在莫里斯身上,几乎交织着他所处的那个时代的所有矛盾。而这些矛盾在他一生的奋斗中,又常常以动机与效果不统一的“悲剧”结局体现出来。19—20世纪是一个新旧交替的时代,也如后人所形容的,是整个欧洲都陷入“极度迷惘”的时代。新的生产力的冲击象汹涌的浪潮拍打着旧生活的堤岸;工业革命带来的 In Morris, he was almost intertwined with all the contradictions of his time. These contradictions are often reflected in the ending of “tragedy ” in which motivation and effect are not unified in the struggle of his life. The 19th and 20th centuries were an era of old and new, and as the posterity described it, it was an era when all of Europe was in a state of “extreme confusion.” Impact of new productivity Like the surge of waves flapping the old embankment; brought by the industrial revolution