“出走”是乔治·艾略特小说中,特别是后期小说中一个反复出现的情节,而“责任”则是她思想中的一个关键词。处于她前后期小说分水岭上的《罗慕拉》,整个叙事便是建构在主人公罗慕拉的两次出走之上,集中体现了“出走”与“责任”之间的冲突。罗慕拉的两次出走,是对责任概念的两次质疑,也是两次重建,同时,罗慕拉对责任概念的反思,也是一个隐喻,映照出维多利亚时代知识分子在社会变迁中的信仰危机和道德忧思。 Going away is a recurrent episode in George Eliot’s novels, especially in later novels, while “responsibility” is a key word in her thought. In the “Romula”, a watershed in her novels, the entire narrative is constructed on the two departures of the hero Romula and embodies the conflict between “going away” and “responsibility.” Romula’s two departures were two doubts and two rebuilds of the concept of responsibility. At the same time, Romulas’ reflection on the concept of responsibility is also a metaphor to reflect the crisis of faith of Victorians in social changes And moral worry.