Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 2001 M01 17 - 416 páginas The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Combining careful attention to detail and interpretive breadth, noted scholar Jan H. Blits deftly illustrates how Hamlet collapses life into thought, and moral action into stage acting, and ultimately comes to see his own life as a stage play. Hamlet, the book demonstrates, epitomizes the intellectualism of the Renaissance and the modern age it began, and so becomes tragedy's first self-conscious protagonist, signaling the end of ancient tragedy. Erudite, innovative, and lively, Deadly Thought is a ground-breaking contribution that will appeal to Shakespeare scholars, political theorists, historians of philosophy, literary theorists and anyone interested in a truly fresh interpretation of this classic work. |
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... suggest when , using a rich classical metaphor , they speak of " the mind's eye " ( 1.1.115 ; 1.2.185 ) , human beings naturally see double . We see what is before us , and we see what it means . With our eyes we see what is present ...
... suggest when , using a rich classical metaphor , they speak of " the mind's eye " ( 1.1.115 ; 1.2.185 ) , human beings naturally see double . We see what is before us , and we see what it means . With our eyes we see what is present ...
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... suggests that actions merely seem ; and 4.7.124-26 , where it refers to murder ) . The only time the pun is free from such connotations occurs in the context of the ghost and refers to swearing by a sword instead of " in faith " ( 1.5 ...
... suggests that actions merely seem ; and 4.7.124-26 , where it refers to murder ) . The only time the pun is free from such connotations occurs in the context of the ghost and refers to swearing by a sword instead of " in faith " ( 1.5 ...
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... suggests , Barnardo intends to overpower the fortress of Horatio's ears with words . And after Horatio , agreeing to listen , underscores the story - like character of what will be said ( " Well , sit we down . / And let us hear ...
... suggests , Barnardo intends to overpower the fortress of Horatio's ears with words . And after Horatio , agreeing to listen , underscores the story - like character of what will be said ( " Well , sit we down . / And let us hear ...
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... suggests that Fortinbras would have gotten back land that had originally been his and per- haps traditionally his family's . If that is correct , his challenge may not have been as unjust as Horatio suggests . Being provoked by envious ...
... suggests that Fortinbras would have gotten back land that had originally been his and per- haps traditionally his family's . If that is correct , his challenge may not have been as unjust as Horatio suggests . Being provoked by envious ...
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... suggests that while the enterprise offers the men both rations and a chance to show their courage , the men , who have been collected indiscriminately ( " Shark'd up " ) , are to serve as rations for Fortinbras's hungry and daring ...
... suggests that while the enterprise offers the men both rations and a chance to show their courage , the men , who have been collected indiscriminately ( " Shark'd up " ) , are to serve as rations for Fortinbras's hungry and daring ...
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