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The Study Of Saintly Characters In Shakespeare’s Dramas

Posted on:2013-10-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330371989779Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Shakespeare belongs to the secular drama of the Elizabethan period, although the focuses to promotehumanist personality of emancipating the mind, but because of the cultural origins of inheritance, andhumanist inheritance of Christian culture,"kindness, love, forgiveness" and focus on spirituality and moralperfection and moralconcept.Shakespeare creation is also the embodiment of Christian morality, not just ofuse of Biblical allusions and religious themes, is also reflected in the religious flavor, a strong dramaticcharacter words and deeds.The positive character in the works of Shakespeare are often are devoutChristians, these saints the spirit of the devout Christian, or monks pastor, or the chaste image of women, toconvey the writer’s moral values and the human spirit exploration.The article has the following composition:Introduction combing this topic research status to determine the research approach of this research.Thefirst chapter of Christian thought and the Saints the Origin of Shakespeare.The basis of the facts of theShakespeare plays and Christian links, the image of the saints in the traceability of the Bible and medievalhagiography and the saints of England worship, there is a broadly defined Saints characteristics and spirit.The second chapter is the classification and assessment of saints figure in Shakespeare’s plays.And cutin accordance with the "benevolent fraternity and forgiveness sacrifice" religious and moral point of viewSaints characteristics and spirit of a generalized definition text, divided into three categories of saints in theShakespeare types of characters: a class itself as clergy and lead by example to promote traditional moralvalues Benevolence and forgiveness Christian priest; a class itself does not have a religious duty, but thedevout conduct virtuous, moral dilemmas to face reality and belief, preferring self-sacrifice of the holywomen;Another is the integration of public selfishness selfish mentality and selfless saints, the peopletemperament reconciliation figures, such figures is the humanistic Renaissance writers on religious ethicsand humanism collision a compromise, the show writers reflection and exploration of the liberation ofhumanity and moral constraints.The third chapter is from the perspective of characters narrative and grasp the characteristics of theShakespeare in the saints characters, and explore its aesthetic significance, and the decline of reason.With the depth of understanding of the real contradictions, the saints characters works out the gradual integrationand development of functional characters gradually into the psychological character, which is close to thereligious reform and social development of related, after all, the humanist values in the process to replacethe religious morality must be running in order to achieve a harmonious, balanced state.Shakespeare in thebackground, highlighting the decline of the Decline and Fall of the Elizabethan Shakespeare such saintsfigures, showing Shakespeare’s religious humanism explore.The conclusion summarizes the full-textcontent, and to Shakespeare in the theater shape the saints characters and the image characteristics andhistory of literature meaning to sum up.
Keywords/Search Tags:Shakespeare’s plays, the Saints, functional character, psychological figure
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