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乔治·艾略特在《织工马南》中塑造了一位地位卑微的织工形象,主人公的人生变故蕴含着丰富的伦理内涵:马南在经历朋友与情人的背叛后陷入伦理困境难以自拔,他远走他乡选择了一条自我放逐之路:无休止的工作和对金钱的迷恋使他丧失了个体的社会价值。小女孩爱蓓的出现使马南的伦理意识得以复苏,邻里的帮助使马南逐渐摆脱了非理性的生活方式,重新融入社区,与周围的人和自然建立了亲密的联系。对爱蓓无私的奉献使他具备了利他主义精神,完成了对自我的超越。爱蓓的成长历程也是马南伦理意识重构的过程,马南人生的转变体现了作者对19世纪英国社会道德衰微现状的批判和对重建社会伦理的探索与诉求。
George Eliot created a humble weaver image in Weaver Ma Nan. The heroine’s life changes contain rich ethical connotations. Ma Nan is trapped in ethical dilemma after experiencing the betrayal of friends and lovers , He traveled abroad and chose a path of self-exile: Endless work and the infatuation with money made him lose his individual social values. The emergence of a young girl Ai Bei makes Manan’s ethical awareness to be revived. With the help of his neighborhood, Manan gradually emerged from an irrational life style, reintegrated into the community, and established close ties with people and nature around him. Selfless dedication to love Bei made him possess the spirit of altruism, completed the transcendence of self. The growth course of Aibei is also the process of reconstructing Mannan’s ethics consciousness. The transformation of Manan’s life embodies the author’s criticism of the status quo of moral decay of British society in the 19th century and the exploration and appeal to the reconstruction of social ethics.