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A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus. More loosely, the Christ Figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures. In general, a character should display more than one correspondence with the story of Jesus Christ as depicted in the Bible. For instance, the character might display one or more of the following traits: performance of miracles, manifestation of divine qualities, healing others, displaying kindness and forgiveness, fighting for justice, being guided by the spirit of the character's father, and the character's own death and resurrection. Christ figures are often martyrs, sacrificing themselves for causes larger than themselves. In postmodern literature, the resurrection theme is often abandoned, leaving us with the image of a martyr sacrificing himself for a greater good. It is common to see Christ figures displayed in a manner suggestive of crucifixion as well. ==Literature== *Jim Conklin in The Red Badge of Courage 〔http://www.shmoop.com/red-badge-of-courage/jim-conklin-tall-soldier.html〕 *Sydney Carton in ''A Tale of Two Cities'' 〔http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/twocities/terms/charanal_1.html〕 * Uncle Tom and Eva St. Clare in ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' 〔Ammons, Elizabeth. “Heroines in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” American Literature 49.2 (1977): 161-79.〕 * Jim Casy in ''The Grapes of Wrath''.〔(Analysis of Jim Casy )〕 *Santiago of ''The Old Man and the Sea'' by Ernest Hemingway.〔(Bookrags.com ) Christ Symbolism in Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea〕〔How to Read Literature Like a Professor By Thomas C. Foster p. 121〕〔The Old Man and the Sea By Gerry Brenner p. 37〕〔Understanding The Old Man and the Sea By Patricia Dunlavy Valenti p. 13〕 * Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. Aslan the lion sacrifices himself to save Edmund but rises again from the dead to defeat the White Witch.〔(USA Today: Is that lion the King of Kings? ) - Aslan〕 * Simon in William Golding's ''Lord of the Flies''. When Simon reaches up and grabs the fruit from the top of the tree for the little boys in the group, which parallels the story of Jesus feeding the people on the mountain with fish and bread. * Finny in ''A Separate Peace''〔CliffsNotes on Knowle's A Separate Peace By Charles Higgins, Regina Higgins, Cary M. Roberts ISBN 0-7645-8578-9, ISBN 978-0-7645-8578-4 pp. 54, 65〕〔A SeparatePeace: Four Decades of Critical Response by Lois Rauch Gibson pp. 14 - 15〕 * Billy Budd in ''Billy Budd'' by Herman Melville 〔Herman Melville By Brett Zimmerman p. 59 ISBN 0-7735-1786-3, ISBN 978-0-7735-1786-8〕〔Allegory and the Modern Southern Novel By Jan Whitt p. 31 ISBN 0-86554-397-6, ISBN 978-0-86554-397-3〕 * John Coffey from ''The Green Mile''.〔(HollywoodJesus.com ) - The Green Mile〕 *Harry Potter in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series displays Savior qualities every time he defends the wizard (and Muggle) world from the devilish Lord Voldemort. On multiple occasions, Harry willingly presents himself as a sacrifice and, by so doing, is able to destroy the evil wizard. As an innocent baby, Harry becomes the only being to withstand the killing curse, a feat that leaves him with a Christ-like scar on his forehead (instead of his hands and feet), and which temporarily defeats Voldemort. Since his wizard parents are dead, Harry is then raised in humble circumstances - under the stairs of the unbelieving Dursleys, similar to Christ's birth in a stable and his rearing as a carpenter's son. Later, after defeating Voldemort for the second time, Harry lies in a coma, as Christ did in the tomb. In the end, just as Christ died and was resurrected to overcome Satan and death, Harry dies and returns from death to finally destroy Voldemort.〔("Harry Potter, Christ curse?" )〕〔("J K Rowling: 'Christianity inspired Harry Potter'" )〕〔("Is Harry Potter the Son of God?" )〕 *Meursault in ''The Outsider''.〔()〕 *Randle Patrick McMurphy in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''.〔http://www.sparknotes.com/film/cuckoo/canalysis.html#1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「christ figure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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