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This paper is to study the symbolism of snakes through Emily Dickinson’s poetry. In Dickinson’s view, the viewpoint of snake takes a religious viewpoint of masculine gaze and at the same time shows off intention to embrace a romantic and transcendental view of nature with maternal gaze. The first view was to make sure that it was not free from the original fear of the snake because it was seen as a ‘snake’ that caused humans to fall from heaven and fall from eternal life. The attribute of death is ‘Anxiety about dropping’ and ‘Coldness that stops breathing’. Like a token, a snake is a shadow of death that pursues endlessly toward a fleeing person. The second view is that Dickinson accepts the nature of nature and regards the creatures of nature as an equal relationship. Therefore, a snake is accepted as a member of nature’s family, not as a ‘subject of punishment’ by religious God. The poet alleviates the hostile relationship with the snake that “forfeited” human life by saving the life of the snake. It is a way to increase the possibility of reconciliation between humans and snakes. As a result, Dickinson shows the consciousness situated at the boundary of two concepts of religious and natural view through the poems of the snake theme.

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뱀 상징 죽음 기독교 추락 자연 수용 Snake Symbol Death Christianity Fall Nature Acceptance

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• 이양숙 [ Lee, Yang-Sook | 강원대학교 ]

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