A Dream Of Red Chamber A Study On The Tragedy Of Female Slaves

A Dream of Red Mansions is the pinnacle of Chinese classical novels,and its“female theme” has always been one of the themes that researchers pay attention to.Although female servants have a humble status in A Dream of Red Mansions and are not focused by more readers and critics,their vivid characters and tragic fate are still an indispensable part of A Dream of Red Mansions.Exploring the tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Mansions is not only an in-depth development of the“female theme”,but also conducive to deepening the interpretation of the text of A Dream of Red Mansions and a profound understanding of the tragic value of A Dream of Red Mansions.This article is divided into four chapters to expound the tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Mansions,and analyze the types,causes and significance of the tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Chamber.The first part mainly analyzes the living plight of female servants in Jia’s house.By analyzing the humble status and severe persecution of female servants in Jia’s residence;financial constraints,difficult livelihoods;complex interpersonal relationships and tense relationships,the political difficulties,economic difficulties and interpersonal pressures faced by female servants in Jia’s residence are clarified.Meanwhile,these also interpret the miserable state of living in Jia’s house.The second part,through the overall observation of the tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Mansions,classifies their tragedies into two categories: marriage and love tragedies and psychological tragedies.The group of maids could not break free from the shackles of feudal etiquette,and their love was shattered;under the feudal marriage system,the group of concubines was suppressed and persecuted by husbands,wives,and husband families.The older maids and some high-ranking maids have alienated personalities and distorted human nature in the long-term slave life,which constitutes the psychological tragedy of female slaves.The third part focuses on analyzing the social causes of the tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Mansions.A Dream of Red Mansions was written in the Qing Dynasty.The social system at that time oppressed the slave group,which was an important reason for the tragic fate of female slaves.The slave-servant system in the Qing Dynasty imprisoned female servants’ personal and marriage freedom;the concubinage system in the Qing Dynasty put the concubines into an embarrassing and persecuted situation;feudal ethics emphasized the concept of male superiority and inferiority between women and the master,which swallowed up the freedom of female slaves consciousness,so that they completely became victims of feudal culture.The fourth part focuses on the analysis of the meaning and value of the tragedy of the female slave group in A Dream of Red Mansions.The tragedy of female servants is the cornerstone of the overall tragedy of A Dream of Red Mansions.It pushes up the youth tragedy of Daguanyuan women and deepens the family tragedy of Jia’s decline.The tragedy of female servants in A Dream of Red Mansions not only inherits and develops the tragic spirit of previous literary works,but also has positive practical significance for later literary creation and modern women’s personality shaping with its rich literary value and profound social connotation.