美国伟大的剧作家田纳西.威廉姆斯在其作品《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》中,通过独具匠心的意象表现手法渲染了一种浪漫哀伤的气氛,衬托出家庭成员之间被扭曲的关系。该剧本引用了大量的意象,如动物、水、火等。从分析其意象着手,以新批评理论的细读法为基础,阐释剧本所蕴涵的寓意:家庭不再是一个温暖的地方,爱正在被其他形形色色的东西所代替,从而暗示了现代人对爱的渴望。 Tennessee Williams, the great playwright of the United States, in his “cat on a hot metal roof” has rendered a romantic and sad atmosphere through his own imaginative imagery, setting off a distorted relationship between family members. The script cites a lot of images, such as animals, water, fire and so on. Starting from analyzing his imagery and based on the new reading theory of the critical theory, he expounds the implication of the script: the family is no longer a warm place, and the love is being replaced by other things, which implies that modern people love Longing.