灾难,诅咒,宗教话语:莎士比亚作品中的瘟疫意象

笼罩了莎士比亚一生的瘟疫在莎剧中非常多见。瘟疫在莎剧中的意象代表灾难、诅咒和各教派的宗教话语。宗教界认为瘟疫是因为人道德的不洁受到上帝的惩罚,而当局对瘟疫的隔离政策无效和城市混乱的场面也被宗教界尤其是清教徒攻击。莎士比亚在莎剧中表现出的宗教观念比较模糊,有其经济和政治原因。

The images of plague that haunted Shakespeare's life are very common in Shakespeare's plays.The images symbolize disaster,curse and requests of various religious groups.Religions believe the plague is God's punishment on people's moral uncleanness.Inefficient isolation policy of the authorities against the plague and the scenes of urban chaos are also attacked by religions,especially Puritanism.Shakespeare's religious idcas in his plays are relatively vague,for economic and political reasons.