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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... ; 3.2.123-33 , 147–49 ; 3.4.40-103 ) . And just as neither their loves , their memories , nor their vows are constant , so , too , men's appearances and actions are not to be trusted . Seems , madam ? Nay , it is . I 6 Introduction.
... ; 3.2.123-33 , 147–49 ; 3.4.40-103 ) . And just as neither their loves , their memories , nor their vows are constant , so , too , men's appearances and actions are not to be trusted . Seems , madam ? Nay , it is . I 6 Introduction.
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... vows , " All this can I / Truly deliver " ( 5.2.390-91 ) . Hora- tio will be Hamlet's midwife ( cf. 2.2.208-11 ) . Hamlet's only off- spring will be his " story . " Petrarch says that ancient authors and modern humanists are like ...
... vows , " All this can I / Truly deliver " ( 5.2.390-91 ) . Hora- tio will be Hamlet's midwife ( cf. 2.2.208-11 ) . Hamlet's only off- spring will be his " story . " Petrarch says that ancient authors and modern humanists are like ...
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... vow , " We doubt it nothing " ( 1.2.41 ) , but we might wonder whether he sends two ambassadors so that each may be a check on the other . Claudius next turns to Laertes . Speaking warmly and graciously to the young man - addressing him ...
... vow , " We doubt it nothing " ( 1.2.41 ) , but we might wonder whether he sends two ambassadors so that each may be a check on the other . Claudius next turns to Laertes . Speaking warmly and graciously to the young man - addressing him ...
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... vow of silence they told Horatio what they had seen , and how he kept watch with them on the third night , Where , as they had deliver'd , both in time , Form of the thing , each word made true and good , The apparition comes . Then ...
... vow of silence they told Horatio what they had seen , and how he kept watch with them on the third night , Where , as they had deliver'd , both in time , Form of the thing , each word made true and good , The apparition comes . Then ...
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... vowed to speak to the Ghost even at the risk of dam- nation , Hamlet entreats the others to keep secret what they have already seen and , " whatsomever else shall hap tonight , / Give it an understanding but no tongue " ( 1.2.249-50 ) ...
... vowed to speak to the Ghost even at the risk of dam- nation , Hamlet entreats the others to keep secret what they have already seen and , " whatsomever else shall hap tonight , / Give it an understanding but no tongue " ( 1.2.249-50 ) ...
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