《蝇王》是英国作家威廉·戈尔丁在1954年发表的第一部小说。这部小说在很大程度上是通过象征主义来表现的,无论是人物还是实物,都具有不同的象征意义,从而突出主题,增加了小说的可信性和寓言性,丰富了作品的思想内涵。而作者戈尔丁本人也曾表示只有当象征手法完全渗入小说的事件、人物和基调时,它才真正奏效。一、人物的象征意义(一)拉尔夫12岁的拉尔夫,出生于一个中产阶级家庭,是一个品 Lord of the Flies is the first novel published in 1954 by British writer William Golding. To a large extent, this novel is expressed through symbolism. It has different symbolic meanings both in figures and in kind, thus highlighting the theme, increasing the credibility and fable of the novel, and enriching the ideological content of the work . The author, Golding himself, also said that it only worked when the symbolic approach completely infiltrated the novel’s events, characters and tone. First, the symbolic meaning of the characters (a) Ralph 12-year-old Ralph, was born in a middle class family, is a product