The Tragic Fate of Chen Bailu in Sunrise

Abstract

       The drama "Sunrise" is the representative work of Mr. Cao Yu, a famous modern Chinese dramatist. It was created in 1963 and is a classic work in the history of modern Chinese drama. In his writing career, it is also one of the most meaningful works and the most worthwhile. A work of in-depth exploration by scholars. There are many three-dimensional characters created in this novel, and in the author's writing, they all have their own personalities and souls.

       Chen Bailu is one of the main characters in this work. She is a bourgeois intellectual woman. On the one hand, she strives to pursue the sun, light, and freedom. On the other hand, she is addicted to material enjoyment and continues to fall. Struggling in self-contradiction, dealing with love and marriage, and finally heading towards death. This article mainly focuses on Chen Bailu's transformation from old to new and love and marriage to analyze her image and tragic fate. She is innocent and kind, yearning for love, but she is also depressed, decadent, extravagant and vain. She is a contradictory struggling body. Due to both subjective and objective reasons in terms of character and time background, she became a woman with double tragedies in life and love, and her tragedy was also a tragic epitome of educated women during the Republic of China.

Keywords: "Sunrise"; tragedy of fate; drama