Keywords:
Ophelia; Lady Macbeth; Freud; Psychoanalysis
奥菲利亚;麦克白夫人;弗洛伊德;精神分析
Abstract:
Ophelia and Lady Macbeth are two female characters in Shakespeare’s
Four Tragedies. Despite their different personalities, “love” is a common theme
for them. They live under a patriarchal society, constantly oppressed, bound,
and to be mad. Ophelia’s madness manifested itself in singing with crying,
while Lady Macbeth whispered in sleepwalking. They are crazy, but sober. By
the means of madness, they bravely speak out, externalizing long-suppressed
emotions in the subconscious into consciousness in order to realize their selfworth.
This paper uses Freudian psychoanalysis to explore the psychology
of mad Ophelia and Lady Macbeth, and to speak up for women trapped in a
patriarchal society.
奥菲利亚和麦克白夫人是莎士比亚四大悲剧中的两个女性角色。尽管她们的性格不一,但“爱”是她们人生中共同的主题。她们生活在男权社会下,不断被压迫和束缚,造成的结果便是疯癫。奥菲利亚的疯癫表现在哭泣中歌唱,麦克白夫人则是在梦游中呓语。她们是疯癫的,也是清醒的。借助疯癫,她们勇敢发声,将潜意识中长久以来被压抑的情感外化成意识下的言语和行为,以求自我价值的实现。本文通过弗洛伊德精神分析法来探究奥菲利亚和麦克白夫人疯癫后的心理活动,为困于男权社会下的女性发声。