Where Is Mercy Bred:A reading of As You Like It from the Perspective of the Philosophy of Ren

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: Liu, Ivy Hao
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제35집, 165~182쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.12.30

영문 초록

The turning point in the plot of As You Like It is the rise of compassion that has urged Orlando to save his villainous brother at the risk of his own life. Since then the play moves from confrontation to harmony. However, the play doesn’t have a detailed account of how Orlando makes up his mind to return good for evil. This paper proposes a cross-cultural reading of the reticence and omission in the treatment of the critical moment. Orlando’s deed may be read as a reflection of the spontaneous love of Christianity. In the light of the Confucian theory of ren , the omission of Orlando’s innermost thoughts at the critical moment may be an expression of how and why the feeling of mercy originates in his mind.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

II. “The quality of mercy is not strained”

III. “All ten thousand things are complete in me”

IV. “My conversion so sweetly tastes”

키워드

As You Like It The Merchant of Venice compassion Shakespeare ren 『좋으실 대로 『베니스의 상인 동정 인 셰익스피어