The Twin Mode in The Prince and the Pauper Abstract The phenomenon of the twin images in literary has become more and more common in nowadays. The “twin mode” typically focuses on the existence of the twin image in the literary work and has gain much more concern. The paper uses the comparative law and induction methods to fully illustrate the twin mode. The first part is a brief introduction of the paper. The second part talks about the twin mode which includes the definition, development and genre of the twin mode. The third part mainly illustrates the twin mode in the Prince and the Pauper. The paper takes Mark Twain’s novel The Prince and the Pauper as an intermediary and draws the conclusion that the twin mode has great functions in plot development, character description and theme establishment in the novel.52735

Keywords:  Twin mode; The Prince and the Pauper; Reasons; Function

《王子与贫儿》中的双生模式摘  要文学作品中出现“双胞胎形象”的现象在现阶段已经变得越来越普遍，与此同时，着重关注文学中的“双生形象”的“双生模式”也在现阶段越来越受到重视。本文运用比较法和归纳法充分阐释了双生模式。本文的第一部是文章的一个简短介绍，第二部分则介绍了双生模式的概念、产生过程以及类型等。文章的第三部分充分揭示了小说《王子与贫儿》中的双生模式。本文将马克·吐温的小说《王子与贫儿》一书作为媒介,最终得出了双生模式能够在小说中起到推动情节发展，塑造人物形象以及实现主题呈现的巨大作用的结论。

毕业论文关键词：双生模式；王子与贫儿；原因；作用

Contents 

1. Introducton 6

2. The twin mode 8

2.1. The definition of the twin mode 8

2.2. The development of the twin mode 8

2.3. The genre of the twin mode 10

2.4. Related studies 11

2.4.1. Group image 11

2.4.2. Duplication culture 11

3. The twin mode in the Prince and the Pauper 11

3.1 Two typical twin mode types 11

3.2 The reasons for the formation of the twin mode 13

3.2.1 The social causes 13

3.2.2 Mark Twain’s personal causes 14

3.2.3 Emotional causes---Loneliness 14

3.3 The function of the twin mode 15

3.3.1 In plot development 15

3.3.2 In character description 16

4. Conclusion 16

1. Introduction

“Group image”, the duplication of head theme in literature and the phenomenon of “twins” and cultural “duplication” in resent social reality, has received more attention with the integration of various theoretical resources, such as literature, psychology, psychoanalysis, mythology, cultural research, feminism and so on. The Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung has founded analytical psychology. And one of his best known psychological concepts is the collective unconscious. This term refers to structures of the unconscious mind which are shared among beings of the same species. He argued that the collective unconscious had profound influence on the lives of inpiduals, who lived out its symbols and clothed them in meaning through their experiences. At the primary stage of human life, the primitive residents tended to believe that loneliness equals to death. In order to survive in the rugged environment, they must live in a group. They went out to hunt for food together. Only in the form of teamwork, can their fragile life be perpetuated. Thus, the form of “group” is a mode of existence that the primitive residents must follow.