“아름다운 폭력”의 역설: 피조물의 트라우마를 바탕으로 폭력 행위 이해하기

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This paper aims to examine the 2011 National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein, adapted by Nick Dear and directed by Danny Boyle, focusing on Dear’s Creature-centered plot and Boyle’s staging of the Creature’s acts of violence. This examination reveals why the production has been consistently well received by the contemporary audience, both on stage and screen, despite its portrayal of the Creature’s intensified violence when compared to Mary Shelley’s novel. To do this, the paper first defines the Creature, rather than Victor, as the subject of action by investigating him through the Doppelgänger motif constructed by the two actors playing the Creature during rehearsals. As it investigates the origin of his trauma, the paper analyzes the Creature’s acts of violence from the perspective of cause and effect by tracing causal relationships with the people he encounters. By doing so, I argue that the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein draws the paradox of “beautiful violence” for the audience by allowing them a more sympathetic understanding of the Creature’s merciless violence.

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