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舍伍德.安德森,这位美国现代小说的先驱者,在其小说《小城畸人》中,饱含深情地给读者展示了一幅幅渴求爱与理解的“畸人众生相”。其中他倾注了大量的热情刻画了伊丽莎白.威拉德这一孤独、沉默的母亲形象。伊丽莎白.威拉德在少女时代充满了对生活的热情与幻想,但其所处的时代与社会使得她的梦想无法实现,只能转而求助于婚姻。婚姻的失败带给她的无奈和失望使她选择了缄默并将全部的希望寄托在儿子乔治.威拉德的身上。最终她以自己的死亡启迪了他。她就像缪斯,引领着乔治驶向艺术的彼岸。
Sherwood Anderson, a pioneer of modern American novels, shows in his novel “The Torture of the Little Town,” an affectionate showcase to readers of the “extraordinary beings” who crave love and understanding. He devoted a great deal of enthusiasm to portraying Elizabeth Willard’s lonely and silent mother. Elizabeth Willard was full of enthusiasm and illusion about life in her childhood, but her time and society made her dream impossible and she could only turn to marriage. Her helplessness and disappointment caused by the failure of the marriage made her choose silence and pin her hopes on her son George Willard. Eventually she inspired him with her own death. She is like a muse, leading George to the other side of the arts.