셰익스피어 역사극의 여성 재현

This paper aims to explore how Shakespeare represents women such as Joan and Margaret who have power to control men in King Henry Ⅵ, Part 1, 2 and 3. Joan is described as a witch and whore who has linguistic power and sexual relations with the French prince. In the early modern England, women who are loquacious and have the linguistic ability are regarded as witches. Men intended to control and suppress these women, for they were considered to be dangerous to male patriarchy. The images of Joan are transferred to Margaret who appears soon after Joan leaves the stage. Margaret overwhelms Henry Ⅵ and is reckoned to have sexual relations with Suffolk, which dismantles male patriarchy and kingship. Meanwhile, Eleanor who has a desire to raise her husband to the throne is also depicted as a witch. She uses incantation to accomplish her desire. In the end, Joan, Margaret and Eleanor are all destined to be exiled. The fates of feministic women reflect the anxiety of men in patriarchal Renaissance England. Due to the tragic ends of women Shakespeare can be criticized for the negative representation of women. But taking the social status of women in early modern England into consideration, these dynamic women who were created by Shakespeare can be evaluated in terms of the positive aspect.