예이츠의 작품에 나타난 성서적 인유

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore how William Butler Yeats has a personal relationship with Christ, and how he employs a number of words from the Bible and applies them to his own poems. However, few scholars have studied about Yeats's personal relationship with Christ. As a matter of fact, Yeats got involved in various religious activities to seek for his spiritual renewal. He thought he could not live without religion in spite of his father's unbelief. He believed that God is with us. The Order of Golden Dawn in which Yeats has been involved for a long time uses a symbol of Christ. To establish closer and more personal relations with the Lord Jesus, the Master of Masters, is the ultimate object of all the teachings of the Order. Yeats uses biblical allusions quite frequently in such poems as “The Second Coming,” “The Magi,” “The Two Trees,” “His Phoenix,” “A Prayer for my Daughter,” “The Rose of Peace,” and “The Secret Rose.” Yeats's many biblical allusions contribute to not only enforcing the purpose of his poems such as praising his beloved Maud Gonne or exalting his beloved country, Ireland but also demonstrating his personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Yeats's experimentalism had an influence on his poems and his real life. Yeats says that he has much evidence that some images or some symbols can influence bodily health. For example, one night he told his uncle how to drive his uncle's delirium away in the name of the Archangel Gabriel. After that, his uncle's delirium did not return. It is notable that Yeats applied some biblical knowledge to his real life. In order to understand his poems correctly, it is essential to know that Yeats is closely related to Jesus Christ and uses many biblical allusions for his poems.