在海明威的短篇小说《弗朗西斯.麦康伯短促的幸福生活》中,评论界对麦康伯的死因一直存在争议。一种观点认为麦康伯太太因麦康伯获得了“阳刚之威”而故意把他枪杀;另一种观点是麦康伯太太在打野牛救他时,因枪法不准把他误杀。笔者认为这两种观点都值得商榷。实际上玛戈举枪本意是想打野牛救丈夫,但潜意识的恐惧与仇恨使她把枪瞄准了麦康伯的后脑勺,有意无意将他枪杀。 In Hemingway’s short novel, “Short Life of Francis McConnell,” critics have always been controversial about Mr. McComber’s death. One view is that Mrs. McConee deliberately shot him down for McComb’s “masculinity”; another view was that Mrs. Maycombe was not allowed to kill him because of a gunfire while playing bison. I think these two views are debatable. In fact, Margo raised his gun intended to save her husband, but the unconscious fear and hatred caused her to aim the gun at McCombe’s back and consciously or unconsciously shot him.