『윈저의 즐거운 아내들』

• 영문명: The Merry Wives of Windsor: Falstaff's Doom and The Irony of Wives' Merriness
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 김문규(Moon-Gyu Kim)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제92호, 121~143쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.09.30

영문 초록

This paper purposes to examine the ironic vision in Merry Wives of Windsor, mainly focusing on the relation between Falstaff's doom and Windsor wives' merriness. In histories Falstaff is set up as an example of the outlaw, free spirit. But in this play he seems to be thrown "back to the future", and far less free. for his survival he tries to cozen Windsor bourgeois citizens. But his attempt doom to failure. On the other hand, thwarting Falstaff's attempt, wives pronounce that they are "merry and yet honest too". But their assertion of moral impunity proves to be false. Thus, in his defeat, Falstaff has become a scapegoat whose guilty nature is a reflection of vanities and pretensions of Windsor citizens. But Windsor citizens did not recognize that they share the guilt with the scapegoat they singled out mockery. As the follies are more concentrated in a scapegoat figure, the comedy moves toward rejection rather than integration. So the title of Merry Wives of Windsor is ironical or satirical.

키워드

폴스타프의 운명 즐거움 정숙 희생양 아이러니 Falstaff's doom merry honest scapegoat irony