阅读戏剧文学作品 ,首先要了解戏剧冲突。在诸多冲突构成的一部戏剧中 ,必有一个占主导地位 ,正是这主要冲突决定着作品的主题。纵观《雷雨》全剧 ,我们认为自由平等的恋爱观念同封建专制的婚姻传统的矛盾是该剧主要的戏剧冲突 ,它表现出作品“反封建”的主题。作者曾说 :“在 Reading drama literature, we must first understand the drama conflict. In a drama composed by many conflicts, there must be a dominant position, and it is this major conflict that determines the subject of the work. Looking at the “Thunderstorm” drama, we believe that the contradiction between the free and equal love concept and the feudal autocratic marriage tradition is the main drama conflict of the drama. It shows the theme of the works “anti-feudalism.” The author once said :"