화심리학적 관점으로 본《느릅나무 밑의 욕망》의 애비와 에벤 인물분석

Abstract

This research tries to directly investigate the characters, Abbie and Eben, of《Desire under the Elms》based on the lines and instructions of the text from the Evolutionary Psychological perspectives. Evolutionary psychology is a science studying human nature, which explains general human behaviors with an ‘evolved psychological mechanism’ and scrutinizes the ultimate motive of the behavior. Using the explanations of Evolutionary Psychology, I tries to find out the two characters’ instinctive desire, survival, and breeding which are the evolved psychological mechanism through the way of ‘consilience,’ between Evolutionary Psychology and theatre. First of all, I explain what the Evolutionary Psychology is, showing how Evolutionary Psychological perspectives evaluate the art and proving the values of consilience between them. Based on the theoretical perspectives, I studies Abbie and Eben in《Desire under the Elms》, classifying the lines and behaviors of characters with the ‘evolved psychological mechanism.’ First, I analyze Abbie’s desire of the survival and breeding in terms of the residence, preference for spouse and maternal instinct, And then, I investigate Eben’s desire in the cases of the obsession for at maternal instinct, possessiveness, revenge, aggression, and preference for spouse. In this way, I verifies that the two characters are very instinctive, who behave with purposes of survival and breeding. And, by studying Abbie and Eben’s love under the conditions of economic and emotional commitment, I explain how the two characters transcend their instinct and find the value of love which is the theme of the text.

This research tries to directly investigate the characters, Abbie and Eben, of《Desire under the Elms》based on the lines and instructions of the text from the Evolutionary Psychological perspectives. Evolutionary psychology is a science studying human nature, which explains general human behaviors with an ‘evolved psychological mechanism’ and scrutinizes the ultimate motive of the behavior. Using the explanations of Evolutionary Psychology, I tries to find out the two characters’ instinctive desire, survival, and breeding which are the evolved psychological mechanism through the way of ‘consilience,’ between Evolutionary Psychology and theatre. First of all, I explain what the Evolutionary Psychology is, showing how Evolutionary Psychological perspectives evaluate the art and proving the values of consilience between them. Based on the theoretical perspectives, I studies Abbie and Eben in《Desire under the Elms》, classifying the lines and behaviors of characters with the ‘evolved psychological mechanism.’ First, I analyze Abbie’s desire of the survival and breeding in terms of the residence, preference for spouse and maternal instinct, And then, I investigate Eben’s desire in the cases of the obsession for at maternal instinct, possessiveness, revenge, aggression, and preference for spouse. In this way, I verifies that the two characters are very instinctive, who behave with purposes of survival and breeding. And, by studying Abbie and Eben’s love under the conditions of economic and emotional commitment, I explain how the two characters transcend their instinct and find the value of love which is the theme of the text.