《罗密欧与朱丽叶》:一首生命的赞歌

称作悲剧的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》事实上并不符合亚理斯多德的悲剧理论,它更象是一部喜剧。封建主义衰亡之际,新兴的人文主义思想并未完全建立。一些顽固的封建习俗如血亲复仇仍在前封建大家族中残留并作为他们进行苟延残喘挣扎的重要形式和最后堡垒。世仇观念的继续存在不仅为拥有新思想观念的市民阶层所不齿,也被本家族小年轻一代所抛弃。建立在这种背景之下的罗朱爱情故事就和窒息人的守旧意识形成鲜明对照,并在他们和父辈们进行的一系列抗争中展现了这一对恋人成熟的青春和爱情以及他们对生命的赞颂。在黑暗中闪烁着光芒的两颗年轻的心最后以震撼人心的方式走向结合,从而充分表达了他们对文艺复兴时期的爱情、友情、和谐和幸福的热烈追求和执着抗争。死亡不仅象征了旧制度的终结,更重要的是象征着新生命的开始。

Romeo and Juliet:An Anthem of Life

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet does not coincide with Aristotle's tragic theo- ries:it is more like a comedy.During the period when feudalism was declining,humanism was not totally established.Some obstinate feudalist conventions such as blood revenge still existed in the former big feudal families,and became the last fortress to struggle.Feud idea was not only laughed at by the citizens who had accepted the new ideology,but abandoned by the younger generation in those big families.This love story,based on this background,presents a striking contrast to the suffocating old thinking.During a series of conflicts with their fathers, this couple's maturity in youth,love and their paean of life are gradually revealed until these two hearts twinkling in the darkness get married in a shocking way.They,therefore,demon- strafe their warm-hearted pursuits and powerful strugglings in order to win the Renaissance mode of love,friendship,happiness and coordination,and death here symbolizes both the doom of the old system and the beginning of new life.