Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 304 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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... tell the truth , and the term grows more and more ironic as it is applied to a man who lies continually and whose true feelings , if he has any , are disguised rather than evident . But a further irony may be suggested by the word's ...
... tell the truth , and the term grows more and more ironic as it is applied to a man who lies continually and whose true feelings , if he has any , are disguised rather than evident . But a further irony may be suggested by the word's ...
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... tells them , “ You would play upon me , you would seem to know my stops , you would pluck out the heart of my mystery , you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass ; and there is much music , excellent voice , in ...
... tells them , “ You would play upon me , you would seem to know my stops , you would pluck out the heart of my mystery , you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass ; and there is much music , excellent voice , in ...
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... tell Horatio and Marcellus that he may put on an “ antic disposition , " but this seems unnecessary , and we are never sure , as time passes , to what degree he is carrying on such a pretense , to what degree he is overtaken by real ...
... tell Horatio and Marcellus that he may put on an “ antic disposition , " but this seems unnecessary , and we are never sure , as time passes , to what degree he is carrying on such a pretense , to what degree he is overtaken by real ...
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... tells the ghost , that its “ com- mandment all alone shall live / Within the book and volume of [ his ] brain , ” as though the meaning of this duty can be given more lasting presence in the book of the brain . But is he not pledged to ...
... tells the ghost , that its “ com- mandment all alone shall live / Within the book and volume of [ his ] brain , ” as though the meaning of this duty can be given more lasting presence in the book of the brain . But is he not pledged to ...
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... tells them . He will tell what passed between himself and the ghost to no one , not to Horatio , his friend , nor to Ophelia , his beloved , nor to his mother , though the ghost appears to him again as he scolds her for her corruption ...
... tells them . He will tell what passed between himself and the ghost to no one , not to Horatio , his friend , nor to Ophelia , his beloved , nor to his mother , though the ghost appears to him again as he scolds her for her corruption ...
Contenido
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2 Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
3 Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
4 Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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