An Archetypal Analysis of the Scapegoat Motif in Atonement

• 作者: ZHOU Tong
• 来源期刊: 文学与艺术研究:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: McEwan SCAPEGOAT ARCHETYPE DISPLACEMENT Bible
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（4）
• 页码范围: 279-289
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

The scapegoat persecution consists of four elements:the widespread social crisis,the accusation of crime,the scapegoat selection criteria and the violence itself.The goat,Jesus,Oedipus,etc.in the Bible all acted as scapegoats.This is the persecution of all individuals,but in most cases,it is hidden in the culture in a more secretive way.In the boiling point of the initiation of scapegoat mechanism,crowd plays an important role.People usually don’t blame themselves but blame others and the whole society.They can make up all kinds of accusations and make people feel that people who are scapegoats are particularly harmful.Scapegoats are often accused of special crimes.Although the charges can be varied,it is easy to find their unity to achieve social stability at the expense of one’s interests.And the protagonist of Ian McEwan’s Atonement—Robbie will be analyzed from 4 elements of the scapegoat theory in this paper comparing with the New Testament from the perspective of transmutation and displacement of archetypes.