《萨勒姆女巫》对传统悲剧的承载与开拓

《萨勒姆女巫》是一部因个人过失在混乱的世界中丧失身份进而在更高层次上实现道德升华、完成救赎的平民悲剧.米勒巧妙地运用合唱团、突转和发现等传统戏剧手法来刻画人物形象,推动剧情并引导观众审视历史和现实.同时,米勒开拓性的塑造了一位平民悲剧英雄并表达了积极乐观的悲剧精神,激发了观众的共鸣和心灵净化之感,并为因个人过失而陷入道德困境的人提供了道德启谕.从对传统戏剧手法的继承和开拓两方面对《萨勒姆女巫》进行剖析,在总结米勒悲剧观的基础上揭示该剧独特的艺术魅力和主题思想,挖掘米勒对人性的思考和教谕.

On the Inheritance and Extension to the Traditional Tragedy in The Crucible

The Crucible is a tragedy of a common man who strives for his identity in a moral disorder and finally sublimes his morality and gets redemption. Arthur Miller applies such tragic techniques as chorus, recognition and reversal to enhance the tragic plots, depict characters and guide audience to explore the relationship between history and reality. In addition, Miller portrays a common man as a tragic hero and expresses the optimistic spirit, which conveys catharsis and moral enlightenment to audience, especially to those who are reduced to plight for their tragic flaw. The unique artistic charm and theme of The Crucible is demonstrated in the paper on the base of Miller＇ s trag- ic theory from the inheritance and extension to the traditional tragedy.