Tyranny in Shakespeare
For Shakespeare, tyranny is a perpetual political and human problem. This work locates Shakespeare's expansive definition of tyranny between the definitions accepted by classical and modern political philosophy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
ix, 180 pages ; 24 cm.
9780739100820, 9780739104781, 0739100823, 0739104780
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Introduction: here may you see the tyrant
Macbeth: what does the tyrant?
Richard III: that excellent grand tyrant of the Earth
The winter's tale: Leontes, a jealous tyrant
The tempest: a plague upon the tyrant that I serve
Conclusion: time's tyranny