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导读：3.2 Psychoanalysis of Ashurst John Galsworthy is good at psychoanalyzing the characters in his works.[6] To reveal Ashurst’s dual personality, he also uses psychoanalysis as his writing method. Thro
3.2 Psychoanalysis of Ashurst
John Galsworthy is good at psychoanalyzing the characters in his works.[6] To reveal Ashurst’s dual personality, he also uses psychoanalysis as his writing method. Through psychoanalysis, Ashurst’s dual personality is vividly and incisively displayed, especially in the last paragraph of the story. At that time, Ashurst was going to have a picnic with the Hallidays, on the way he saw Megan who came a long way to Torquay searching for him. Whether to see her or not, he had to make a decision. In this paragraph, Ashurst’s complicated feelings reached to the highest point. His dual personality was also shown in the best way. It is a very long paragraph. The following section divides it into several paragraphs and discusses how Ashurst’s dual personality works. (The following paragraphs with quotation mark are taken from the novel The Apple Tree.)
“From the corner he could only just see Megan; a long way ahead now. He ran a few steps, checked himself, and dropped into a walk, with each step nearer to her, further from the Hallidays, he walked more and more slowly.”
John Galsworthy is an outstanding linguist. The words: checked, dropped into, nearer to, further from, and more and more slowly vividly reflect Ashurst’s complicated feelings. He didn’t know what to do. To ask Megan to go back or to go back with her, he had no ideas. He had to follow her and keep thinking. When he became nearer to her and further to the Hallidays, he still had not cleared his mind. But he was afraid to be away from the Hallidays, so he walked more and more slowly.
“How did it alter anything—this sight of her? How make the going to her, and that which must come of it, less ugly? For there was no hiding it – since he had met the Hallidays he had become gradually sure that he would not marry Megan. It would only be a wild love- time, a troubled, remorseful, difficult time and then- well, then he would get tired, just because she gave him everything, was so simple, and so trustful, so dewy. And dew- wears off!”
中国大学排名 In these sentences, Ashurst’s irresponsible attitude is clearly shown. He thought that the love with Megan was ugly, that their love time was a wild love time. He had decided to desert her and to stay with the Hallidays, but he had not proper excuses. At last he chose Megan’s simplicity and trusty as his excuse to abandon her. He was hypocritical and deceived himself as well as others.
“The little spot of faded colour, her tam-o’s-shanter cap, wavered on far in front of him, as she looked up into every face, and at the house windows. Had any man ever such a cruel moment to go through? Whatever he did, he felt he would be a beast. And he uttered a groan which made a nursemaidturn and stare. He saw Megan stopped and lean against the sea-wall, looking at the sea before, and even in her distress could not resist that sight. ‘Yes- she’s seen nothing.’ He thought; ‘everything’s before her. And just for a few weeks’ passion, I shall be cutting her life to ribbons. I’d better go and hang myself rather than do it!”
