Features of Eustacia’s Rebellion in The Return of the Native 外语系论文样本.docVIP

摘 要 《还乡》是托马斯·哈代“性格与环境”代表作之一。该论文讲述了小说女主人公游苔莎反叛的原因和特征。一方面，人的本性促使主人公与命运对抗, 想要离开荒原过上幸福生活，这是她反叛的动机; 同时在她坚决地反抗时，又具有软弱性, 这一切导致了她的毁灭。在这里我们看到，作者哈代将其宿命论贯穿全文，同时对人物命运有着非常大的影响，这也正是这部作品的主题和价值所在之处。因此，从这一视角对《还乡》所展开的研究必定会对哈代及小说提供更为深刻的理解和诠释。关键词：《还乡》反叛颠覆性妥协性启发 Abstract The Return of the Native is one of Thomas Hardy’s “Novel of Characters and Environment”. In this paper, the author tries to analyze the reasons and characteristics of Eustacia’s rebellion. On the one side, the humans instinct and the nature cause her revolt against fate; Eustacia’s desires simply to be away from the Egdon Heath and be happier are the sources of her rebellion. Moreover, the cowardliness accompanies with the resolution in her rebellion, which leads the destruction of Eustacia. Here we can see the fatalism in the novel which plays an important role on people’s fates at the same time，all of these manifest the theme and values of the novel. The analyses on Eustace’s rebellion leaves the reader inspirations that one cannot yield to the fate silently, but what important is how one rebels effectively to gain the success. Therefore, the study on The Return of the Native from the perspective of rebellion would affirm the academic significance with consequent practices providing more comprehensive understanding of Hardy and his novel The Return of the Native. Key Words: The Return of the Native, rebellion, subversion, containment, inspiration  Contents 摘 要 I Abstract II 1. Introduction 1 2. Reasons of Eustacia’s Rebellion in The Return of the Native 1 2.1 Internal Causes --- Human’s Instinct and the Nature 1 2.2 External Causes --- Social Ideology 1 2.2.1 Traditional Social Morality 1 2.2.2 Conflict of Civilization and Feudalism 1 2.2.3 Woman’s Awaking 1 3. Features of Eustacia’s Rebellion in The Return of the Native 2 3.1 Subversion of Her Rebellion 2 3.1.1 Rebellion on the Mind 2 3.1.2 Rebellion on the Action 2 3.2 Containment of her Rebellion 3 3.2.1 The Weakness in her Character 3 3.2.2 The Influence o