1、泰山医学院 本科 毕业设计（论文） 学 号 ： 6106006108 泰山医学院 毕业设计（论文） An Analysis of Pirates of the Caribbean from Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil 院（部） 系 外国语学院 所 学 专 业 英语 本科 （ 英双专业第二学位 ） 年级、班 级 完成人姓 名 指导教师姓 名 专业技术职 务 泰山医学院 本科 毕业设计（论文） Abstract The movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, is created by Disney of the United Stat
2、es with the theme of pirates, which is directed by the famous science fiction derector, Gore Verbinski. This film caught extensive attention. Berdyaev is a famous Russian philosopher and he is famous for his insistence on liberty. In ethic area, he gives profound and comprehensive explanation on goo
3、d and evil. He has his own understanding of good and evil. He believes that freedom is the origin of good and evil. And he points out the conflicts between good and evil will lead to tragedies and at the same time unity is also the characteristic of his view on good and evil. This thesis expects to
4、analyze the characters and their behaviors rationallly on the theoratical basis of Berdyaevs view on good and evil. This will help the readers to have a general knowledge about good and evil and to appreciate the special design of the film so as to have a rational understanding of this film and the
5、relavant ones. In this way, the nature of the things in the daily life can be correctly acknowledged and judged. And in turn a correct view on good and evil will be built, which will help the readers to think about how to aviod or face the tragedies caused by the conflicts between good and evil. Key
6、 Words: Pirates of Caribbean; good and evil; Berdyaev 泰山医学院 本科 毕业设计（论文） 摘要 加勒比海盗系列是由美国迪斯尼公司出品，著名科幻导演戈尔维宾斯基导演的以海盗为题材的电影。 这部电影引起了广泛的关注 。别尔加耶夫是俄罗斯一位伟大的哲学家，以其对“自由”的执着而著称于世 。他的善恶观具有独到的见解。他认为自由是善恶产生的根源，并提出了善恶具有矛盾的悲剧性，同时也具有统一性的特点 。 本文将以别尔加耶夫的善恶观 的主要内容为依据通过对善恶观的介绍和对影片中的人物及其行为所反映的善恶的剖析，笔者希望可以帮助读者对善恶观产生初步的认识
7、， 从善恶的角度去欣赏影片的设计，学会理性地分析这一文艺作品及其他 相关作品，从而在生活中能正确认识和判断各种事物的性质，树立正确的善恶观 ，并积极思考如何避免或承受善恶冲突所带来的悲剧 。 关键词：加勒比海盗；善恶观；别尔加耶夫 泰山医学院 本科 毕业设计（论文） Contents Chapter 1 Introduction. 1 Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil . 1 2.1 Content of Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil . 2 2.2 Signif
8、icance of Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil . 2 Chapter 3 Liberty as the Source of Good and Evil . 4 3.1 Captain Jack Sparrows Good and Evil Behaviors for Liberty . 4 3.2 Barbossas Good and Evil Produced for Liberty. 5 3.2.1 Barbossas evil behaviors for freedom.5 3.2.2 Barbossas good behaviors for fre
9、edom.5 3.3 Other Major Characters Good and Evil Behaviors for Liberty . 6 3.3.1 Wills evil bahaviors for his fathers freedom.6 3.3.2 Norringtons evil bahaviors for his own freedom .7 Chapter 4 The Tragedies Caused by the Conflict between Good and Evil. 8 4.1 The Death of Jack Sparrow because of the
10、Conflicts between Good and Good. 8 4.2 Great Loss of the Innocent People because of the Conflicts between Good and Evil . 9 Chapter 5 Unity of Good and Evil . 10 5.1 A Conversion from Evil to Good in Wills Betrayal . 10 5.2 A Mixture of Good and Evil in Captain Jacks Behaviors . 11 Chapter 6 Conclus
11、ion . 12 Notes . 13 Bibliography . 14 Acknowledgements . 15 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction The film, Pirates of the Caribbean, has been created since 1996 by Disney of the United States with the theme of pirates. And it has been regarded as the most successful films about pirates so f
12、ar. The second part Dead Mans Chest with ticket sales up to 1.1 billion dollars becomes one of the movies with the highest ticket sales in the movie history. In fact, the creativity about Pirates of the Caribbean originates from the Theme Park of Disney with the same name. The stories happened in th
13、e 18th century, which was the end of the heyday of the pirates. With the development of the industrial revolution, Sailing colonial trade gradually arose. And at that time, Caribbean had a great important geographical position on the trade routes. There often dove the pirates, who always attacted th
14、e merchants and even the royal navy. Complex conflicts occured frequently. Berdyaev is a famous Russian philosopher and he is famous for his insistence on liberty. Mr. Zhang Yaping said, “he is Russias Hegel; and he is one of the best philosopher and prophet today.” 1 In ethic area, he gives profoun
15、d and comprehensive explanation on good and evil. He points out that aspiring to liberty is the internal reason for the production of good and evil. He holds on esteem the experiential of understanding of good and evil. And this is ragarded as a “Copernican revolution” 2 and the precious treasure of
16、 anthropology and ethics. The comments on the major characters in the film are different and various. This paper aims to reasoningly analyze these characters and their behaviors under the guide of Berdyaevs view on good and evil. And the body of this thesis is divided into four parts. The first chap
17、ter is mainly about Berdyaevs view on good and evil and its significance. From chapter 3 to chapter 5, there is the analysis and study of the characters and the stories in the movie from the internal reason of good and evil, the tragic of the conflicts between good and evil and the unity of the two.
18、 Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil 2 Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil 2.1 Content of Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil Berdyaev is famous for his insistence on liberty in the world, and his philosophy is even named Liberalism Philosophy.
19、 He lives in a bumpy life with his extremely abundant thoughts. In ethic area, he gives profound and comprehensive explanation on good and evil. Aspiring to liberty is the internal reason for the production of good and evil. He hold s in esteem the experiential of understanding of good and evil. In
20、his opinion, good and evil cant be defined. To define it for the conception is just a paronomasia, which makes good and evil lose its essence of original life. Nevertheless, we can summarize what is good and what is evil. Good and evil present symbolic, tragic and unity. Especially the analysis of t
21、ragic shows us that its the production of good and evil that results in endless pains of the people. Furthermore, he also explained how to decrease and deal with the tragic brought by the conflict of good and evil in various aspects. It is the precious treasure of anthropology and ethics. 2.2 Signif
22、icance of Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil Berdyaev is a famous Russian philosopher. After the October Revolution, he was forced to leave his country and began to exil in the western world. In the west, his popularity was almost the highest one among Russian philosophers in philosophy. In his own wor
23、ds, “I am the first one in the west won great reputation of Russias Christian philosophers in the west”.3 In Chinese philosophy, he is also the luckiest among Russian philosophers. His writings are the most translated into Chinese. And he is the first Russian philosopher won great reputation in Chin
24、a . Good and Evil is the traditional and eternal topic in the philosophy area. And it is also the basic issue in ethics domain. None of the scholars shows little interests in this kind of issue. And most of them set out their works for the research of this part, and that gives rise to various views
25、on good and evil with their distinguishing figures. Berdyaev profounds an analysis of the tragedies because of the conflicts of good and evil and that is regarded as the milestone in the history of philosophy. Mr. Zhang Baichun said that Berdyaev enforced Copernicus-like revolution. Mr. Wang Jiezhi
26、and Mr. Luo Xianwen both Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Berdyaevs View on Good and Evil 3 spoke highly of Berdyaev in their articles. It is pointed that, “Berdyaev was someone like an encyclopedia appeared in Russia of 20th century. His works involve in philosophy, religion, literature, history,
27、politics, anthropology, ethics and other various areas, with profound and penetrating point of views”. 4 Thus, we can get to know the Berdyaevs influence and status on philosophy and formalists. Chapter 3 Liberty as the Source of Good and Evil 4 Chapter 3 Liberty as the Source of Good and Evil Mr. Z
28、hang Baichun pointed, “The liberty issue and comprehension of liberty separate Berdyaev and all the other thinkers, no matter in Russian history or western countries”. 5 Liberty is the main characteristic of Berdyaevs thoughts. And in Pirates of the Caribbean, all the production of good and evil is
29、related to liberty. Thus the follow part in this chapter tries to analyze good and evil displayed in the major characters in the movie. 3.1 Captain Jack Sparrows Good and Evil Behaviors for Liberty Captain Jack Sparrow is the leading character in Pirates of the Caribbean. He has fairly complicated p
30、ersonality intension. He gains numerous film fans favor with his humor, intelligence, bravery, unique and mysterious personal glamour. But one who is welcomed by others doesnt mean he wont serve the devil, though“ he is a gentle,he was”. As pirates, they live on seas all years around. Therefore, shi
31、p possesses unusual significance to them. It symbolizes the liberty. Combineing with examples below, the author will separately discuss the good and evil created by Jack, for his efferts for freedom. 3.1.1 Captain Jacks good behaviors for freedom In fact, Jacks status of captain and his favorite shi
32、p, the Black Pearl, were both given by Davy Johns. He once promised that he would return to the Flying Dutchman to take service for all his life left after being 13 years captain. This was “pay his debt” mentioned by Jack for so many times in the movie, and the story just happened on the date of “pa
33、ying the debt”. But to take service on the Flying Dutchman was not better than death, because it meant to stand various affliction and suffering and there was no freedom at all. It was just a beautiful lie that taking service could put off the judgment of God, which was said by Davy Johns. Therefore
34、, the only way for Jack to change his destiny was to find out Johns heart to make him under his control. Why didnt he kill Johns? At that time, Will was stopped by Jack when he was to stab Johns heart with the dagger in his hand. Because there was a rule that one who killed Davy Johns had to cut off
35、 his own heart and to be the Captain of Flying Dutchman. Although it could make one become the overlord of the sea, he would lost free of going ashore. That was not something good to Will who had had much to care in his mind. Finally, Will died. Jack killed Johns with the dagger in Wills hand. It sa
36、ved Will back to this world, though he had to accept to be the Captain Chapter 3 Liberty as the Source of Good and Evil 5 of Flying Dutchman. There is no doubt that Jack was so kind at that time. He won most peoples favor and respect with his kindness and intelligence. 3.1.2 Captain Jacks evil behav
37、iors for freedom In the moive, Pirates of the Caribbean , to keep the Black Pearl, Jack made use of William Turner and risked his life to get the key that could be used to threat Davy Johns. And he even planed to sacrifice 100 guiltless souls to get rid of Johns control. Its undoubted that Jack was
38、callous and evil at that moment. When everyone pulled together to fight against Davy Johns and his Flying Dutchman, the Black Pearl got severe destruction in the bloody situation. Yet in order to get rid of repaying Davy Johns debt, Jack chose to make his escape by secretly taking on the only lifebo
39、at remaining on the Black Pearl. We can imagine how selfish, merciless and unforgivable Jack was under that occasion. “He fooled us all right till the end. But I guess that honest streak finally won out.” Remedy didnt mean that something evil had never happened. This still belonged to an experience
40、of evil for Jack. 3.2 Barbossas Good and Evil Produced for Liberty 3.2.1 Barbossas evil behaviors for freedom Its impossible for God to exterminate the potential possibility of evil in liberty, without exterminating liberty. And evil will come out as soon as the potential possibility turns to realit
41、y.6 In the moive, Pirates of the Caribbean , pirates leaded by Barbossa were punished by curse and driven by greed, bearing tortures and fetter, for they stole and used the cursed Az tektronix gold privately. To release from the curse and get their liberty, they had to search for and return all the
42、gold that they had taken possession of and spent lavishly. Nevertheless, greed made them corrupt. They created tremendous massacre to achieve their aim. They massacred nearly half of royal harbor only to get just one gold from Elizabeth. Yet the gold were as many as 882 pieces. Its obvious to see wh
43、at horrible crime they committed to release from curse and get liberty. “She has been preying on ships for nearly ten years. Never leave any survivors!” Its no wonder that the prisoners became pale even at the mention of the name of the Black Pearl. 3.2.2 Barbossas good behaviors for freedom At the
44、beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean , therere many scenes that a number of pirates hanged by officers. Pirates is also a kind of vocation, for making a living, but with high risk. Once they are caught by officers, the miserable destiny would be there waiting for them. Chapter 3 Liberty as the Sour
45、ce of Good and Evil 6 Thus, Barbossa had been trying his best for pirates freedom since he was revived. He organized the pirate kings to get together, lead the Pirate Sociaty and finally summoned the Poseidon Clipso with Jack and Elizabeth and countered with Culter Beckett. He didnt regard his own life and
