The existential paradox behind the metaphor of identity:: On Philip!Roth's The Human Stain

Using "Spook" as the metaphor of protagonistowed' s Identity, Philip Roth investigates into the existential paradox of individuals in the ethnical and moral contexts, analyzes the present moralities, social prejudices and human stains and discusses the different aspects of human nature while probing into the present social problems in the last novel of his American Trilogy, The Human Stain. By presenting Silk' s self-satisfaction owing to the identity transformation and miserable circumstances of ultimate spiritual exile and revenge, the author tells us that no kind of escape and transgression can bring silk to the serene spiritual homes in an ethnic-mattered society. The novel displays a Greek Tragedy of modem America and creates a modern Oedipus who has no way to escape from his destiny.