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‘FromLovetoHate’:AStoryofGermaniaandSam
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usedbyImperialGermany.Sheisusuallyshownwiththe4Reichs-
schwert’(imperialsword),showingthatshewieldsworldlypower.
Additionally,sheisalsosometimesshownascarryingorwearingthe
CrownoftheHolyRomanEmpireoftheGermanNation.Sheisoften
depictedaswearingarmor,withlong,flowing,reddish-blondehair,
andpossessesamedieval-styleshield.Sometimes,theshieldbearsthe
imageofablackeagleonagoldfield.
Asitistheobjectiveofthispapertoshowtherelationshipbetween
GermaniaandSamasGermanyandAmericarespectively,wetake
fromShakespeare’smostfamousplayssevenpicturesquecharacters,
eachrepresentinganimageofloveandhate–inshort:international
andtransatlanticrelations–thatweafterwardsinterpretfromtheper-
spectivesofhistoryaswellasfromsocialandculturalsciences:the
BirthofMacduffastheinventionofAmerica,thePassionatePilgrim
andimmigrantstoAmerica,theTwoNobleKinsmenandgoodrela-
tionsinculturalexchanges,ShylockandAarontheMoorrepresenting
anti-Americanismandracism,Macbethwiththedreamofpower,The
PhoenixandtheTurtleasthefearoflosingone’sownvalues,and
Hamlet’sreflectionsandtheself-assuranceofFortinbras.Thisinter-
pretative,comparativeanalysisasamethodicalandsystematicway
ofthinkinginvolvesthreedifferentlevelsofinterpretationforeach
image.BasedonpassagesfromShakespeare’stexts,adescription
andparaphrasewillbeelaboratedonsomeimportantfactsintheplot
andonthemaincharacters(atthelevelofreformulatingtheimage).
Thereafter,wewillsummarizeinahypothesiswhatweregardasthe
mainpointofthestory(atthelevelofthemeaningoftheimage).
Andfinally,thesemeanings,ofthemannersofShakespeare’srecep-
tion,andthelanguagegamesareinterpretedtoprovidehistoricaland
socio-culturalsubstantiation(levelofreflectiveinterpretationofGer-
man-Americanrelations).4
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Allthesetermsrefertothemethodologicalprinciplesofreconstructive,interpretative
andqualitativeempiricalresearch.Seei.e.,Bohnsack(2007b).
