MOTYW ŚMIERCI PUTINA W SZTUCE UCZESTNICZKI TZW. PUTINOWSKIEGO EXODUSU ESTHER BOL ОТРОДЬЕ [ИЛИ] СМЕРТЬ ПУТИНА
THE MOTIF OF PUTIN’S DEATH IN THE PLAY SPAWN [OR] PUTIN’S DEATH BY ESTHER BOL, A PARTICIPANT OF THE SO-CALLED PUTIN EXODUS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the context of functioning and the significanceof the motif of Putin’s death in Esther Bol’s play Spawn [or] putin’s death. The researchmethod applied consists in the accompanying observation and interpretationof the main character’s journey stages through a series of cultural and literaryreferences. The tone of the entire play is pessimistic: the tyrant, struck in the heart,is resurrected, and not all artifacts necessary for his annihilation are found. Russiathus confirms its status as hell and a wasteland without any prospects for change.The motif of Putin’s death was used in the play to show its impossibility. However,the problem is not the figure of the tyrant, but the essence of Russia, which “belongsto the devil.”

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