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On the surface level, Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris could be read as a kind of political propaganda to attack the Catholic and to defend the Protestant. But it has the other side of undermining the absolute authority of religion and political decision. It is undeniable that Marlowe portrays the representative Catholic characters Guise and Catherine as devilish, and the Protestant leader Navarre as holy and just. And it seems natural that he should consider the English audience and the contemporary ruling party who keep Protestantism. Catholic's cruelty and corruption in the play will reinforce the Protestant audience's antipathy against Catholicism and become the means to defend Anglican Church. However, it is worth noting that the corrupt politicians commonly take advantage of religion for their power. Even though Navarre the Protestant king is portrayed as a faithful man who prays for God's justice, his religious faith is also questionable. The Massacre at Paris focuses on Catholic hypocrisy and corruption, which can be applied to all religions including Protestantism. Therefore religion becomes not the object of faith but the object of fear in the play. Marlowe's audience might be confirmed how religious faith could lead them to cruel and violent disaster, and how religion could be ill used politically.

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 II. 카트린느와 기즈
 III. 앙주와 나바르
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저자

• 강석주 [ Seok Joo Kang | 목포대학교 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820