奥古斯特·威尔逊作品中充斥着鬼魂、祖先显灵、神秘宗教仪式、巫术等超自然现象。这些神秘情节分散在十部系列剧中,却并不孤立,而是构成了一个完整的神话体系:大西洋底的白骨城为其根本,伊斯特大妈为其主干,其他次要神秘情节为其枝叶。神秘色彩笼罩下的是威尔逊最深刻的情感和最核心的创作思想:号召美国黑人拒绝同化,承认并继承先辈创造的遗产,理直气壮地做美国的“主人翁”。 Auguste Wilson’s works are full of supernatural phenomena such as ghosts, ancestral manifestations, mysterious religious rituals and witchcraft. These mysterious episodes scattered in the ten series of plays, but not isolated, but constitute a complete system of myths: the Atlantic City at its base for the bone, Estella as its backbone, and other minor mysterious plot of its branches and leaves. Under the shadow of mystery, Wilson’s most profound emotion and the core creative thought are: Calling on African Americans to refuse to assimilate, acknowledge and inherit the heritage created by their ancestors, and do their utmost to be the “masters” of the United States.