Xu Xiaotong, Feldbacher Rainer

Associate Professor,School of history,Capital Normal University,Beijing China

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i8-22

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ABSTRACT

Fire is of great significance in the process of human civilization, carrying multiple functions such as hunting, sacrifice, cooking, and punishment. Arson, as one of the means of destroying objects, often appears in literary and artistic works. Why arson has become a means of evil favored by creators, and occasionally presents a strong sense of beauty in the text. This article will start with Bertha Mason’s arson in "Jane Eyre", linking classic texts with arson as an important plot, such as "Burn the Warehouse" and "Golden Pavilion", and explore the unique literary meaning of the dialectic of the beauty and evil of arson in combination with archetypal criticism.

KEYWORDS:

Arson, Dialectics of Beauty and Evil

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VOlUME 04 ISSUE 08 August 2021