著者

石原 万里

出版者

英米文化学会

雑誌

英米文化 (ISSN:09173536)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, pp.5-18, 1997

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The untimely death of Mercutio, who is one of Shakespeare's original characters, makes me think that he was made to live and die by the dramatist in the process of writing Romeo and Juliet. The aim of this paper is to search for the meaning of the roles of Mercutio to both Romeo and Juliet and the play as a whole. First, Mercutio's lack of information is examined. Although he notices some change in Romeo, he is not informed that Romeo loves Juliet. He understands Romeo loves Rosaline. The more he teases Romeo about Rosaline using sexual metaphor, the more apparent the love of Romeo and Juliet becomes. Second, the relation between Mercutio and Romeo is compared with the relation between Romeo and Juliet. Even though there is no homosexuality between Mercutio and Romeo, Juliet can be regarded as Mercutio's rival because the advent of Juliet changes their male friendship. Finally, the meaning of Mercutio's death in the play is thought in the context of a comedy and a tragedy. The death of Mercutio, who contributes as a comical factor during his life, leads the play to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. His death is a starting point of the tragedy.

著者

石原 万里

出版者

英米文化学会

雑誌

英米文化 (ISSN:09173536)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, pp.5-18, 1997-03-31 (Released:2017-06-20)

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The untimely death of Mercutio, who is one of Shakespeare's original characters, makes me think that he was made to live and die by the dramatist in the process of writing Romeo and Juliet. The aim of this paper is to search for the meaning of the roles of Mercutio to both Romeo and Juliet and the play as a whole. First, Mercutio's lack of information is examined. Although he notices some change in Romeo, he is not informed that Romeo loves Juliet. He understands Romeo loves Rosaline. The more he teases Romeo about Rosaline using sexual metaphor, the more apparent the love of Romeo and Juliet becomes. Second, the relation between Mercutio and Romeo is compared with the relation between Romeo and Juliet. Even though there is no homosexuality between Mercutio and Romeo, Juliet can be regarded as Mercutio's rival because the advent of Juliet changes their male friendship. Finally, the meaning of Mercutio's death in the play is thought in the context of a comedy and a tragedy. The death of Mercutio, who contributes as a comical factor during his life, leads the play to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. His death is a starting point of the tragedy.

著者

石原 万里

出版者

福島工業高等専門学校

雑誌

基盤研究(C)

巻号頁・発行日

2009

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本研究の目的はジェイムズ・シャーリーの『宮廷の秘密』の二つのテキストである手書き原稿(manuscript)と1653年に出版されたテキストとの比較を通して、作家ジェイムズ・シャーリーの作劇に迫り、さらには作家、出版業界、劇団の力関係の考察にある。手書き原稿には削除、修正、加筆があり、その版を数えるとテキストは三つ存在することとなる。精査な比較を通し、同じ言葉が違う意味合いで使われていることがわかることから、作家シャーリーが、何度も原稿に手をいれる作家であったことは明らかである。シャーリーの特徴が、印象深い主人公にではなく、会話の積み重ねによって構築される人間対人間のドラマにあることも読み取れた。『宮廷の秘密』が収められているSixNewPlaysの六作品一作ずっに書かれた献辞は、劇場閉鎖前後の時勢を反映するものであり、作家シャーリーと出版業者HumphreyMoseleyとの密接な関係をも表している。