本文剖析王爾德作品中對理想化的愛的觀點。 首先，在第一章，我首先對他的生平作與標題相關的簡介，尤其是他與妻子之間的關係。 他們的關係之所以重要，是因為他們的婚姻如同拜倫與其妻一樣，都是由強烈的個性對比產生的距離美感所促成的。在第二章，我探討王爾德"朵蓮．格雷的畫像"(The Picture of Dorian Gray)，諸如：朵蓮對喜博(Sibyl Vane)理想化的愛的本質；道德畫家巴索(Basil Hallward)對朵蓮理想化的愛的本質，以及他將朵蓮理想化所作的畫如何對朵蓮產生負面的心理影響；亨利(Lord Henry)如何用頹廢的言語進行他在朵蓮身上的自戀人格複製。在第三章，我探討王爾德在 “認真的重要性”(The Importance of Being Earnest)中，兩位淑女對Ernest此一名字理想化的愛背後愛的本質，還有這兩位淑女如何藉由這個理想化的名字來控制男性追求者的方式。在第四章，我探討王爾德在他其他最有名的喜劇中，對理想化的愛的描寫，尤其是，他對被理想化的母親形像與丈夫形像的反諷。在第五章，我探討王爾德在他最有名的悲劇“莎樂美”(Salome)中，“莎樂美”為何將受洗約翰(John the Baptist)理想化，以及她為何最後欲置之死地的原因。在尾章中，我將王爾德作品中所有對理想化的愛的探討，比如本質、前因、後果、危機、心理防禦機制等等，逐一而有條理地列出，以供讀者一目了然。本人於此文中所欲辯論的是：王爾德與其妻的互動關係，舉如由他們之間強烈個性對比所產生的距離美感、以及王爾德被理想化所產生的的無形束縛與壓抑，都可能是背後致使王爾德對理想化的愛作一連串探討的主要動機，當大眾只看到理想化的愛的正面價值時，他想藉由這些作品來表達理想化的愛的負面缺失。

　This thesis begins with Oscar Wilde’s obsession with the theme of idealistic love in his works. First, I briefly introduce his life which was related to idolization, esp. his idealistic love with his wife Lady Constance. In Chapter One, I lead the readers to recognize the significance of their union—like that between Byron and Lady Byron—which was mainly motivated by psychosexual distance. Then I start to approach Oscar Wilde’s major works—The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome, and his other social comedies—from the perspective of idealistic love. In Chapter 2, The Picture of Dorian Gray, I explore the nature of Dorian’s idealistic love of Sibyl, the moralistic artist Basil’s idealistic love of Dorian, the psychical impacts of Basil’s idealistic painting upon Dorian, Lord Henry’s idolization of his own self-image, and his employment of “verbal” means to effect asexual “narcissistic doubling” due to his discontents of aging. In Chapter 3, The Importance of Being Earnest, I focus on Gwendolen’s and Cecily’s idealistic love of someone named Ernest, who assumes different images for each of them, the nature and motivation of these ladies’ idealistic love, and the shared way the ladies manipulate Algernon’s and Jack’s idealistic love and achieve their female domination. In Chapter 4, Oscar Wilde’s Other Social Comedies, I explore the idealistic love of the false maternal image and the idolization of a so-called ideal husband in plays such as Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband. In Chapter 5, Salome, I analyze why Salome idolizes John, and why she kills the one she loves. Finally, in Chapter 6, I list a summary of the nature, motivation, and outcome of the idealistic love mentioned above, together with the defense devices which idolaters may adopt to prevent their idealistic love from decaying. With this summary, I try to argue that the homosexually guilty Oscar Wilde, who was idolized by his innocent wife, tries to lay bare the negative sides of idealistic love with his works when common people deem idealistic love to be positive.

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