The Comparative Studying on Fan Yi and Qiqiao Cao in Thunderstorm and The Golden Lock
Abstract:Fan Yi and Qiqiao Cao are written by Cao Yu and Zhang Ailing respectively,and both characters embody a tragic fate.Fan Yi is the wife of Puyuan Zhou,who is an feudal patriarchal image. Fan Yi is born rich enough to live comfortably, but she lacks the true love.As for, Qiqiao Cao is born low,and later is sold to the wife of a paralyzed young master in the jiang family by her brother.Torture,This paper mainly bases its analysis on the unfortunate fates of Yi Fan and Qiqiao Cao,exploring their similarities and differences in terms of the loss of love, marriage, dignity within the shackles from respective families as well as their shared option of revenge. Furthermore, this paper explores the differences in their backgrounds, thinkings, their primary pursuit and the way of revenge.By comparison, it is clear to see that the history of modern Chinese literature has elevated from the love-oriented social level,which is featured by the shaping of women images and the discussion of their plight of survival to a deeper level,which is characterized by the description of human nature and inner desires.
Keywords: Fan Yi; Qiqiao Cao; revenge; Survival plight
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