On the Tragic of Mrs. Bovary From the Perspective of Utilitarianism

• 作者: JIA Xiao-yun ZHANG Tian-yi
• 来源期刊: 中美英语教学:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Madame Bovary UTILITARIANISM TRAGEDY
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（4）
• 页码范围: 172-175
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: H

摘要

Madame Bovary is a very famous work around the world. Many researches have been made on this great work from various aspects, such as female consciousness, love view, romanticism, and so on. The main character of this novel, Mrs. Bovary, blindly pursues her own business and finally leads to a tragic life. This kind of action is in line with the key point of utility. This article uses the principle of utilitarianism to analyze how it gradually puts Mrs. Bovary into abyss, aiming to express the perniciousness of utility towards people’s life and warn humans to stay away from utilitarian circles in this modern economic society.