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Ryunosuke Akutagawa is a well-known Japanese writer of short novels in modern times and an outstanding representative of new-thought school. In his early works such as Rashomon, The Nose and Steal, vivid and lively characters were created through delicate and refined psychological description, and in-depth description on cruel social reality, fight between good and evil in human nature and egoistic mentality was conducted. Many symbolic mirror images are artistic reflections of the world filled with ungratefulness, indifference, selfishness and egoism. Through description on personalities of characters in these works, a rational cognition of a world filled with ungratefulness, indifference, selfishness and egoism is described in a profound way, which reflects the writer’s opinion about people and affairs and his unique philosophy of human nature. Keywords—Personalities of Characters; Good and Evil;

Research on Personalities of Characters in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Early Works -- Rashomon, The Nose and Steal Taken as Examples