The Discussion And Analysis Of Yeats’s ’The Only Jealousy Of Emer’

The only jealousy of Emer is one of the most important work of Yeat’s poetic play. From Art gimmick and ideas are all different from the past of the drama, it is a turning point. Yeats created a lot of plays by reforming the old myth, The re-creation of the myth inevitably reflected the author’s thinking of ancient mythology, also mapping the author’s thinking of reality.Yeats’s plays have grumous mysterious tang, The only jealousy of Emer embodies more personal feelings, blend the authors personal experience of life in. Yeats describes several kinds of images of the hero in his play, not only denied some traditional hero image, but also has some depiction of new hero image, and the query of its meaning. Yeats doubt the heroic violence which is necessary for the fight of the Irish’s independence, but The new dedicated type of hero have no future. All noble, civilized, become the weak, their faith was deprived. The future is unknown. Yeats didn’t see the meanings of the death, but he sees the cost of the return. Yeats mapped his thinking of the death in his drama, expressed the author’s confusion for the whole nation’s future, while the future is the violent way to fight for the counties independent. The authors question the future of the Irish in his own way, which hope to restore the national spirit of Ireland by continuation of life.Yeats gives an complex connotation of The only jealousy of Emer, Celtic’s old mythology is the inspiration of his plays, and also suggested the Ireland’s praise of the heroes in the traditional sense; While the rewriting deeply reflect Yeats’s hesitation of the Irish’s history and social development, and also the tragedy individuals can not to control the destiny itself in society, At last let’s appreciate the unique cultural value of Yeats play.