『リア王』における二人の姉妹と愛情分割について : エドマンドをめぐる確執の構造

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  • The Two Elderly Sisters in King Lear and the Division of Love : Their Adulterous Relationship with Edmund
  • リアオウ ニオケル フタリ ノ シマイ ト アイジョウ ブンカツ ニツイテ : エドマンド オ メグル カクシツ ノ コウゾウ

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This paper focuses on the relationship between Lear’s division of his kingdom in Act 1, Scene 1, and its incompatibility with the division of love, which Lear requests his three daughters ― Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia ― to prove. In particular, I analyse several scenes in which Lear’s two elderly daughters, who are married, struggle to win the affection of Gloucester’s illegitimate son Edmund by outwitting each other, and clarify how their feud is closely linked to the concept of division of feelings and kingdom in this play. One of the main sources of the play, The True Chronicle Historie of King Leir and His Three Daughters (1605), does not contain any stories about Edmund. The subplot of the adulterous relationship between two sisters and Edmund in King Lear is Shakespeare’s creation, and their lack of affection towards their father and the desire to win the adulterous relationship have a great impact on the other scenes, which, consequently, creates a unique atmosphere in the whole play.

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