Mirties metaforiškumas bei jo raiška Eimunto Nekrošiaus spektakliuose pagal Villiamo Shakespeare'o dramaturgiją

Abstract

Eimuntas Nekrošius is one of the most famous stage directors of metaphorical Lithuanian theatre. The object of this study is to investigate the character and structure of metaphors meaning death in this performances and it is based on the fact that the theme of death is very important in Nekrošius creative work. The performances according to dramaturgy of William Shakespeare (“Hamlet”, “Macbeth” and “Othello”) were used for this work because there the mentioned theme becomes dominating. Study proves that all the events which have the meaning of death in mentioned works by Nekrošius are very important in general artistic reality of each Nekrošius performance and it is inconceivable to understand them property if metaphorical interpretation is not used. The author of this study tries to find the connections between nature of death metaphors in “Hamlet”, “Macbeth” and “Othello” and the nature of death meaning metaphors in earlier stage directions by Nekrošius. Also it is endeavour in this study to look into the principles which are being used in creation of metaphorical death meaning of some concrete action in performances which were chosen to analyse […].