Abstract While a most original and creative playwright in contemporary Ireland, Marina Carr is still unmistakably influenced by her male predecessors. This article will argue that her most renowned work By the Bog of Cats . . . (1998) is a bold rewriting of W. B. Yeats’s Purgatory (1938). Like Yeats’s play, BytheBogofCats . . . focuses on abandonment, betrayal, and murder as its main sources of trauma. While Carr’s play is a direct descendant from Purgatory in terms of its theme, plot, and symbolism, Carr rewrites Yeats’s pathetic, shiftless Old Man into a daring, strong, and responsible woman who may be embittered by her domestic trauma, but instead of escaping, she eventually faces up to her own guilt and crime. Hester is not a flat, helpless victim but a complex, well-rounded woman full of agency, passion, and honesty as well as vices. This way, Carr rewrites both the stereotypical stage image of Irish women and the unredeemable Old Man.

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重写创伤：玛丽娜·卡尔 (Marina Carr) 的《猫之沼泽》中 WB 叶芝的遗产。. .

摘要 作为当代爱尔兰最具原创性和创造力的剧作家，玛丽娜·卡尔仍然明显受到她的男性前辈的影响。本文将论证她最著名的作品 By the Bog of Cats。. . （1998 年）是对 WB Yeats 的《炼狱》（1938 年）的大胆改写。就像叶芝的剧本 BytheBogofCats 。. . 将遗弃、背叛和谋杀作为其创伤的主要来源。虽然卡尔的戏剧在主题、情节和象征意义方面都是炼狱的直接后裔，但卡尔将叶芝的可悲、无动于衷的老人改写为一个大胆、坚强和负责任的女人，她可能会因家庭创伤而痛苦，但不会逃避，她最终要面对自己的内疚和罪行。海丝特不是一个扁平、无助的受害者，而是一个复杂的、全面的女性，充满能动性、激情、诚实和恶习。这条路，