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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... skepticism / Millicent Bell . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references . ISBN 0-300-09255-5 ( alk . paper ) 1. Shakespeare , William , 1564–1616 - Tragedies . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Philosophy . 3. Skepticism in ...
... skepticism / Millicent Bell . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references . ISBN 0-300-09255-5 ( alk . paper ) 1. Shakespeare , William , 1564–1616 - Tragedies . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Philosophy . 3. Skepticism in ...
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... philosophy . On the other side there was unredeemable doubt . Atheism was almost inadmissible in Shakespeare's day , though some accused persons are known to have confessed being saved from it . Thomas Harriot , the polymath ...
... philosophy . On the other side there was unredeemable doubt . Atheism was almost inadmissible in Shakespeare's day , though some accused persons are known to have confessed being saved from it . Thomas Harriot , the polymath ...
第 32 頁
... philosophy as well as a symptom of the hero's real mental anguish , introduce in Laertes the model of the effective Revenger yet use Hamlet's relation to the Polonius family as an opportunity to contrast him with “ normal , ” or ...
... philosophy as well as a symptom of the hero's real mental anguish , introduce in Laertes the model of the effective Revenger yet use Hamlet's relation to the Polonius family as an opportunity to contrast him with “ normal , ” or ...
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... philosophical . Still insisting on his sanity , we must take seriously what he says to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern : I have of late - but wherefore I know not - lost all my mirth , forgone all custom of exercise ; and indeed it goes so ...
... philosophical . Still insisting on his sanity , we must take seriously what he says to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern : I have of late - but wherefore I know not - lost all my mirth , forgone all custom of exercise ; and indeed it goes so ...
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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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