《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》中麦琪的自卑情结研究英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

万方数据 万方数据 摘要 克的哥哥即将有第六个孩子，而孩子是争夺家产的棋子, 没有孩子也是麦琪自 卑的原因。最后布瑞克的同性恋倾向也是麦琪的自卑情结的根源。 第四章分析了麦琪对其自身自卑情结的弥补。麦琪力图通过夺得大爸爸的 家产来弥补自身贫穷的缺陷，同时麦琪渴望一个完满的婚姻，希望布瑞克能够 爱自己。第三个方面是麦琪希望赢得他人的尊重和爱。 结语部分指出, 麦琪的歇斯底里，语言刻薄等所有的表现都源于她深藏于 心的自卑情结，而麦琪试图用她自己的行为来弥补这种自卑情结，由于她在补 偿过程中方向和动机不合适，导致自己人生的悲剧，同时也给别人带来很多困 惑和麻烦。 关键词：《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》；麦琪；自卑情结；补偿理论 II Abst Abstract Abstract Tennessee Williams is one of the greatest playwrights in American history after World War II. As one of the two American play masters after Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams has the same fame as Arthur Miller. His masterpieces include The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and so on. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is Tennessee Williams’s second play which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955 and his third play which won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. Tennessee Williams shows his talent in portraiture, particularly of women and describing the psychology of the female. And he has a sensitive ear for dialogue and the rhythms of natural speech. No matter Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie or Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, each female character has her own distinct personality and character. The thesis analyzes the tragic image of the heroine Maggie who is anxious and staying on a hot tin roof until victory in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof applying the theory of Alfred Adler’s inferiority complex. And then the thesis states the manifestations and origins of Maggie’s inferiority complex. At last the thesis points out the problems brought by Maggie’s making compensations for her inferiority complex. This thesis consists of six parts and there are four chapters besides the introduction and the conclusion. The introduction concentrates on Tennessee Williams，Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the literature review of this play. Tennessee Williams’s concern of the female issues can not be separated from his childhood background. The women whom Tennessee Williams portraits in his plays are those who show rebellious s