Goat Flora is a metaphor in Munro's work Run Away, it symbolizes heroine Carla who escaped from the marriage and finally got back home."Goat"is also called"scapegoat"which is negative in the way of that Carla's escape is destined to a failure. So based on the study of goat Flora, the paper illustrates the heroine Carla's behavior and her emotional changes, analyzing the deep connotations of the prototype in the story, thus becoming more acquainted with the real life and thoughts of modern women, founding understanding of Munro's view of women.%门罗在《逃离》中赋予了山羊“弗洛拉”以隐喻功能,弗洛拉象征了婚姻中的女主人公卡拉。从卡拉的逃离到最终的回归,门罗笔下的山羊起着非常重要的暗示作用。山羊又有替罪羊一说,所以卡拉的逃离注定是失败的。本文就山羊的神话隐喻进行研究,解读女主人公卡拉的行为与情感变化,揭示出原型背后小说所传达的深层意义,从而更深刻地理解作者门罗所描述的当代女性最真实的生活状态、心理及其女性观。
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