著者

李 春美

出版者

プール学院大学

雑誌

プール学院大学研究紀要 (ISSN:13426028)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, pp.1-14, 2004-12

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This article suggests the similarities between the representations of Shakespeares dramatic characters, Joan of Arc and Oldcastle Falstaff, if they are examined from the religio-political context of sixteenth century England. Those two dramatic characters are represented as enemies of both the state religion and the hierarchically ordered society, but the crucial difference between two characters is how they leave the stage.Shakespeare's way of getting Joan off the stage goes too far, because Joan is already given a suitable chance to leave the stage in Act V Scene II: her capture by the Duke of York. This article points out the possibility that Shakespeare's Joan of Arc puts a girl who is ambitious and demonic into the framework of martydom.