Analysis of Characters in Divorce (Lu Xun)

The image of caring women in Divorce, whether it is the image of Xianglinsao, a poor rural woman in old China in Blessing or the image of Zijun, a young intellectual woman in Mourning for the Past, is very different from the image created by Lu Xun in his early days. They all have the character of traditional women in China. The protagonist of Divorce, Ai Gu, has a bold and vigorous personality and a strong sense of resistance. The husband hooked up with the little widow, and she cried, so she had to go back to her parents and brothers and made up her mind to "give them some color to see, even if she went to court." This image is completely divorced from China's traditional female character.

As for Lu Xun's last modern novel "Divorce", it seems that there are always many misunderstandings. For example, there was a popular view that this novel showed the helpless position of old China women in marriage and family through a story of an ordinary rural woman being bullied after marriage and rising up against the oppression of her husband's rights. The protagonist has the courage to fight against feudal forces and a provocative character, but she has naive illusions about landlords and bureaucrats, and finally she is forced to yield under the heavy pressure of these colluded reactionary forces and overbearing villages.

It is said here that Ai Gu is an "ordinary rural woman", and there are many theories that she is a "working woman", but it is wrong to read the original text carefully. This person is unusual, and it is not known whether he works or not. Ai Gu's father, Zhuang, is a local celebrity and even a bully. As soon as the fat man saw Zhuang, he said, "Although we met for the first time, Uncle Mu's name has long been known ... Who doesn't know this 368 Binhai Village? We know that Shis' son married a widow. Last year, Uncle Mu took his six sons to tear down the stove in his kitchen. Who said it shouldn't be? Your old man can walk in Plutocratic family, and his steps are open. I am afraid of them! " This shows Zhuang's identity. Fat Wang is a smooth man, maybe he just talks nonsense. Of course he didn't believe everything he said, but when Zhuang's father and daughter got on the boat, "there were four people sitting on the board beside the boat." Zhuang touched a long pipe to smoke, and someone lit it for him immediately, which shows that he is by no means an idle person. The character "ordinary coastal residents are somewhat afraid of him" is obviously unusual, and his daughter cannot be said to be an "ordinary rural woman".

In past marriages, it was important to be suitable for each other. Ai Gu's husband, Shi Jia's "little beast", married a widow and wanted to divorce him, but Ai Gu refused. Shi Jia invited the squire to comfort his master, saying that mediation failed many times, and the two sides "had a quarrel for three years". This shows that Shihezhuang is not very ordinary, and it needs seven people higher than the master to solve the problem. This adult smokes snuff and plays "fart plug". Some of his superfine product are studying in Beijing Foreign Language School. In short, he has a high position. If an ordinary working woman encounters this kind of dispute, how can it last for three years and disturb such a high-end boss?

Of course, I can't overestimate my aunt's social status. After all, Zhuang is not a "Plutocratic family" and is not in the same order of magnitude as Master Tong Wei, let alone seven adults. Some people say that Zhuang is a big shot, at least a local gentleman, which is too high for him. Father and son Zhuang went to comfort their host family, and went to the concierge to drink rice cake soup. When they entered the living room, they could only stand (Shi Jia and his son also stood) and talk. Among the seven families, Gu's local complex is more obvious. She saw that the heads of the seven men were all bald, but their skulls and faces were ruddy. She thought it must have been wiped with lard. I know nothing about snuff, fart plug and mercury immersion, and I have never heard of it. Loving menstruation is rustic, not like a gentleman's good girl at all. Zhuang Sanmu appears to have some status mainly because he has six sons. At that time, he could be bullied less by others only by this one. Bankers have such capital, so Aigu's divorce is protracted.

Is it anti-feudal to love menstruation? Shi Jia's "little beast" married a widow and abandoned her aunt, which is unbearable. It is human nature that she refuses such a divorce. She dares to make trouble with her husband. "Objectively, it may be a little anti-patriarchal, but she is not anti-feudal in her own thoughts. On the contrary, she insists on traditional ethics. I ordered it from three teas and six gifts, and it was carried by a sedan chair! Is it that easy? ..... I will definitely give them some color to see see, even if it is a lawsuit. " Love my aunt rightfully, she is based on feudalism. Aigu claimed that her troubles were "anger", but she was not anti-feudal. According to the regulations of feudal ethics, it is acceptable for Shi Jia's "little beast" to live with the abusive bitch, but we can't abandon Minmei's wife. Under the feudal system, there was only "divorce" and there was no divorce. If your in-laws don't like it, you can drive away your daughter-in-law, but according to Ai Gu, "If you marry, you really bow your head, and you don't lack gifts." There is no reason to drive away. From the description of the whole novel, the divorce between "Little Beast" and Aigu does not conform to the right path of feudalism. Aigu's brawling does not mean anti-feudalism, and her bravery and bravery in this process have no particularly positive significance.

However, Aigu finally failed. The reason for the failure is not "naive illusions about landlords and bureaucrats". In fact, her mind is full of feudal dogma. She firmly believed in "big master" and feudal government. The key to aunt Ai's failure is the words of the seven great men. First, "if the in-laws say' go', they have to go". Whether you are "not short of gifts" or not, the feudal husband power and clan power are of course reflected in the relevant provisions, but their spirit is not limited by those provisions, but the husband power and clan power have supreme authority. In the face of this authority, women can only obey and are not protected by any legal provisions. The seven great men, as gentlemen with high status, thoroughly understood this point and told all the truth in one sentence. Before, the comfort master only did general civil mediation, so no wonder he couldn't. The seven adults also said, "Don't say it's the same at home, even in Shanghai and Beijing, or overseas." This is to scare menstruation, of course, but it's not just casual. It turned out that my aunt was not convinced and said in anger, "It doesn't matter even if I go to court." Not in the county, in the government. "In view of this attitude, the corresponding language of the comfort master is" If you go to court and fight in the government, won't the government ask the seven people? "Take the personal identity of the seven heroes to subdue them, which seems to be relatively low-energy, but the result is not satisfied. Ai Gu resisted: "Then I will fight for my life, and everyone will be defeated. "Seven people are different. He first pointed out that his in-laws had absolute authority over his daughter-in-law, and then said that the government was completely on his side. This was also the last word at that time: it doesn't matter where you love your aunt to go to court, and you won't be ruined if you fight for your life. This sentence is a fatal blow to Aigu. Aunt Ai is a believer in feudal dogma. The seven adults told her that it is not enough to know those provisions, but you have to deeply understand the spirit. It's useless for a kannika nimtragol to obey completely.

How profoundly and vividly Lu Xun exposed the spiritual essence of feudalism here!

These words of seven adults taught Ai Gu to wake up from a dream and "feel completely isolated". Her failure was expected. Before, I thought the truth was on my side, but now I understand that the opposite is true. Such a big change of heart, when the Seventh National Congress uttered a puzzling "Come on-",she immediately surrendered.

Ai Gu's surrender was not that she suddenly lost her anti-feudal courage, which she had never had before. It's not that she has any illusions, but that she has some misunderstandings and doesn't know enough about ethical norms. Now she finally realizes-

At this time, she realized that the seven people were really dignified. They all misunderstood themselves, and they were too presumptuous and rude. She was so regretful that she couldn't help saying-

"I'm listening to the orders of seven people ..."

So things took a turn for the worse, and the "divorce" was immediately concluded in 90 yuan.

Can it be said that Ai Gu didn't fail at all, but her change was only from "noisy" to "not noisy"? At the end of the work, it is written that when Ai Gu left the Wei family, he was calm, socially calm and left happily.

Here, Lu Xun's profound and extensive exposure of feudalism shows extremely suppressed indignation, and his profound satire on Ai Gu expresses the theme of his works' complete anti-feudalism.

Love is not anti-feudal, but her works are completely anti-feudal.

When this divorce comedy happened, China was already a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. The traditional feudal forces are still very strong, and the power of money is not small, so there is the price problem intertwined with this divorce case. Shi Jia is prepared to pay a sum of money to solve this matter; In order to save his face and show his prestige, Zhuang had a big fight with his daughter. Now Shi Jia's kitchen has been demolished once, and even seven people have come forward to mediate. His face and prestige have been gained. Now he is ready to accept a sum of money and divorce this. His attitude is more relaxed than his daughter's. When he spoke on the boat, he had expressed his boredom with this dispute, and Aigu clearly saw that "even Dad was a little dizzy and jealous of the money he paid". Only in this way, after entering Zhuang's living room to comfort his host family, he rarely spoke and never helped his daughter. His attitude seems to be to wait for her daughter to hit a nail and then give in. Love gu argued there alone, but Zhuang did nothing; Once my daughter said, "I used to listen to the instructions of the Seven Heroes," comforting the master and saying happily, "Yes, the Seven Heroes are really fair, and Aigu really understands!" He said to Zhuang, "Mu, you naturally have nothing to say. She has promised herself. I think you must have brought your red and green post. I told you. So, everyone takes it out ... "It is understood that Zhuang has agreed to her daughter's divorce in advance, and he and the comfort master have already passed the air, and this time they made a special trip to get money. Shi Jia naturally settled with Master Wei, and has put the blue cloth bag with money on the coffee table. As soon as Master Zhuang Mu Sanyi announced the end of the matter, he immediately opened the parcel and took out the money, so it was "very easy" to count foreign money. He quickly opened the parcel and counted the money carefully, which was a wonderful contrast to what he had just done.