Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 2008年10月1日 - 304 頁 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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... hath since made me to dicerne any thing beyond my former opinions : yet was not my curiosity the cause of it , but reason hath taught me , that so resolutely to condemne a thing for false , and impos- sible , is to assume unto himselfe ...
... hath since made me to dicerne any thing beyond my former opinions : yet was not my curiosity the cause of it , but reason hath taught me , that so resolutely to condemne a thing for false , and impos- sible , is to assume unto himselfe ...
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... hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues , are hands , are accidents , And then this “ should ” is like a spendthrift sigh That hurts by easing . This passage is Shakespeare's poetry at its highest pitch and a philo ...
... hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues , are hands , are accidents , And then this “ should ” is like a spendthrift sigh That hurts by easing . This passage is Shakespeare's poetry at its highest pitch and a philo ...
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... hath perswaded him [ man ] , that this admirable moving of heavens vaults ; that the eter- nal light of these lampes so fiercely rowling over his head ; that the horror - moving and continuall motion of this infinite vaste Ocean , were ...
... hath perswaded him [ man ] , that this admirable moving of heavens vaults ; that the eter- nal light of these lampes so fiercely rowling over his head ; that the horror - moving and continuall motion of this infinite vaste Ocean , were ...
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... hath the primal eldest curse upon't— / A brother's murder , ” but makes this confession only to God , and Hamlet comes upon him at prayer only after it is uttered . The story of his death told by the ghost himself— the precondition of ...
... hath the primal eldest curse upon't— / A brother's murder , ” but makes this confession only to God , and Hamlet comes upon him at prayer only after it is uttered . The story of his death told by the ghost himself— the precondition of ...
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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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