摘 要
本文首先分析莎士比亚主要的喜剧作品中的女性形象，综合得出莎士比亚在其喜剧作品中塑造的一系列丰富生动、光彩动人的女性群像的共同特征，即肯定女性的智慧, 讴歌女性的美德, 赞美女性不畏强暴勇于追求的气概；还提出在她们身上体现出了对新人文主义的生活原则和理想的追求,她们是人文主义的典范；最后指出当时的政治经济背景以及文艺复兴运动时期的人文主义思潮对当时的社会以及莎士比亚的深刻的影响，即伊丽莎白统治下的社会以及以人为本的社会思潮。
关键词：莎士比亚；喜剧；形象；共同特征；背景
ABSTRACT
This paper first analyzes some women images in Shakespeare’s main comedies, on such basis, it concludes the common features of the series of those rich female imagery in Shakespeare’s comedies. It affirms women’s wisdom; eulogize the virtues of women; and praise the courage of not fear for violence and the spirit of pursuing their ideals. The paper also explores the life principles and the pursuit of ideals of new humanist that reflected on them. They are the models of humanism. At the end of this paper, it points out the profound influence of the political and economical backgrounds and the thoughts of humanism of the Renaissance period on the society as well as on Shakespeare at that time, that is, the society under the rule of Elizabeth I and the people-centered social thoughts.
Keywords：Shakespeare; comedies; imagery; common feature; backgrounds
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. The common features of the females in shakespeare’s comedies 2
2.1 External beauty 2
2.2 Internal beauty 2
2.2.1 The pursuit of love 2
2.2.2 Loyalty to friendship 3
2.2.3 Extinguished wisdom 3
2.2.4 Noble morality 4
2.3 Round personality 4
3. Reasons of shaping those female images 6
3.1 Backgrounds 6
3.1.1 Political and social background 6
3.1.2 Economic background 8
3.1.3 Humanism 9
3.2 Symbol meaning of those female images 11
4. Conclusion 13
Acknowledgements 14
References 15
