Cuchulain and Emer as Yeatsian Hero and Heroine in His Cuchulain Plays
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The purpose of this paper is to illustrate two central figures in Cuchulain plays: Cuchulain and his wife Emer. To Yeats, Cuchulain, as the greatest Celtic warrior, has already become a personal symbol of the hero as well as the national hero of Ireland. In his Cuchulain plays, Yeats demonstrates the heroic merits: a strong challenging spirit in At the Hawk’s Well, the selfless courage and sacrifice for his people in The Green Helmet, the conflict between the heroic ideal and the anti-heroic world in On Baile’s Strand, true love and self-sacrifice of Emer in The Only Jealousy of Emer, and the superior transcendence of the fear of death in The Death of Cuchulain. His wife Emer is more qualified than her two adversaries of love: more faithful than Fand and more courageous than Eithne Inguba. More importantly, by her renunciation of her love for the life of her husband, Emer proves to be an ideal counterpart to the hero. By analysing these two central figures, the nature of Yeats’s heroism and what he tried to show modern Ireland people can be found.
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The purpose of this paper is to illustrate two central figures in Cuchulain plays: Cuchulain and his wife Emer. To Yeats, Cuchulain, as the greatest Celtic warrior, has already become a personal symbol of the hero as well as the national hero of Ireland. In his Cuchulain plays, Yeats demonstrates the heroic merits: a strong challenging spirit in At the Hawk’s Well, the selfless courage and sacrifice for his people in The Green Helmet, the conflict between the heroic ideal and the anti-heroic world in On Baile’s Strand, true love and self-sacrifice of Emer in The Only Jealousy of Emer, and the superior transcendence of the fear of death in The Death of Cuchulain. His wife Emer is more qualified than her two adversaries of love: more faithful than Fand and more courageous than Eithne Inguba. More importantly, by her renunciation of her love for the life of her husband, Emer proves to be an ideal counterpart to the hero. By analysing these two central figures, the nature of Yeats’s heroism and what he tried to show modern Ireland people can be found.
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