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This paper examines the theme of disguised rulers in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Thomas Middleton’s The Phoenix. In both plays, rulers in disguise inspect and address individual transgressions and the social corruption rampant in their countries. The motif of the disguised ruler was popular in early Jacobean drama, reflecting playwrights’ anxieties about social inequality and injustice, as well as their hopes that the newly crowned James I would restore social order and stability. In Measure for Measure, Duke Vincentio, who has allowed the law to slide, entrusts the austere Angelo with the task of enforcing the law and restoring order, fearing that he himself would be blamed for tyranny if he took such action. Although Angelo immorally pursues his lust for Isabella while conducting a campaign for social reform, the Duke’s hidden motives complicate any justification for his disguise. In contrast, in The Phoenix, Prince Phoenix, a ruler possessing both wisdom and virtue, travels incognito through his country of Ferrara to assess its true condition. There, he discovers widespread legal corruption, wife-selling, incest, and treason that threaten social order and ducal authority. Unlike Duke Vincentio, Phoenix does not resort to Machiavellian tactics to enforce justice. His aim to restore order and eradicate social ills is achieved through just and virtuous means. In this sense, I argue that Prince Phoenix is better suited to rule than Duke Vincentio, as his pursuit of justice in The Phoenix is both morally justified and effective.

목차

Ⅰ. 들어가며
Ⅱ. 빈센티오 공작의 위장 통치술
Ⅲ. 피닉스의 암행 감찰
Ⅳ. 나가며
인용 문헌
Abstract

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저자

• 지승아 [ Seung-a Ji | 전남대학교 부교수 ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820