求关于George Meredith的作品《The Egoist》里人物性格分析

Abstract: The Egoist is one of the most influential novels of George Meredith’s. By the author of Willoughby Patterne’s love through the three description. Most vividly portrayed Willoughby Patterne the extreme selfishness and self-centered nature

Key Words: the novel; Willoughby Patterne;attempt;The Egoist

The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds
1. Introduction
George Meredith was born on February 12, 1828. His first home was in Portsmouth, where his father was a tailor. When George was only five years old, his mother died. His childhood after her death was not happy.
George Meredith works in favor of gender equality, which in Victoria's Spirit of British thinking is far from popular. He ironic comedy technique in fiction writing in a unique, and some critics say that his novels such as a high degree of intelligence requirements of the narrative of comedy, reading his works not only requires thinking highly concentrated, but also to make full use of imagination . Thus, although George Meredith does not seem to be rigidly adhere to the pure fiction writing skills, but he has called for creating one of the pioneers of modern fiction.

2. The introduction about Egoism
"Egoism" a long time, its content is very rich. In Hobbs, where can I find the "egoism" In fact, the "egoism" is built on the basis of the social contract. As Hobbes on the noble act of self-emphasized enough, and his "egoism" of high moral character, not by some people to accept. And Hobbes On the contrary, Chernyshevsky emphasis on the noble acts of self-serving to promote "beautification of egoism." Chernyshevsky's "beautification of egoism" easy for those who accept the moral high, but the content is poor. Some people even think that he is not advocating the "egoism" is just not appropriate to use the "egoism" this term. Hobbes "egoism" and Chernyshevsky the "egoism" all fly in the ointment, the perfect "egoism" must be a combination of both, this combination is very natural.
Do people always make him the most satisfaction, the people have any sense of not is not the case. If people are willing to make their own satisfaction, this desire is selfish desire, then all the people are selfish desire, it is this desire to dominate in the action.