A Repressed Soul: An Analysis of Louise Bentley

孟子艳　

A Repressed Soul: An Analysis of Louise Bentley

Abstract：Louise Bentley, one of the grotesques in Winesburg Ohio, turns to be neurotic under the long-term repression in a patriarchal environment. Growing up in the negligence of her father and without a mother figure, Louise is starved of love in her childhood. Her father' s attitudes towards her turns to be a traumatic experience in her unconscious;later in her life, she fails to be a loving mother. With repeated failure of communication with others, with desires and thoughts throws her into the abyss of isolation and loneliness.
Keywords：Louise, love, isolation, loneliness, repression.

出版日期：2008年9月20日