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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... followed the same practice with the three most important works from which he drew inspiration in writing the plays I discuss : Montaigne's Essays and Plutarch's Par- allel Lives , both of which he knew in contemporary English trans ...
... followed the same practice with the three most important works from which he drew inspiration in writing the plays I discuss : Montaigne's Essays and Plutarch's Par- allel Lives , both of which he knew in contemporary English trans ...
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... followed when the earth was " feverous and did shake , " and " By th ' clock ' tis day / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp " -as though there had been both earthquake and eclipse , bringing to mind images of deadly fever ...
... followed when the earth was " feverous and did shake , " and " By th ' clock ' tis day / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp " -as though there had been both earthquake and eclipse , bringing to mind images of deadly fever ...
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... followed with the same curiosity as everyone else , were , moreover , a demonstration of how inaccessible all truth might seem — a thought that prevails in Othello . About disbelief in witches as a test of one's readiness to set aside ...
... followed with the same curiosity as everyone else , were , moreover , a demonstration of how inaccessible all truth might seem — a thought that prevails in Othello . About disbelief in witches as a test of one's readiness to set aside ...
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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 |