《亨利五世》与政制的合法性
文章摘要:《亨利五世》是否回答了亨利作为统治者的合法性问题?亨利与福斯塔夫决裂后是否真的发生了转变?本文认为,在亨利五世新的道德外衣背后隐藏的是一位身经百战、精明慧黠的马基雅维里式君王。为正义而战的基督教英雄国王只是亨利的一种身份伪装,他的所作所为皆是为其非法统治建立爱国基础。战争及亨利精心策划的转变,都是为其统治合法化的设计。简言之,即一名狡猾的政客发动一场看似正义的非正义之战,目的在于让一位不合法的国王显得合法。
Abstract:Does Henry V address the question of Henry's legitimacy as ruler?Has Henry really changed since his break with Falstaff?In this paper,the author believes that,behind Henry V's new moral exterior lay a battle-hardened,sly Machiavellian prince.As a Christian hero-king fighting for justice,the king was just a disguise for Henry,who was building a patriotic base for his illegal rule.Both the war and Henry's calculated transformatio... 展开