscrupulously nearly killed her. Thus it can be seen, what her pretty appearance takes her is just a string of misfortune. Since that she is a slave. Meanwhile, we can get that under the slavery socal background, slaves have no any status. The
29、y are treated without dignity, just like dogs. The author, with its peculiar irony, criticizes the American society at that time deep-rooted racial discrimination policy, white supremacist and slavery.2.2 The Behavior Analysis of Roxy and WilsonIn order to distinguishherself andthoseblack slaves sli
30、ghtly, Roxy goes to church like white people and stresses repeatedly in front of her son that his father have the same noble lineage with the judge. Thus it can be seen, in the very bottom of her heart, Roxy feels deeply fear about the terrible slave society system. But on the other hand , she attac
31、hes herself to it willingly. This is the most sad place for Roxy as a slavery. 毫无疑问，作为奴隶的罗克西娜对于左右她命运的社会规范几乎达到了俯首帖耳的地步。她迷恋血统的高贵，敌视奴隶的卑贱，对于生活的苦难逆来顺受，甚至于企图以自杀的方式结束自己的生命，对赐予她人身自由的主人感激涕零。一言以蔽之，她认为自己像猪狗一样的活着是完全合情合理的，因为她生来就是“奴隶”。小说中换子一幕极为鲜明地表现了社会权力对罗克西娜行为意识的决定性作用:在刚刚换完小孩之后,罗克西娜惊讶地发现,/那种使她对小主人说话恭敬、态度顺从的畏惧心竟
32、然那么又肯定又自然地转移到冒牌少爷的身上去了,还有,那种做母亲的草率的语气和粗鲁的态度,也同样迅速地转移到这位真正的继承人身上了0(P25)。连罗克西娜本人都无法相信,她自己作为母亲的天性为何在一瞬间就完全被对主人的畏惧和服从取代了)她的生理本能被社会强权彻底地压制了。由此可见,在这样一个畸形变态的南方农奴制社会,决定一个人地位与命运的是他所表征的/社会符号0,而不是其真正的自我。因此,/汤姆0吃着精细的食物,集千般宠爱于一身,接受耶鲁大学的教育,虽然身体羸弱生性怯懦,却是一个/不折不扣0的主子;/钱伯斯0吃着杂食长大,被卖到河下游去的可能性始终伴随着他,虽然身形健硕勇敢过人,却是一个让主子殴打出气的贱奴。吐温借助于离奇的调包故事,充分表明/在道森兰丁这一小镇,社会地位完全是由个人的血统决定的,与人的自我实现毫无关系,因为个人没有自由选择的权利0。2.3 The Psychoanalysis of Roxy and Wilson 当然,最可悲的还在于种族歧视的偏见不仅盛行于白人社会,而且也毒害了黑人的心灵本身.小说中写道,/无论从想法还是动机
