欲望号街车象征

AnAnthologyoftheEnglishandAmericanDrama班级：英语师范101姓名：鄢子雅学号：1007012029姓名：鄢子雅班级：英语师范101学号：1007012029AnAnthologyoftheEnglishandAmericanDrama班级：英语师范101姓名：鄢子雅学号：1007012029AnalysisofsymbolisminAStreetcarNamedDesire关于《欲望号街车》中象征主义的分析Abstract：AStreetcarNamedDesireisoneofTennesseeWilliams’smostpopularplaysandheisfamousforthismasterpiece.Heusesalotofsymbolismtoexpressthethemeintheplay.Thepurposeofthispaperistoexplorethespecificsymbolismintheplayandtoremindreadersthatalthoughhuman’slifehasbecomeabundant,peopleneedtopreventspiritualandmoraldecaying.Theauthorprobesintotheresearchfromthreeaspects:theOveralluseofsymbolismintheplay,mainsymbolsintheplayandeffectsofsymbolismonthethemeoftheplay.Duringtheresearch,theauthormainlyusesthemethodsofdescriptionandillustratingwithexamples.Keywords:symbolismgenderconflictflowerwatertheme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。作者主要从两性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：象征主义两性冲突花水主题1Introduction1.1ReasonsofwritingthisthesisTennesseeWilliamswasknownasoneofthemostimportantandtalentedplaywrightsafterWorldWarⅡ.Oneofhismasterpieces,AStreetcarNamedDesire,whichhasplayed855games.AndthisplaywasthefirstoneinthehistoryofAmericantheatrethatwasawardedthePulitzerPrize,NewYorkDramaCriticsCircleAwardandtheDonaldsonAwardatthesametime.Symbolism,wasconsideredasoneofthelongestandoldestcampaignsintheliteraryhistory.WilliamssuccessfullyusedsymbolismtomakehisworkAStreetcarNamedDesirehaveastrongartisticeffect.Manypapersaboutthedramafocusonculturalaspect,suchascharacteranalysisandfeminism.Fewpeoplepayattentiontotheskillsthatwereusedintheplay.Sothisthesiswilldiscussaboutsymbolismindetails.1.2LiteraturereviewForthepastmanyyears,scholarshavepaidmuchattentiontovariousaspectsinAStreetcarNamedDesire.Forexample,Yuan,kaizeprobeintothesymbolismofflowersintheplay,hearguesthat“FlowersymbolizesthetragicfateofBlanche,suggestingtheentireprocessofBlanche’sdestroying”(23).Cai,fangfanganalyzetheuseofwaterandfireinAStreetcarNamedDesire,andshethinksthatthesetwosymbolscanhighlighttheoppositionbetweenfantasyandreality.1.3DefinitionofsymbolismSymbolism,ingenerally,isoneofthewritingskills.ItreferstouseconcreteAnAnthologyoftheEnglishandAmericanDrama班级：英语师范101姓名：鄢子雅学号：1007012029imagesassymbolstoexpressanemotionoranabstractidea,torepresentanidealworld,ortosuggestanotherplaneofreality.Besides,itmeansusethemethodofsuggestiontoevokehiddenmeanings.Forexample,candleburningitselfandlightingothers,whichcanmakeusthinkofthenoblespiritofsacrificingoneselftoprotectothers.Therefore,wecansaycandlesareasymbolofself-sacrifice.Whatismore?Symbolismwasalatenineteenth-centuryartmovementofFrench,RussianandBelgianorigininpoetryandotherarts.Itisacoreandearlistbranchofmodernliteratureandthewatershedoftheclassicliteratureandmodernliterature.Thegoalofsymbolismistoconveyelusiveillusionanditscontentismysticism.What’sthewriterwantstoexpoundisn’ttherealisticobjectiveworld,buttheindividualsubjectiveinwardworld.WecanfindabundantexamplesofsymbolisminAStreetcarNamedDesire,suchasthecardgames，therapeandBlanche’srepeatedbath,thecolorandsoon.2Overalluseofsymbolismintheplay2.1symbolismofBlanche’sjourneyInAStreetcarNamedDesire,WilliamsdesignedthedesireofBlanchethatwillnotbemetasthemainsymbol.BlanchetooktheDesireandgraveyardnumberstreetcarfrombeautiful“Dreampark”-BelleReveManorinsouthAmerica,andpassedtheMoonLakeCasinoandFlamingoHotel,tothedreamland（ElysianFields）-heronlysisterStella'shome,whichwasinthesluminNewOrleans.Thusshebecameinsanegraduallyandtriedtoforgetallthings.ThesenamesnotonlyindicatetherouteofBlanche,butalsosymbolizeBlanche’spastexperiencesandtheupcomingfate.DreamParksymbolizesherlifeisjustabeautifuldream.StreetcarNamed“Desireisasymboloffactorsthatcauseherownmisfortune.Graveyardnumberstreetcarsymbolizestheprocessofherdoom.Dreamlandisasymboloftheheaventhatshewillgotoafterherdeath.Blancheisawomanfullofdesire.Afteraseriesofunfortunatethingshappened,likebereavementandherhusbandcommittedsuicide,shecametoheronlysister'shouselater.Shedesiredsomepeopletoprotectandaccompanywithher.SheflirtedwithStanley,seducedMickey,andevenseducedanewsboy.Shekeptholdingheroldideasandlivinginherownfictionalfantasyworld,whichledtoherallsortsofcheatingbehaviours.Sothenshewashittedbythereality,Stanleymercilesslyexposeherpast,herfragilenervescannotstandthisblow,andshefinallyfellintothecrazyinsane.SoitisnotdifficulttofindthatinthesymbolicjourneyofBlanche,deathisactuallyanincentive,anddesireisamotivationthatdirectlycauseBlanche’sdementia.2.2symbolismofgenderconflictThegenderconflictistheconflictbetweentheheroStanleyandheroineBlanche.Stanleyisasonofapolishimmigrant.HeisabletoacceptandispartofthechangingfaceofAmerica.HerepresentstheindustrialcivilizationinNorthAmerican.Tothecontrary,Blancheisstubbornandunabletochange.SheisarelicfromthedyingOldSouth.Sherepresentsthesensitive,delicateoldsouthernplantation-styleagri