马克·吐温在其名著《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》中运用了大量的死亡意象。通过这些意象,马克·吐温表达了他对当时美国社会的痛恨,希望它能随着死亡逝去。但从另一方面看,死亡又意味着重生,因此,这些死亡意象同时也表达了马克·吐温对新社会、新理想的追求。然而,面对当时特定的社会环境,马克·吐温虽然表达了他的愿望,但是这个愿望是否能够实现,他对此也陷入了矛盾和迷惘之中。 Mark Twain used a large number of images of death in his book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Through these images, Mark Twain expressed his hatred of American society at that time, hoping it would die with the death. But on the other hand, death means rebirth. Therefore, these images of death also express Mark Twain’s pursuit of a new society and new ideal. However, in the face of the specific social environment of the time, however, Mark Twain expressed his wish but whether this wish could be realized or not, he was also caught in contradictions and confusion.