恶的天使 善的天使——《亨利四世》与莎士比亚的帝王观

Angel of Vice, Angel of Virtue——Henry Ⅳ and Shakespeare's Concept of A Monarch

《亨利四世》是莎士比亚历史剧中最杰出的作品。亨利四世并不是莎士比亚笔下理想的君王,他是一个为亨利五世作铺垫的过渡性人物。但从莎翁对亨利四世以及亨利五世的刻画来看,在作者的理想当中,善恶兼备,是莎士比亚现实主义笔触中的君王的共通特点。

Henry IV is the most outstanding work among Shakespeare's historicals. King Henry Ⅳ is not an ideal monarch under the tip of shakespeare' s pen, but a transient figure acting as a step - stone for the creating of Henry V . From Shakespeare' s portrayal of the two kings, the co - inhabitance of both vice and virtue is, in his ideal, what all monarchs under Shakespeare' s realistic pen have in common.