著者

大野 直美

出版者

英米文化学会

雑誌

英米文化 (ISSN:09173536)

巻号頁・発行日

no.27, pp.57-67, 1997-03-31

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The aim of this paper is to analyze Rosie's character in Cakes and Ale. Rosie is conspicuous for her brightness and mysterious beauty in spite of her bad behavior. Her bad behavior is based on her instinct. She is always honest with herself and behaves as she pleases. In Cakes and Ale, "I"or narrator Ashenden, recalls her. "I" has memories of Rosie from when he was young and about fifty years later she reappears before him lively. "I" admires Rosie though she betrayed him in past days. Rosie must be the source of the warmth of Cakes and Ale because Maugham evidently loves his heroine and this love suffuses the whole book. In this paper I will try to examine Rosie in two separate appearances in the recollections of "I" and analyze why she attracts "I" and the readers' mind.