曹禺指出《雷雨》是自己的“蛮性遗留”以及他所描述的创作中不由自主的状态都符合原型理论关于原型及其激活的特征。《雷雨》所蕴涵的杀父娶母的原型既指它的命运主题,又指它的独特的形象构架。作为一部经典剧作,《雷雨》不是杀父娶母的简单的翻版,而是一个变体,经由置换之后,既表现出时代意义,又产生了审美意义的增殖。 Cao Yu pointed out that “thunderstorm” is his own “brutal legacy” and his authored state of creation is in line with the prototype theory about prototypes and their activation characteristics. The prototype of the father-and-daughter marrying the thunderstorm refers not only to its destiny theme but also to its unique image framework. As a classic play, “Thunderstorm” is not a simple remake of killing parents and marriages, but a variant that, after replacement, shows both the significance of the times and the proliferation of aesthetic meanings.