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1、PsychologicalAnalysisofCharacterizationinTheFalloftheHouseofUsherAbstract:TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofthefamousgothicshortstoriesofEdgarAllanPoe.Andthisstoryhasportrayedthreemaincharacters——“I”,RoderickUsher,andladyMadeline.Theyallhavedistinctpersonalities.Fromtheperspectiveofpsychology,thispaperwillemployFreud’spersonalitystructuresystemtoanalyzethecharacterizationinTheFalloftheHouseofUsher.Keyword:EdgarAllanPoe;TheFalloftheHouseofUsher;characterization;personalitystructuresystem摘要:《厄舍古屋的倒塌。
2、》是埃德加·爱伦·坡著名的哥特短篇小说之一。小说刻画了三个主要人物——“我”,罗德瑞克·厄舍,玛德琳小姐,其性格截然不同。本文将从心理学的视角,运用弗洛伊德的人格系统理论对《厄舍古屋的倒塌》中的主要人物性格描写进行分析。关键词:埃德加·爱伦·坡;《厄舍古屋的倒塌》;人物刻画;人格系统理论EdgarAllanPoeiswidelyregardedasacentralfigureofRomanticismintheUnitedStatesandAmericanliteratureasawhole,andhewasoneofthecountry'searliestpractitionersoftheshortstory.HeisbestknownforhispoetryandtalesofGothicelementsandmystery.AndTheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofthoseGothicstories.AndobviouslyithasbeenalwaysstudiedasaGothicstory.Mostofpapersarewrittenabout。
3、itsGothiccharacters,environment,andarchitecture.However,thispaperwillemployanewwaytointerpretthisGothicstory.Inthisstory,therearethreemaincharacters——thenarrator“I”,RoderickUsher,andhissisterladyMadeline.Andthosethreepeoplehavedeeplyconnectedrelations.Andinthispaper,itwillemployFreud’spersonalitystructuretheorytoseparatelyanalyzethosethreecharacters’symbolicmeaningsandthenexplaintheirconnections.InFreud’spersonalitystructuretheory,heassignspeople’smentalprocessesintothreepsychiczones:theid,theeg。
4、o,andthesuperego.Theidis,inshort,thesourceofallouraggressionsanddesires.Itislawless,asocialandamoral.Itsfunctionistogratifyourinstinctsforpleasurewithoutregardforsocialconventions,legalethics,ormoralrestraint.AndRoderickisthesymbolicembodimentoftheid.Hisseriesofunreasonableanduncontrollablebehaviorsandthefinaldegenerationtoinsanityisthesymboloftheunsocialandimmoralid.Andhisfallingisastepbystepprocess.Atthebeginningofthisstory,thenarrator“I”wasinvitedtothehouseofUsherbyhisfriendinchildhoodforalle。
5、viationofhisillness.BecauseasRoderickwroteintheletterthat“I”was“hisbestandindeedhisonlypersonalfriend”.Yet“I”knewlittleofthisso-calledfriend.Andhispersonalityinhischildhoodwasdescribedasbeengeneticallysensitive.Andthisishisprimarypersonalityinhisboyhood.Heisjustaintrovertedandlonelyboy.Sothiscouldbethenormalperiodthattheidpersonalitystillissuppressedinhisdeepunconsciousness.Andnowitcomestothetimewhenthisstoryhappened.Andafteravaletushering“me”intothepresenceof“my”friend,“I”sawhimaftersomanyyears。
6、.However,“I”gazeduponhimwithafeelinghalfofpity,halfofaweforRoderick’sterriblechangeinsuchabrieftime.“I”comparedhiscountenance,eyesandhairin“my”memorywiththeirconditionsnow.“I”evendoubtedthat“I”didnotspeakwiththesameRoderick“I”everknew.Andthen“I”noticedaninconsistencyinRoderick’sbehaviour.Hecouldnotcontrolhishabitualtrepidancy,thoughhetriedto.What’smore,“Hisactionwasalternatelyvivaciousandsullen,Hisvoicevariedrapidlyfromatremulousindecisiontothatspeciesofenergeticconcision.”Hewasdescribedlikealos。
7、tdrunkardandirreclaimableeaterofopium.Andhesaiditwasaconstitutionalandfamilyevilwhenhedepictedthenatureofhismalady.Itdisplayeditselfinahostofunnaturalsensations.Andhewastorturedbyananomalousspeciesofterror.Andhekeptsaying“Ishallperish.”“Imustperish.”“IfeltthattheperiodwillsoonerorlaterarrivewhenImustabandonlifeandreasontogether,insomestrugglewiththegrimphantasmfear.”WhenRoderickspokewith“me”,hestillhavelittlereasonleft.Duringthetimetheymet,theword“struggle”wasmentionedtwiceinthisstory.Thus,thisc。
8、ouldbetheperiodthattheidofRoderickweighedoverthesuperego.Butthesuperegohadnotbeenfullyexpelled.Thenighthisillsister’ssurrendertothediseaseisthecrucialturningpointofhisfinaldegenerationtotheindulgentid.Heinformedhissister’sconditionwith“inexpressibleagitation”.Forseveraldaysensuing,Roderickseemedtoforgetabouthissister.Heactedlikeanormalperson.Hepainted,readandrecitedrhapsodies.Thiscouldbethecalmbeforethestorm.Aboutreading,Roderickwaschieflyinterestedintheperusalofanexceedinglyrareandcuriousbookwh。
9、ichwroteaboutwildritual.AndIcouldnothelpthinkingofitspossibleinfluenceuponthehypochondriac,namelyRoderick.Thus,whatistheinfluenceofit?TheabruptdeathofladyMadeline.Andheinsistedtopreservehercorpsefortwoweekswhichseemsunreasonableandsingular.Later,itturnedouttobeextremelyabnormalandcreepy.Becauseheburiedhissisteranimatedlyincoffin.AfewdaysafterladyMadelinewasburied,anobservablechangecameoverthefeaturesofthementaldisorderofRoderick.“Hisordinarymannerhadvanished.Hisordinaryoccupationswereneglectedor。
10、forgotten.Heimmersedinaninexplicablevagariesofmadness.”Thus,thisperiodishisfinaldegenerationandindulgencetohisunsocialandimmoralid.Theego,inFreud’stheory,istherationalgoverningagentofthepsyche.AsFreudpointsout,“Inpopularlanguage,wemaysaythategostandsforreasonandcircumspection,whiletheidstandsfortheuntamedpassions.”Thus,inthisstory,“I”amthesymbolicembodimentofthebalancedandrationalego.Thewholestorywasnarratedby“I”whowasinvitedtothehouseofUsherby“my”booncompanioninboyhood.Iwasmovedbyhissincerewords。
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