「안젤로」에 나타난 뿌슈낀의 세익스피어 읽기 = Pushkin`s Re-writing of Shakespeare`s Measure for Measure in Angelo

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Angelo is Pushkin`s re-writing of Shakespeare`s Measure for Measure. Although Angelo follows Shakespeare closely, Pushkin makes some significant changes, both in content and form, which give insight into Pushkin`s own interpretation of the story. What Pushkin admired above all in Shakespeare was the psychological depth he found in his characters and it is this that attracted Pushkin to the character of Angelo. Instead of the broader social and political issues of justice and law and authority that are so important in Shakespeare, Pushkin narrows his work down to focus primarily on the inner conflicts of the individuals. The rigid integrity of both Angelo and Isabella, and the ideals that they live by--whether it be justice, or chastity or honour--are shown up to be hollow and fallible in the face of the repressed desires and impulses within themse1ves, which in turn reveal the inadequacy of such values in the face of the complexities of human life and nature. Although both writers share these views, Pushkin attempts to humanize his characters to a greater extent, giving them greater capacity for love, forgiveness and tenderness. Much of the darkness found in Shakespeare with its heavy emphasis on sin and guilt and corruption is replaced by a lighter atmosphere and the tortuous complexity of the plot too is simplified to a large extent and made more natural. Through condensation and through irony Pushkin attempts to draw out more consciously than Shakespeare did the ambiguities of human motives and concentrates on exposing the error of setting up absolute standards of behaviour which take no account of the truth of human nature. In this Pushkin reiterates the theme that he dealt with in Count Nulin and in Shakespeare`s Rare of Lucrece. In both of Pushkin`s reworkings of the Shakespearean material, Pushkin seems to have found occasion to protest against concepts and values which have been rendered rigid, stereotyped and absolute at the expense of what is true to human nature.