浅析远大前程中皮普的性格变化_英语论文

An Analysis of the Change of Pip’s Life in Great Expectations

摘要

《远大前程》是狄更斯最著名的小说之一，以文章的主人公孤儿皮普的成长轨迹为线索, 介绍皮普从一个只有浅薄理想的人发展成为一个真正有思想深度的男人。小说一暗淡的肯德州沼泽作为著名的充满戏剧性的背景， 包含了许多狄更斯式的最悲惨的人物形象。这些人中有善良的铁匠乔，神秘的罪犯马格维奇，性格古怪的郝薇香小姐和她美丽的养女艾斯黛拉，皮普好心的室友赫伯特·波凯特。本文将讨论皮普在小说中体现的异化以展示他逐步转向成熟的过程和他最重要的关于自我真理的发现，当他追求成为一名绅士的时候。

关键词：性格，绅士，神秘

Abstract

Considered by many to be Dickens’ finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book’s narrator, the orphan Pip, from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens’ most miserable characters. Among them are the kind blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful adopted daughter Estella, Pip’s good-hearted roommate Herbert Pocket, all of whom have a huge impact on Pip’s change in his character. Therefore, this paper aims to discuss Pip’s character in the book to show his steer transition towards maturity and his most important discovery of all-the truth about himself, as Pip unravels the truth behind his own great expectations in his quest to become a gentleman.

Key words: character; gentleman; mysterious