Wainapel S F
Jacobi Medical Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Disabil Rehabil. 1996 Dec;18(12):629-32. doi: 10.3109/09638289609166327.
The novels of Charles Dickens include many vivid portraits of individuals with physical disabilities or deformities, and these conditions are often used symbolically to highlight some of the author's recurring themes. Disabled children are depicted as innocent victims, while their older counterparts are most often viewed as corrupt victimizers whose physical deformities are outward manifestations of their inner depravity. Punishment for moral failings in non-disabled characters frequently takes the form of paralysis and/or aphasia resulting from a cerebrovascular accident. In this context the wheelchair becomes a potent metaphor of imprisonment as a form of retributive justice.
查尔斯·狄更斯的小说中有许多对身体残疾或畸形者的生动描绘，这些情况常常被用来象征地突出作者反复出现的一些主题。残疾儿童被描绘成无辜的受害者，而年龄较大的残疾者则大多被视为堕落的加害者，他们的身体畸形是其内心堕落的外在表现。非残疾角色道德失败的惩罚通常表现为脑血管意外导致的瘫痪和/或失语。在这种背景下，轮椅成为作为一种报应性正义形式的监禁的有力隐喻。
