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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is a very depressing story set in the old South. It centers on the three eccentric people： Miss Amelia， Cousin Lymon， and Marvin Macy， and around their strange love， the story tells the tragedy of a poor woman in man's society. The story can be interpreted in many ways such as the abnormal love illustrated by the three person； people's loneliness in capitalist society； racial and gender segregation in man's society. However， in this paper， the focus is on the women's tragedy under patroclinous society.
Chapter One A Summary of “The Ballard of the Sad Cafe”
'' The Ballad of the Sad Cafe'' by Carson McCullers is a story of love illustrated through the romantic longings and attractions of the three eccentric characters： Miss Amelia， Cousin Lymon， and Marvin Macy. McCullers depicts love as a force， often strong enough to change people's attitudes and behiors. Yet， the author seems to say， if the love is unrequited， individuals， hing lost their motivation to change， will revert back to their true selves. The allure of the different characters， which is never revealed by the author， seems to indicate that feelings of love and attraction are not necessarily reasonable or understandable to others.
Everyone is shocked when the handsome outlaw， Marvin Macy， falls in love with Miss Amelia. In an effort to court Miss Amelia， he learns proper etiquette， such as “rising and giving his chair to a lady， and abstaining from swearing and fighting”. Two years after Marvin's reformation， he asks Miss Amelia to marry him. Miss Amelia does not love him but agrees to the marriage in order to satiy her great-aunt. Once married， Miss Amelia is very aloof towards her husband and refuses to engage in marital relations with him. After ten days， Miss Amelia ends the marriage because she finds that she is unable to generate any positive feelings for Marvin. Several months after the divorce， Marvin reverts back to his initial corrupt ways and is “sent to a state penitentiary for robbing filling stations and holding up A & P stores”.
Just as love had changed Marvin， so too did it change Miss Amelia. In the mid 1930's， several years after Miss Amelia's divorce， Lymon， a hunchback， comes to Miss Amelia claiming to be a distant cousin. She readily provides Cousin Lymon with food and board， and eventually any material object that he desires. The people of the town grow very curious of her new guest and of Miss Amelia's hospitality towards Lymon which is contrary to her characteristic untrusting and remote ways. The townspeople gather in her store one evening to meet Cousin Lymon. Unlike Miss Amelia， Cousin Lymon is very socia源于：论文提纲格式范文www.618jyw.com
ble and enjoys entertaining the townolk with his patently tall tales. In a short period of time， Miss Amelia's store is converted into a cafe where people gather for food， drink， and gossip. They would discuss Miss Amelia's love for Cousin Lymon， indicating that they thought love between cousins is forbidden and incestuous. Her changed behior， in Lymon's presence， preoccupied and baffled them. Ever since Cousin Lymon's appearance， Miss Amelia would regularly wear a red dress that had been worn exclusively on Sundays. They also noted that， before he arrived， she would only lee her house to go to church or to pick up supplies for her store. While， when Cousin Lymon moves in， realizing that he loves to trel， she would often drive with him into the city and go to see “movie-flicks” with him. 怎样写毕业论文www.618jyw.com
Chapter Three The Tragic Destiny of Amelia
Amelia is a metaphorical epitome in Carson McCullers' work. Ann Carlton attributes Amelia's final failure as “her return to the feminine self defined by the culture”， （Ann Carlton， “Beyond Gothic andGrotesque： A Feminist View of Three Female Characters of Carson McCullers，” Pembroke Magazine20 .1988： 54-62.） and the oppression of patroclinous society on women causes the definite tragic destiny.
Also， Broughton saw the denouncement of the main value system to femini， and she pointed out that the bad result of this concept is “People who try to throw out the feminine trait always hurt herself and others， which make her unable to escape the prison built by her”. （Broughton， P. R. 'Rejection of the Feminine in Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Cafe， Twentieth Century Literature20 （Jan. 1974）： 34-43， p. 42.） In Amelia's body， the outward masculine self and the feminine self merge together， but they coexist inharmoniously， which at last makes her unable to success. The more she wants to abolish her feminine characteristics， the more hard for her to lead a normal person's life and escape the prison built by herself， thus， her disaster came.
Conclusion
From Amelia's appearance， characteristics and love， she never regards her as a woman. She hates the traditional women's role and performs as a man in every aspect. Amelia's eccentricity could be accounted by the following reasons： First， his father's influence. Amelia lost mother when she was young， so in her surrounding living condition there is no man. His father taught her the way of living in a men's society. Gradually， she never views her as a woman， and accepts man's thinking， business and way of living. Second， in the secluded， traditional southern town， women are looked down upon， and lived a lowly life. What's more， Amelia knew nothing about women， which also added her indignation and dislike to women， so gradually act as a man， which caused her failure in love and resulted in her tragic living. Therefore， the patroclinous society finally causes Amelia's tragic destiny.
参考文献
Carlton， A.摘自：毕业论文格式范文www.618jyw.com
（1988） 'Beyond Gothic and Grotesque： A Feminist View of Three Female Characters of Carson McCullers，' Pembroke Magazine20.
Broughton， P. R. （1974）. 'Rejection of the Feminine in Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Cafe， Twentieth Century Literature20
[3] 蔡春露“《怪诞不怪，怪中寓真——评麦卡勒斯的小说〈伤心咖啡店之歌〉》”，《外国文学研究》2002年第3期
[4] 林斌“《伤心咖啡馆之歌》的'二元性别观'”.当代外国文学
[5] 王德.“爱之痛苦，生之孤独——评卡森.麦卡勒斯德的小说<>” 外语学刊（黑龙江大学学报）.1997年第一期.
[6] 赵毅衡《孤独者的悲歌——评卡森·麦卡勒斯》，见钱满素编《美国当代小说家论》，北京：中国社会科学出版社，1987年，第217-219页.
收稿日期：2013-08-10
Chapter One A Summary of “The Ballard of the Sad Cafe”
'' The Ballad of the Sad Cafe'' by Carson McCullers is a story of love illustrated through the romantic longings and attractions of the three eccentric characters： Miss Amelia， Cousin Lymon， and Marvin Macy. McCullers depicts love as a force， often strong enough to change people's attitudes and behiors. Yet， the author seems to say， if the love is unrequited， individuals， hing lost their motivation to change， will revert back to their true selves. The allure of the different characters， which is never revealed by the author， seems to indicate that feelings of love and attraction are not necessarily reasonable or understandable to others.
Everyone is shocked when the handsome outlaw， Marvin Macy， falls in love with Miss Amelia. In an effort to court Miss Amelia， he learns proper etiquette， such as “rising and giving his chair to a lady， and abstaining from swearing and fighting”. Two years after Marvin's reformation， he asks Miss Amelia to marry him. Miss Amelia does not love him but agrees to the marriage in order to satiy her great-aunt. Once married， Miss Amelia is very aloof towards her husband and refuses to engage in marital relations with him. After ten days， Miss Amelia ends the marriage because she finds that she is unable to generate any positive feelings for Marvin. Several months after the divorce， Marvin reverts back to his initial corrupt ways and is “sent to a state penitentiary for robbing filling stations and holding up A & P stores”.
Just as love had changed Marvin， so too did it change Miss Amelia. In the mid 1930's， several years after Miss Amelia's divorce， Lymon， a hunchback， comes to Miss Amelia claiming to be a distant cousin. She readily provides Cousin Lymon with food and board， and eventually any material object that he desires. The people of the town grow very curious of her new guest and of Miss Amelia's hospitality towards Lymon which is contrary to her characteristic untrusting and remote ways. The townspeople gather in her store one evening to meet Cousin Lymon. Unlike Miss Amelia， Cousin Lymon is very socia源于：论文提纲格式范文www.618jyw.com
ble and enjoys entertaining the townolk with his patently tall tales. In a short period of time， Miss Amelia's store is converted into a cafe where people gather for food， drink， and gossip. They would discuss Miss Amelia's love for Cousin Lymon， indicating that they thought love between cousins is forbidden and incestuous. Her changed behior， in Lymon's presence， preoccupied and baffled them. Ever since Cousin Lymon's appearance， Miss Amelia would regularly wear a red dress that had been worn exclusively on Sundays. They also noted that， before he arrived， she would only lee her house to go to church or to pick up supplies for her store. While， when Cousin Lymon moves in， realizing that he loves to trel， she would often drive with him into the city and go to see “movie-flicks” with him. 怎样写毕业论文www.618jyw.com
Chapter Three The Tragic Destiny of Amelia
Amelia is a metaphorical epitome in Carson McCullers' work. Ann Carlton attributes Amelia's final failure as “her return to the feminine self defined by the culture”， （Ann Carlton， “Beyond Gothic andGrotesque： A Feminist View of Three Female Characters of Carson McCullers，” Pembroke Magazine20 .1988： 54-62.） and the oppression of patroclinous society on women causes the definite tragic destiny.
Also， Broughton saw the denouncement of the main value system to femini， and she pointed out that the bad result of this concept is “People who try to throw out the feminine trait always hurt herself and others， which make her unable to escape the prison built by her”. （Broughton， P. R. 'Rejection of the Feminine in Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Cafe， Twentieth Century Literature20 （Jan. 1974）： 34-43， p. 42.） In Amelia's body， the outward masculine self and the feminine self merge together， but they coexist inharmoniously， which at last makes her unable to success. The more she wants to abolish her feminine characteristics， the more hard for her to lead a normal person's life and escape the prison built by herself， thus， her disaster came.
Conclusion
From Amelia's appearance， characteristics and love， she never regards her as a woman. She hates the traditional women's role and performs as a man in every aspect. Amelia's eccentricity could be accounted by the following reasons： First， his father's influence. Amelia lost mother when she was young， so in her surrounding living condition there is no man. His father taught her the way of living in a men's society. Gradually， she never views her as a woman， and accepts man's thinking， business and way of living. Second， in the secluded， traditional southern town， women are looked down upon， and lived a lowly life. What's more， Amelia knew nothing about women， which also added her indignation and dislike to women， so gradually act as a man， which caused her failure in love and resulted in her tragic living. Therefore， the patroclinous society finally causes Amelia's tragic destiny.
参考文献
Carlton， A.摘自：毕业论文格式范文www.618jyw.com
（1988） 'Beyond Gothic and Grotesque： A Feminist View of Three Female Characters of Carson McCullers，' Pembroke Magazine20.
Broughton， P. R. （1974）. 'Rejection of the Feminine in Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Cafe， Twentieth Century Literature20
[3] 蔡春露“《怪诞不怪，怪中寓真——评麦卡勒斯的小说〈伤心咖啡店之歌〉》”，《外国文学研究》2002年第3期
[4] 林斌“《伤心咖啡馆之歌》的'二元性别观'”.当代外国文学
[5] 王德.“爱之痛苦，生之孤独——评卡森.麦卡勒斯德的小说<>” 外语学刊（黑龙江大学学报）.1997年第一期.
[6] 赵毅衡《孤独者的悲歌——评卡森·麦卡勒斯》，见钱满素编《美国当代小说家论》，北京：中国社会科学出版社，1987年，第217-219页.
收稿日期：2013-08-10
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