学位论文_论《推销员之si》中威利罗曼的悲剧必然性英语专业.docVIP

（2013）届本科生毕业设计（论文） 题 目On Inevitability of Willy Loman’s Tragedy in Death of a Salesman 论《推销员之死》中威利·罗曼的悲剧必 然性 专 业 英语 院 系 外国语学院 论《推销员之死》中威利·罗曼的悲剧必然性 摘 要: 《推销员之死》是美国著名戏剧大师阿瑟·米勒的作品，被誉为“美国梦不在”的代表作。这部作品完成于1949年，它在百老汇的首演就取得了巨大的成功，许多评论家把这部戏剧看作美国第一部杰出的悲剧。这部作品的主人公威利·罗曼是一个普通的推销员，然而各种冲突把他推向了死亡，他的悲剧命运是不可避免的。本论文将以黑格尔的悲剧理论为基础对威利·罗曼的悲剧必然性进行分析。本论文分为两大部分，分别是对当时社会大背景的分析以及对作品中人物之间冲突的分析，通过这些分析得出其悲剧命运的必然性。并通过对威利·罗曼的悲剧必然性的分析，探究作家对当时社会的态度，以及这种悲剧的普遍性，从而挖掘其现实意义。 关键词: 推销员之死；悲剧；必然性；矛盾冲突；社会现实 On Inevitability of Willy Loman’s Tragedy in Death of a Salesman Abstract: Death of a salesman is a famous work of the great American playwright Arthur Miller, which is a typical work about absence of American dream. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949 and made a great success. Some reviewers view it as one of the great tragedies in American literature. The protagonist is a salesman named Willy Loman but all kinds of conflicts led to his final death. This thesis makes a thorough research on the inevitability of Willy Loman’s tragedy in Death of a Salesman on the basis of Hegels theory of tragedy. The thesis mainly includes two parts: one is the analysis of the social environment, the other is the analysis of conflicts in this work, through which we can get the conclusion that Willy’s tragedy is inevitable. This thesis also makes a research about the writer’s attitude towards the social reality at that time and the universality of Willy’s tragedy. Key Words: Death of a salesman, tragedy, inevitability, conflicts, social reality Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. The social background of Death of a Salesman 1 2.1 The social factors in the 1940s 2 2.2 The influence of social background on the tragic plot 2 2.3 The influence of social background on the tragic character 3 2.4 The influence of social background on the ine