women's role in the novel heart of darkness

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1、Women'sRoleintheNovelHeartofDarknessWomen'sRoleintheNovelHeartofDarkness　　【摘要】小说《黑暗的心》的中女性角色一直是人们争论的焦点，本文将这些女性角色分为主动和被动的两类，通过对这两类女性角色的分析，窥探出作者对于女性的态度以及作者通过这些女性想要阐述的主题。　　【关键词】《黑暗的心》；女性角色；主动；被动　　Therearetotallyfivefemalecharactersinthisnovel：threeblackwomenandtwowhi

2、tewomen.Whatroledowomenplayinthisnovelisalwaysacontroversialissueonwhichmanycriticshavevoicedtheiropinionandargument.Generallyspeaking，therearetwokindsofpositiononthisquestion.　　Thefirstgroup：womenplayapassiveroleinthenovel.Thecriticswhoholdthispositionbelievethat

3、womenarequietlyignoredandsexdiscriminationisshownhereandthere.OneofthetypicalrepresentativesisNinaPelikanStraus，whomaintainsthatthisnovelpropagatesnotonlythecolonialismbutalsothesexdiscriminationandConradhasbelittledthefemaleinhisnovel.ThemainevidenceisthatMarlowb

4、ringsthefactstothemenbutliestothewomen.Toher，Kurtz’sfiancéehasbeendeprivedofnameandtherighttoknowthetruth.Johanna.M.Smithevenpointsoutfromthepsychological-analysisperspectivethatthedarkforestinAfricaisanembodimentofKurtz’slover，andtheconquertothatmysteriousforests

5、ymbolizestheconquerofwomen，bodyandsoul.　　InMarlow’seyes，hisauntis“queer”.Whenhecomestosaygoodbyetohisaunt，hegainsuchafeeling：“itisqueerhowoutoftouchwithtruthwomenare.Theyliveinaworldofherown，andtherehadneverbeenanythinglikeit，andnevercanbe.”Here，“outoftouchwithtru

6、th”and“aworldofherown”becomesthetargetoftheargument，theythinkthatwomenareexcludedfromtheman’sworldandtheyaredeprivedofrightstothetruth.　　Marlowoncesaid：“girl？DidImentionagirl？Oh，sheisoutofit--completely.They?thewomen，Imean―areoutofit?shouldbeoutofit.Weshouldhelpth

7、emtostayinthatbeautifulworldoftheirown，lestoursgetworse.”TheseswordsbestserveasevidencethatMarlowdoesnotexpectwomentoentertheirmen’sworld，theyshould“outofit”.　　Marlow’slietoKurtz’sfiancéeisalsoahottopic.ThisgroupofcriticsdeemsthatMarlowpreventsherfromknowingthetru

8、th.Andbyconnectinghername“intended”withKurtz’slastcry：Horror！Horror；aconclusioncanbededuced：womenarehorrible.Tothesecritics，Marlow’slietothe“intended”is