Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 2002 M01 1 - 283 páginas Readers of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies have long noted the absence of readily explainable motivations for some of Shakespeare's greatest characters: why does Hamlet delay his revenge for so long? Why does King Lear choose to renounce his power? Why is Othello so vulnerable to Iago's malice? But while many critics have chosen to overlook these omissions or explain them away, Millicent Bell demonstrates that they are essential elements of Shakespeare's philosophy of doubt. Examining the major tragedies, Millicent Bell reveals the persistent strain of philosophical skepticism. Like his contemporary, Montaigne, Shakespeare repeatedly calls attention to the essential unknowability of our world. In a period of social, political, and religious upheaval, uncertainty hovered over matters great and small--the succession of the crown, the death of loved ones from plague, the failure of a harvest. Tumultuous social conditions raised ultimate questions for Shakespeare, Bell argues, and ultimately provoked in him a skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces. |
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... course , first prompted to write this study of Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , Macbeth , Julius Caesar , and Antony and Cleo- patra by the realization that much previous discussion tended to confine and reduce their variousness and ...
... course , first prompted to write this study of Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , Macbeth , Julius Caesar , and Antony and Cleo- patra by the realization that much previous discussion tended to confine and reduce their variousness and ...
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... course of events but can neither calculate or control it . " Bradley understood that the fearful and mysterious quality of tragic experi- ence in these plays was not to be seen adequately as the opera- tion of a benevolent moral order ...
... course of events but can neither calculate or control it . " Bradley understood that the fearful and mysterious quality of tragic experi- ence in these plays was not to be seen adequately as the opera- tion of a benevolent moral order ...
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... course , confined to the influence of books . I am proud to declare my particular gratitude to two bril- liant friends who were readers of my manuscript in its early stages , Helen Vendler and Christopher Ricks . They not only offered ...
... course , confined to the influence of books . I am proud to declare my particular gratitude to two bril- liant friends who were readers of my manuscript in its early stages , Helen Vendler and Christopher Ricks . They not only offered ...
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... In a word , a skeptic . Shakespeare , of course , the creator of Hamlet , who seems to see either man or woman not only as a quintessence of dust but also as the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite Introduction 3.
... In a word , a skeptic . Shakespeare , of course , the creator of Hamlet , who seems to see either man or woman not only as a quintessence of dust but also as the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite Introduction 3.
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... course , about the right expectation concerning death's aftermath , about the pro- cess of choice itself . The presence of contraries in the one man is , of course , notable in the case of Hamlet — a matter not merely of ideas but of a ...
... course , about the right expectation concerning death's aftermath , about the pro- cess of choice itself . The presence of contraries in the one man is , of course , notable in the case of Hamlet — a matter not merely of ideas but of a ...
Contenido
Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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Vanities of the Eye: Vision in Early Modern European Culture Stuart Clark Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Special Section, Shakespeare and Montaigne Revisited Graham Bradshaw,T. G. Bishop,Peter Holbrook Vista previa limitada - 2006 |