同性のダンス・花の孤独 The Two Noble Kinsmen論
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In Shakespeare’s Two Noble Kinsmen, we find Antigone’s shadow. This heroine in the Greek tragedy dies alone in order to recover her brother’s honor after his assault upon Thebes went unsuccessful. She gives priority to her family’s fame before her own life. By prohibiting the entombing of Antigone’s brother, Creon of Thebes provides the same situation as with the Arcite and Palamon story in the Shakespeare play. Emilia’s melancholy has its roots in her friend Flavina’s death. Born an Amazon, she felt a lesbian affection toward her playfellow and the longing has not ceased after her sudden death. This is one of the reasons why her marriage hasn’t been successful. Any wedding would be out of her mind, unless her partner could be the same sex as hers. A similar trend can be observed in the male friends. Arcite and Palamon, the two kinsmen, also have homosexual tastes. They declare that they are descended from the same ancestor, Cadmus, and they feel happy about the fact. After Arcite’s sudden death, the bereaved Palamon misses his homosexual partner very much, and he cannot easily accept the lost friend’s offer to marry Emilia in his stead. Rather, he follows his dead friend’s shadow and his married life is not expected to be a good one. Solitude and homosexuality can be discerned in other parts of the play. Theseus and Pirithous is one pair, and another instance is the Jailer’s Daughter who fails in her wedding because of her dreamy adoration of Palamon. In this resides the mystery of this tragedy. This tragedy can be stated as a tragedy of solitude, and every character in it suffers a certain amount of loneliness. I recognize the shadow of Antigone, who dies alone in the original sequence of the story, and influences the plot of the play.
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