Robert's Character Image under Wang Yangming's Philosophy of Mind
Eugene O'Neill,the foremost American dramatist,depicts in his work Beyond the Horizon a character,Robert,who is down on his luck but never avoids staying true to himself.As the protagonist in the play,Robert,in trials and tribulations,has been a staunch dream chaser,unremittingly pursuing his happiness and wittingly render-ing his benevolence to the malevolent world.Such a solid inner mind reflected by his good deeds for the vicissitudes of life tallies with the core Confucian theories of a philosophy of mind proposes as"the Extension of Innate Knowl-edge"and"Unity of Knowledge and Action".In this case,analyzing Robert under Wang Yangming's Philosophy of Mind will make a profound and multidimensional manifestation of the commonness of human nature,concomitant with a novel aesthetic sensibility of deciphering Western literature with Eastern philosophy.
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