Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 01.01.2002 - 283 Seiten 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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... looks to me as though Shakespeare — writ- ing as he did at a time of cultural crisis when old convictions and new doubts were contending in men's minds — put contrary views into combat to test their strength . His plays are never ...
... looks to me as though Shakespeare — writ- ing as he did at a time of cultural crisis when old convictions and new doubts were contending in men's minds — put contrary views into combat to test their strength . His plays are never ...
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... look at Montaigne - a writer who knew Sextus but went beyond him in brilliance and daring — as soon as the translation was heard of . Florio himself was in the entourage of the Earl of Southampton ; he had been the young lord's Italian ...
... look at Montaigne - a writer who knew Sextus but went beyond him in brilliance and daring — as soon as the translation was heard of . Florio himself was in the entourage of the Earl of Southampton ; he had been the young lord's Italian ...
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... look again at the " Roman plays " that enclose these four in the sequence of Shakespeare's pro- duction to see what relation they bear to the great tragedies . When Hamlet was first presented in 1599 , Julius Caesar , written earlier in ...
... look again at the " Roman plays " that enclose these four in the sequence of Shakespeare's pro- duction to see what relation they bear to the great tragedies . When Hamlet was first presented in 1599 , Julius Caesar , written earlier in ...
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Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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