Abstract

Tender is the Night is Fitzgerald’s another important novel after The Great Gatsby. It is regarded as one of his best books, and is known as the last elegy of “Jazz Age”. This novel describes the broken love between a young psychiatrist Dick Diver and his wife Nicole Warren, after he met a beautiful young actress Rosemary by chance, and he finally turned to alcoholism and dissipation. Based on the study of the characteristic flaws of Dick and the social circumstance , this thesis tries to reveal the reasons for Dick’s tragic fate.

Key words: Tender is the Night; tragic fate; characteristic flaws; social circumstance

摘要

《夜色温柔》是菲茨杰拉德继《了不起的盖茨比》后的又一部重要的小说，被认为是其最重要的小说之一，也被称为“爵士时代”最后一曲悲歌。该小说描述了年轻的精神病专家迪克·戴弗在邂逅了年轻漂亮的女演员罗丝玛丽之后与妻子尼克尔·华伦之间感情破裂并最终变得酗酒堕落的故事。本篇论文通过对主人公迪克自身的性格缺陷及其所处的社会环境进行研究，来揭示其悲剧性命运形成的原因。

关键词：《夜色温柔》；悲剧命运；性格缺陷；社会环境