Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 1.10.2008 г. - 304 страници 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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... identity was felt by persons who would never have for- mulated such a matter so abstractly . Uncertainty about the expla- nation of events large or small , whether the succession of the crown or a failed harvest or a child's death ...
... identity was felt by persons who would never have for- mulated such a matter so abstractly . Uncertainty about the expla- nation of events large or small , whether the succession of the crown or a failed harvest or a child's death ...
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... identity was constituted in sixteenth - century England , and this book has strengthened my ac- ceptance of the view that personhood is invariably a construct of available models . But it is also my conviction that this very percep ...
... identity was constituted in sixteenth - century England , and this book has strengthened my ac- ceptance of the view that personhood is invariably a construct of available models . But it is also my conviction that this very percep ...
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... real Lon- don in which social identities might collapse and the self lose its moorings . Hamlet , for all its derivation from ancient legends of tribal revenge , exhibits the personal self as something sought Introduction 5.
... real Lon- don in which social identities might collapse and the self lose its moorings . Hamlet , for all its derivation from ancient legends of tribal revenge , exhibits the personal self as something sought Introduction 5.
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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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