美国浪漫主义小说家、诗人、批评家埃德加·爱伦·坡在美国文学史上具有显赫的地位,他是一个对短篇小说从理论上加以总结,并按照自己的理论进行创作的作家,其中《一桶白葡萄酒》是他的一部非常具有代表性的哥特式短篇小说之一。内容充满了恐怖与复仇心理,这是作者小说一贯的主题表达方法。本文就作品的主题表达形式加以分析,并深入探讨了作者对人性的刻画和主人公的悲剧根源。 American romantic novelist, poet and critic Edgar Allan Poe has a prominent position in the history of American literature. He is a writer who summarizes short stories in theory and makes his own theory One Barrel of White Wine is one of his most representative Gothic short stories. Content is full of terror and vengeance, which is the consistent theme of the author’s novels. This article analyzes the thematic expression of the works, and explores the author’s description of human nature and the tragedy of the protagonist.