On Views of Love in The Moon and Sixpence

Acknowledgements

The fulfillment of this thesis ends my four years of study as an undergraduate student in Nanjing University of Information Science amp; Technology. Whether in my study or life, I have benefited a lot during the past four years. Hereby, I would like to express my appreciation to all who ever helped and encouraged me.

First of all, I have eternal gratitude to Professor Zhang Jun, my tutor, for the inestimable help and valuable instruction he bestowed upon me, and also to the professors and teachers at the Department of English for their insightful lectures, which inspires me to compose this paper.

Last my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through four years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis.

On Views of Love in The Moon and Sixpence

By Chen Yuting

In partial fulfillment of the requirement

For the B.A. degree

Department of English

School of Languages and Cultures

Nanjing University of Information Scienceamp; Technology

May, 2016

CONTENTS

Abstract 2

摘要 2

Chapter One. Introduction 3

1.1 About the Novel and the Author 3

1.2 About Views of Love 4

Chapter Two. On Three Main Characters’ Views of Love in the Novel 4

2.1 Mrs. Strickland’s View of Love 4

2.2Blanche Stroeve’s View of Love 5

2.3 Charles Strickland’s View of Love 6

Chapter Three. Analysis on William Somerset Maugham’s View of Love 7

Chapter Four. Conclusion 7

References: 8

On Views of Love in

The Moon and Sixpence

Chen Yuting

Department of English

School of Languages and Cultures

Nanjing University of Information Science amp; Technology, Nanjing 210044

Abstract：William Somerset Maugham, one of the greatest realist writers in Britain, is famed for his aloof style in his works. The Moon and Sixpence, one of Mr. Maugham’s most famous novels, tells a story about Charles Strickland, who left for Paris to realise his dream of painting in his forties with a sudden farewell to his wife and children and quitting his job as a broker. The notions in the book referring to marriage, love and relationships between two genders are unconventional and even peculiar. One of the most magnificent contents lies in Mr. Maugham’s writing about the views of love of Mrs. Strickland, Blanche Stroeve and Charles Strickland. Mrs. Strickland hardly found ways to support the family when she understood that her husband abandoned her due to his dream rather than another womam, with the ending of respects from her children and others. Blanche Stroeve was a woman enchanted by Charles Strickland. She determined to divorce with her husband to accompany Charles Strickland leading an impoverished life, and at last committed suicide because of her disability to win his love, whilst Charles Strickland regarded love as a sort of sickness and women an instrument to offset his desire. This paper is composed of four chapters: Chapter One is the introduction, which gives a brief introduction about the fiction, its author Mr. Maugham and views of love; Chapter Two discusses the three main characters’ views of love; Chapter Three, by linking to the author’s background, explores Mr. Maugham’s view of love which can be spotted in the three main characters. And Chapter Four is the conclusion.

Key Words: The Moon and Sixpence; Views of love; William Somerset Maugham

摘要：威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆，英国现实主义作家，因其作品格调冷静超然而享誉世界。《月亮与六便士》为其代表作之一，讲述了主人公查理斯·思特里克兰德在四十岁之际，毫无预兆地“抛妻弃子”、辞掉证券交易所的工作，只身前往巴黎、追求绘画理想的故事。这本书视角独特，语言犀利，在人性、理想、婚姻、爱情、男女关系等多个命题上发出了有违传统的声音，令其在一百年后读来，依然显得离经叛道。其中让人印象最深刻的内容之一是作者对三个主要人物迥然不同的爱情观的描写：思特里克兰德太太深爱丈夫，在得知丈夫是因为理想而非其他女人才出走之后，立即想法谋生，最后赢得儿女的敬爱、他人的尊重；勃朗什·施略特夫着魔般被思特里克兰德吸引，毅然与丈夫离婚，跟随思特里克兰德过着漂泊的生活，最后因始终不能获得思特里克兰德的爱而绝望自杀；思特里克兰德，也就是本书的男主角，把爱情当作一场疾病，女人只不过是他身为人不得不发泄情欲时的工具。本文由四个章节构成：第一章简述了小说的主要内容及创作背景，简要介绍了作者威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆，简单阐述了爱情观的概念；第二章分析了思特里克兰德太太、勃朗什·施略特夫、查理斯·思特里克兰德这三个主要人物的爱情观；第三章从三个主要人物的爱情观入手，联系作者的人生经历，浅析了毛姆的爱情观及成因。第四章是全文的总结。

关键词：《月亮与六便士》；爱情观；威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

Chapter One. Introduction

1.1 About the Novel and the Author

The Moon and Sixpence discussed deeply the topic of contradiction between life and dream, love and self. The moon is on behalf of dream, which is alluring but unapproachable, while sixpence represents the real life, which always prompts people to pursue practical things. This work was favoured by its readers around the world, and had been translated into numerous languages and put on the big screens.

The twenty-first century witnessed huge changes that happened in the human world. These changes have led to and are intriguing many alterations in people’s lifestyle. Human have never enjoyed so much material comfort before, and at the same time, we also had never troubled so much by vacancy in our spiritual world. Under this backdrop, empathy about the difficulty to choose one between the moon and sixpence consists of one of the reasons why this novel is still preferred by readers at present.

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