The story of Lot’s daughters’ incest with their father in Genesis 19:30–38 has been variously understood as a myth, a trickster tale, and an androcentric phantasy. In this paper, I will use insights gained from trauma theory, as well as from the characters of Emily and Moira in the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale , to evaluate the daughters’ actions. Studying the characters in the final form of the text, the women undergo traumatic experiences as their father offers their bodies to be raped (Gen. 19:7–8) and they witness the destruction of their home (Gen. 19:24–25). Consequently, they engage in what could be described as a traumatic re-enactment with their father, where the roles of the perpetrator and the victim are reversed, and the continuation of the patriarchal line is simultaneously guaranteed. Read in conjunction with the fates of Emily and Moira, the daughters’ experience could be summarized in Emily’s observation, “Look at what they’ve turned us into.” In the lives of all the women, the experience of cumulative and direct trauma influenced their decision making as well as the choices they had available. This leaves the audience in a moment of uncertainty, where evaluating the women’s actions becomes a complex, even an impossible prospect.

中文翻译：

---

“看看他们把我们变成了什么”：用创伤理论和使女的故事阅读罗得女儿的故事

创世记 19：30-38 中罗得的女儿与父亲乱伦的故事被不同地理解为神话、骗子的故事和以男性为中心的幻想。在本文中，我将使用从创伤理论中获得的见解，以及从玛格丽特·阿特伍德 (Margaret Atwood) 的《使女的故事》(The Handmaid's Tale) 改编的 Hulu 中艾米丽和莫伊拉的角色中获得的见解，来评估女儿的行为。研究文本最终形式中的人物，当她们的父亲将她们的身体献给被强奸时，妇女们经历了创伤性的经历（创世记 19:7-8），她们目睹了自己的家园被毁（创世记 19:24-25 ）。因此，他们与父亲进行了可以被描述为创伤性的重演，在这种情况下，肇事者和受害者的角色颠倒了，同时保证了父权制的延续。结合艾米丽和莫伊拉的命运阅读，女儿们的经历可以总结为艾米丽的观察，“看看她们把我们变成了什么。” 在所有女性的生活中，累积和直接创伤的经历影响了她们的决策以及她们的选择。这让观众处于不确定的时刻，评估女性的行为变得复杂，甚至是不可能的前景。