摘要 

英国小说家威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的代表作《人性的枷锁》语言朴实，故事曲折，其中凸显的人生哲理启发了一代又一代人。这部小说以主人公菲利普前三十年的人生经历，向读者展示了他在宗教信仰、爱情、金钱和人生意义上的曲折体会和最终趋向成熟，醒悟人生真谛的过程。本篇小说塑造了一个立体鲜明的人物角色，紧扣多个人生终极命题，令读者能在阅读中结合实际，看到自己的影子， 从而引发人生思考，引起大众的共鸣。本文旨在从存在主义的视角出发，结合自由选择、存在先于本质和人生意义的存在主义观点来分析菲利普的人物形象，解析菲利普四大人性枷锁的解放。

关键词：《人性的枷锁》；菲利普；存在主义

Contents

摘要 i

Abstract ii

Chapter One Introduction 1

Chapter Two A Brief Introduction to Existentialism 4

2.1 Origin of Existentialism 4

2.2 Main points of Existentialism 5

Chapter Three Philip’s Liberation from Humanity in Of Human

Bondage through the View of Existentialism 6

3.1 Free choice: the bondage of religion 6

3.1.1 Philip’s dependence on God 6

3.1.2 Philip’s abandonment of Christianity 7

3.2 Existence preceding essence: the bondage of love 8

3.2.1 Sufferings between Philip and Mildred 8

3.2.2 Option between Phillip’s dream and Sally 9

3.3 Sublimation from material life to spiritual life: the bondage of money 10

3.3.1 Philip’s early material life 10

3.3.2 Philip’s experience of being poor 11

3.4 Existence and nihility: the bondage of the meaning of life 12

3.4.1 Philip’s exploration of the meaning of life 12

3.4.2 Phillip’s transcendence of the meaning of life 12

Chapter Four Conclusion 14

REFERENCES 15

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 17