Focusing on the tragic fate of low-level working women is a hot topic in modern Chinese literature. Taking Xianglin's sister-in-law as an example, she represents the image of a woman who is oppressed by feudal society and poisoned by feudal ideology.
After Xianglin's sister-in-law, many modern writers have created similar characters, all of whom hope to be freed from slavery, but reality ruthlessly suppresses their dreams.
Lu Xun gave a profound analysis of this phenomenon in "Writing Under the Lamp", pointing out that the Chinese have never really won it"Human"rights, just struggling on the verge of exploitation and oppression.
Chun Bao Niang in "The Mother of Slaves" is one of the more successful characters of this kind. Chun Bao Niang and Xiang Lin's sister-in-law are both in the process of pursuing the minimum living conditions, because of the deep feudal social pressure, and fell into an inescapable predicament.
Their life experiences are full of tragedy, Chun Bao Niang became a fertility tool in order to save the two families, and Xianglin's sister-in-law suffered the blow of losing her husband and her son being eaten by wolves.
They differ in personalities, encounters, and endings, but none of them can escape the tragic fate of being pressured by life.
The deep-rooted feudal etiquette and patriarchal consciousness put women in a weak position in the patriarchal system. Confucianism emphasizes the superiority of men over women, so that women can only obey men in the relationship between the sexes.
Even within the family, women must be unconditionally obedient to their fathers and husbands. Xianglin sister-in-law, Chun Bao Niang, Shan Si sister-in-law and Li Ma and other female representatives, their lives are dependent on men.
They don't have their own names, they don't have independent personalities, and they don't have the value of their own lives.
Under the shackles of patriarchal consciousness and feudal society, Xianglin's sister-in-law has been pursuing to be a free slave all her life, but this goal has always been out of reach.
She once hoped to support herself through her own efforts, but because of her strength and hard work, she was recognized by Master Lu's family, and eventually became a slave of their family.
After experiencing the blow of losing her husband and child, she returned to Lu Si's house and tried to find her own way of survival, but Lu Si accused her of unchastity according to feudal etiquette, so that she was discriminated against and ridiculed by people in Lu Town.
Xianglin's sister-in-law was full of pain and no one to confide in, and she could only kill time and life through busy labor, but the fruits of her labor were always deprived, and she couldn't even get close to the altar during the sacrifice.
She donated a land temple threshold, hoping to eliminate her crimes, but the fourth aunt's shouting destroyed her hope, and in the end, the minimum living requirements she pursued were also deprived, and the right to be a slave was also denied, and her end could only be death.
Chun Bao Niang: The tragic life of obedience Chun Bao Niang, compared with Xianglin's ignorance, is as good as that, in the face of feudal patriarchal etiquette, she always adheres to the purpose of obedience.
The cruel blow of life made her suffer silently, but she was not widowed, but she was expelled from the ceremony, leaving her young son Chunbao, and losing the right to be a mother. She has no sense of resistance, so she can only prepare the clothes of the four seasons of Chunbao and pawn them to Xiucai's house.
Although she did not lose her child, she endured the tragic scene of separation from mother and son. She held Qiubao in her hand, thinking of Chunbao in her heart, a mother's heart was torn in half, this painful torment was not much different from the pain of Xianglin's sister-in-law's loss of a child.
In the face of pain, she did not have any sense of resistance, and in the end she could not escape the tragic ending. Xianglin's sister-in-law and Chun Bao Niang: The tragic life of low-level working women Xianglin's sister-in-law and Chun Baoniang are both representative figures of low-level working women, they are both hardworking, kind, simple, and dedicated.
Xianglin's sister-in-law was a hard-working person from the beginning"Slaves"The image of a low-level woman, she worked all day long in the trial stage of Lu Si's house, she was very powerful, and she was worthy of a man in terms of work.
She was able to stay because of her hard work, but she experienced the pain of losing her child, and the feudal concept of chastity convicted her, which caused her to collapse physically and mentally, and lost her physical advantage.
Xianglin's sister-in-law can only linger outside the life of Lu Zhen, and she has to endure the inner torment, which is a tragic ending after all. Chun Bao Niang is also submissive, has no sense of resistance, and in the end she can't escape the tragic fate.
Chun Bao Niang is a hard-working, dutiful mother, she exchanged her body for the survival of her husband and son, and her kindness and simplicity are reflected in the deep maternal love for Chun Bao and Qiu Bao.
Faced with the dilemma of being banned, the first thing she thought of was Chunbao's future, not her own humiliation. She misses Chun Bao every day at Xiucai's house, and her heart is tormented, and she washes her face with tears.
Chun Bao Niang's life is a tragic life of being used as a fertility tool and ruthlessly ravaged.
Like Xianglin's sister-in-law, she represents the group of low-level working women, who not only have to give birth and do housework, but also sell their bodies when the family is in difficulty, their tragedy is that they don't know how they will be arranged in the next second, what kind of tool they will be used as, and they instinctively accept this tragic life in their hearts.
Xianglin's sister-in-law and Chun Bao Niang are both weak women who have been devastated by life in Roushi's pen. Although Xianglin's sister-in-law is more fierce than Chun Bao Niang and has a strong sense of resistance, Chun Bao Niang is not inferior because of this.
She resists the misfortunes of life in a weak way, even in the face of her husband's canonization and the ridicule of the eldest wife of the Xiucai family, she only bears it silently, and has no sense of resistance.
Chun Bao Niang chooses to accept the arrangement of fate, she believes that this is the only choice for women. However, this "bearing" could not change her fate, and in the end she could only bear the pain and misfortune of life alone.
The fate of Chun Bao Niang and Xiang Lin's sister-in-law is tragic, but although Chun Bao Niang's sense of resistance is weak, it also shows us the indomitable strength of women in the face of difficulties.
Xianglin's dilemma and Chun Bao Niang's dilemmaChun Bao Niang is faced with a dilemma, while Xianglin's sister-in-law is facing more suffering. Xianglin's sister-in-law not only suffers from feudal patriarchy, husband's power, clan power, and divine power, these forces are intertwined, tightly binding her, making her unable to get rid of her tragic fate.
Xianglin's sister-in-law was forced to remarry, from the perspective of feudal husband's power, the concept of chastity does not allow her to remarry, although the remarriage is forced, but it is a "crime" for her, Lu Siye does not let her touch the sacrificial articles because of her "crime".
From the perspective of feudal patriarchy, it is her mother-in-law's will to remarry, and she must follow the principle of "the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker", but she resists desperately. Therefore, whether she chooses to remarry or not, she is "guilty" and faces contradictions.
The contradiction between patriarchy and husband's power, the contradiction between divine power and clan power, it is these contradictory feudal rights that push Xianglin's sister-in-law into a predicament that she cannot struggle.
Although Chun Bao Niang's fate is similar to that of Xianglin's sister-in-law, the torture she endured is lighter than Xianglin's extreme pain.
She was pawned by her husband to Xiucai's house, and she was tortured both physically and mentally, but eventually she returned to her home, although the conditions there were already poor, and Qiu Bao stayed at Xiucai's house, Chun Bao and he had not seen him for many years, and she no longer recognized her.
Although Chun Bao Niang lost her husband twice and one son died unexpectedly, she still has at least two husbands and two sons who are still alive.
Although the leather dealer pawned her to Xiucai, Xiucai also shed tears before making a decision, and he also maintained and cared for Chun Bao Niang.
Although his wife was sneering at Chun Bao Niang, Xiucai's support and encouragement to Chun Bao Niang was also her only spiritual comfort during this difficult time.
Overall, Chun Bao Niang's life, although full of challenges, is not as hopeless as that of Xianglin's sister-in-law, and she chooses to face difficulties, even though it is a path full of pain.
"Blessing" is a work that profoundly reveals the cruel oppression of women at the bottom of the feudal society and the ruthless deprivation of women's fate.
Compared with "The Mother of Slaves", although both works depict the tragic fate of women, "Blessing" has a wider social and contemporary background, deeper ideological depth, and more acute and profound criticism of women's fate.
Xianglin's sister-in-law and Chun Baoniang are both women at the bottom of feudal society, they both want to escape from the sea of suffering, but they can't do so, this is what their tragic fate has in common.
Xianglin's four rebellions are in stark contrast to Chun Bao Niang's obedience, Xianglin's suffering and pressure are heavier than Chun Bao Niang's, and her death is more tragic.
In contrast, "The Slave Mother" simply depicts the tragic fate of a mother, and although the reader will feel deep pity for her, the criticism and depth of the work are relatively weak.
Lu Xun's works are full of"Mourn its misfortune and be angry with it"The spirit of realism hopes to reveal the suffering of society through his works and attract the attention of healers, while "The Mother of a Slave" is relatively lacking in this depth and breadth.
The two successful works have created two successful female images, both of whom are low-level working women with miserable lives, both of which accuse the feudal ethics program, feudal etiquette, feudal patriarchy, husband power, clan power, and theocracy on their fate.
Although these two female images are very different, they are bound by the dark society of the times, and they both end up in tragedy. Xianglin's sister-in-law and Chun Bao Niang, their rebellion is based on superstition about the feudal program, and has no substantial impact on the ending.
These two female figures are typical representatives of the gallery of modern literary figures, and have enlightening significance for the creation of female images in later generations. The fate of this tragedy is a criticism of the ethical guidelines of feudal society, and it is also a profound ** of human nature.