The Blue HotelにおけるSwedeの死をめぐって
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I discuss the death of the Swede who is regarded as a typical Easterner in The Blue Hotel from three points of view. First I consider Stephen Crane's experience in the West an important factor in discussing the death of the Swede in this novel. The author made his western journey in the first half of 1895, and the West did not disappoint him. What he was impressed by in the experience most was the indomitable spirit of the farmers in Nebraska who were living under rigorous conditions. Finding that he considers them to be a fearless folk, completely American in "Nebraska's Bitter Fight for Life", we are able to know that he admires and respects them greatly. In addition to his respect for farmers, I think, it is important to observe that he considers the West to be greatly honest and the East to be false, and he always believes the western people to be much truer than the eastern people. He always feels these differences between the West and the East and the conflicts between them. He regards a showdown between them as very important, and thus brings the Swede face to face the western people. Since the author respects the western people, the death of the Swede at the end of a showdow between him and westerners is no surprise. Secondly I am obliged to pay attention to the novel written just after the experience of death in the Commodore shipwreck. I think that experience reappears as the death of the Swede in The Blue Hotel. I notice that the death of the oiler in The Open Boat is similar to that of the Swede as compared with his consciousness and with the structure of The Blue Hotel. Concretely the blizzard outside is compared to the riotous sea in The Open Boat, the Swede walking to the bar being compared to the oiler journeying to the sea-coast. Because the bar as a symbol of safety means death to the Swede as the sea-coast as a symbol of safety means death to the oiler, I suggest that the death of the Swede is induced from the death of the oiler in The Open Boat. Finally I survey the death of the Swede in this novel. In it westerners are described as honest and square, while the Swede is described as egocentric, with the author emphasizing the conceit of the Swede. Finally I conclude that the conceit of the Swede drove him to his death.
- 帯広畜産大学の論文
- 1974-03-30
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