Self-doubt and Social Dependence of Main Characters in An American Tragedy

• 作者: 程雨桐
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: hwyyb_2017,（11）
• 页码范围: 174-177
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: I712.074

摘要

Based on the description of an ordinary American young man—Clyde’s short life,An American Tragedy mingled many social aspects of modern American society together,which portrayed the money-oriented and indifferent American society.The analysis of the novel finds that the main characters shared some common traits,having both self-doubt and social dependence.They didn’t believe in their own ability but trusted the so-called social hierarchy;they didn’t count on their own efforts to be better off but depended on the society,on others and on fortune;they didn’t adhere to their own faiths but attached to others’opinions.It is clear through close studying that these characteristics resulted from American social system at that time,and the system made people mammonish,hidebound and indifferent.In this sense,the tragedy is not so much a tragedy of humanity as a tragedy of a society.