摘 要
《推销员之死》是美国著名剧作家阿瑟.米勒于1949年写的一部关于普通美国人家庭的悲剧故事。它刻画了一个家庭的各成员间令人心痛的矛盾和冲突，审视了美国国民价值观这个更宏观的问题，该剧剖析了人们因为盲目信奉美国梦所付出的代价。在这个方面。它继承了索福克勒斯的《俄狄浦斯王》的传统，对个人的悲剧提供了具有战后美国特色的解读。米勒控诉美国社会兜售的虚幻神话。这个神话故事是围绕战后经济所滋养的资产阶级物质主义构建起来的，物质主义遮盖了人生真相，模糊了这个国家的创建者们最初描述的美国梦所倡导的道德观念。总之，通过分析《推销员之死》这一文学作品，能让我们深入了解戏剧中的人物性格特征对人物之间的关系有着决定性的影响,人物的性格决定了人物的命运。因此,威利的性格决定了他与别人的社会交往关系和他美国梦的破灭,也决定了他悲剧命运的发生。
论文总共分为四个部分。第一章节主要介绍作者的基本状况以及当时的写作背景，并对《推销员之死》这部文学作品的故事梗概做一个简单的介绍。第二章节重点介绍主人公威利•洛曼的性格特点，威利•洛曼是个自始自终争强好胜，在他事业失利时,为了面子,违背质的准则,并且深陷在谎言、幻觉和自欺的泥潭里不能自拔的人。他没能意识到家人对他付出的包含着痛苦的爱，结果他精神备受折磨，以至于不堪忍受，他无力体会到爱才是这个故事的悲剧所在。第三章节通过他的性格体现，并总结在当时背景下的大多数美国人的生活观念。最后一章节对论文做总结，整理全文思路，表明主题方向。
关键字：《推销员之死》 阿瑟.米勒 美国梦 性格 命运
Abstract
Death of A Salesman written by Arthur Miller in 1949, tells of a tragic story of a common American family. It addresses the painful conflicts within one family, but it also tackles larger issues regarding American national values. The play examines the cost of blind faith in the American Dream. In this respect, it offers a postwar American reading of personal tragedy in the tradition of Sophocles’ Oedipus Cycle. Miller charges America with selling a false myth constructed around a capitalist materialism nurtured by the postwar economy, a materialist that obscured the personal truth and moral vision of the original American Dream described by the county’s founders. In a word, analyzing Death of A Salesman can help us to have a deep understanding that a person’s personality determines his social relations with others and his fate. Therefore, Willy’s personality demonstrates that it is difficult for him to get well with others and his personality is destined to the failure of his American dream, and his tragic
The thesis has four parts. The fist chapter mainly introduces the information of the author and the background, and it briefly makes an overview of the whole story. The second chapter focuses on the characteristics of Willy Loma, who out of a false sense of pride when his business is in depression violates the quality maxim, coupled with his entrenchment in a quagmire of lies, delusions, and self-deceptions. He failure to recognize the anguished love offered to him by his family is crucial to the climax of his torturous day, and the play presents this incapacity as the real tragedy. The third chapter analyzes Willy’s characteristics, and makes a summary of the American people’s mind under the cultural background. The last chapter concludes the main content of the whole thesis, and once more proposes the theme.
Key Word: Death of a Salesman;Arthur Mille;AmericaDreampersonality tragic
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………… – 1 –
Chapter 2 Literature Review…………………………………………………………………………………………… – 1 –
Chapter 3 An Analysis of the Features of the Willy’s Character……………………………………………… – 2 –
3.1Lack of security sense………………………………………………………………………………………. – 2 –
3.2 Crazy man……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. – 3 –
3.3 Poor Self-esteem………………………………………………………………………………………………. – 4 –
3.4Stubborn………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. – 4 –
Chapter 4 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………. – 6 –
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… – 7 –
Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………………. – 8 –
