Dowry System and Natural Law in Shakespeare  

作　　者：HUANG Yan-li 

机构地区：[1]Southwest University,Chongqing,China [2]College of Foreign Languages,Guizhou University of Engineering Science,Bijie,Guizhou Province,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2022年第2期150-159,共10页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Dowry was an important even decisive factor of forming a marriage in Renaissance,which was illustrated in Shakespeare’s plays.“No dowry,no marriage”was a common social phenomenon in Europe.Dowry was essentially a way of the actualization of male power in the context of patriarchal society,and the dowry system in Renaissance provided a unique angle to observe the social and family relationships,and the conflict between marriage freedom of children and actualization of parental power at that time.Shakespeare’s arrangement of dowry and marriage shows his satire to the unreasonable existing law.Actually we can find his inclination for natural law and consistence with Pufendorf who believes that family is the primary form of society,and marriage is the most primitive form of socialization,which is the requirement of natural law.

关 键 词：DOWRY SHAKESPEARE Pufendorf natural law 

分 类 号：D66[政治法律—政治学]