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The theme of adultery has been used in a wide range of literature through the ages, and has served as a theme for some notable works such as ''Anna Karenina'' and ''Madame Bovary''. As a theme it brings intense emotions into the foreground, and has consequences for all concerned. It also automatically brings its own conflict, between the people concerned and between sexual desires and a sense of loyalty. As marriage and family are often regarded as basis of society a story of adultery often shows the conflict between social pressure and individual struggle for happiness. In the Bible, incidents of adultery are present almost from the start. The story of Abraham contains several incidents and serve as warnings or stories of sin and forgiveness. Abraham attempts to continue his blood line through his wife's maidservant, with consequences that continue through history. Jacob's family life is complicated with similar incidents. The following works of literature have adultery and its consequences as one of their major themes. (M) and (F) stand for ''adulterer'' and ''adulteress'' respectively. ==Drama== *Edward Albee: ''Marriage Play'' (M, ?F) *Samuel Beckett: ''Play'' (M) *Alban Berg: ''Wozzeck'' (F); ''Lulu'' (F) *John Dryden: ''Marriage à la Mode' (M, F) *Euripides: ''Hippolytus'' (the suspicion of F) *Simon Gray: ''Japes'' (F) *William Somerset Maugham: ''The Circle ''(F)'', The Constant Wife ''(M, F) *Arthur Miller: ''Broken Glass'' (F), ''The Crucible'' (M, F) *Peter Nichols: ''Passion Play'' (M, F) *Harold Pinter: ''The Homecoming'' (F) *Racine: ''Phèdre'' (suspicion of F) *William Shakespeare: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'' (no adulterers/esses, though the plot revolves around the perception of adultery); ''The Winter's Tale'' (the suspicion of adultery initiates the plot) *Dmitri Shostakovich: ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (F) *Richard Strauss: ''Salome'' (M) *Richard Wagner: ''Tristan und Isolde'', based on the legend of Tristan and Iseult (F); ''Die Walküre'' (M, F) *Hugh Whitemore: ''Disposing of the Body'' (M, F) *The Who: ''Tommy'' (F) *Tennessee Williams: ''Baby Doll'' (F) *William Wycherley: ''The Country Wife'' (F) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adultery in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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