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On the Relationship Between the Images of Desert and Family in True West
【Abstract】 In True West which takes family as its basis， the image of the desert plays an irreplaceable role in revealing the plot as well as the contradiction among the characters and the ambivalence of their psychological activities. The two opposite concepts that the desert stands for hang together with the two patterns of the family at the author’s time.
【Key words】 desert family ambivalence revelation
【中图分类号】I207.25 【文献标识码】A 【文章编号】2095-3089（2015）17-0002-01
1. Introduction
True West was written by the noted American dramatist and actor Sam Shepard. Being his final masterpiece of the family trilogy， it is inspired and created based on the vivid life pictures and American popular cultures at the author’s time. Thus in the meantime， it succeeds in catering for the literary trend at that time， as Arthur Miller remarked in an interview in 1976， “The family is still the central matrix of the entire civilization.” （Martin amp; Meyer， 1976：397-404） It narrates the conflicts between two estranged brothers， Austin， a decent-dressed Hollywood screenwriter and Lee， a vagrant from the west. All the scenes occur in the same place―the house of their mother’s， which implies that family is the keynote. However， throughout this play， “desert” is a frequently appearing image that literally seems to be in sharp contrast with this keynote. This paper aims to make an analysis on the image of desert so as to reveal its subtle relationship with the theme as well as the contradictions that permeate the whole play. 2. Family Members in Connection with the Desert
In True West， a family which has ceased to exist except in name is presented in front of the readers. In this sense， “desert” is in appropriate accordance with this family， as the former is naturally associated with the concept of “bareness， sterility， desolation and toughness”. By comparison， the family in this play is more or l
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